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Depths of Winter 2024
By Jeremy Hatt Since 2015, birders in Essex County have kept a list of all the species found in our area during the month of February, a challenge we call the “Depths of Winter”. It was originally started to encourage local birders to get out during the coldest month of the year and to have a friendly competition amongst ourselves. Depths of Winter used to be conducted on a local listserv named WEPBirds but now [...]
Results of the 2023 Holiday Beach Christmas Bird Count
By Jeremy Hatt The Holiday Beach CBC took place on Wednesday, December 27th. The Count includes Holiday Beach Conservation Area, Big Creek, the Lower Detroit River north to LaSalle, Boblo Island and surrounding areas. Unfortunately, Boblo Island continues to be inaccessible due to construction on the island but the rest of the count circle received good coverage. 25 volunteers clocked in 65 party hours during the Count, which included about 30km of total walking and about 250km by car. Volunteers wracked up a [...]
SUMMARY OF ESSEX COUNTY’S 2023 BIRDING CHECKLIST
– 309 species – By Cameron Chevalier 2023 proved to be a truly unprecedented year for birding in Essex County. The 309 species recorded in the county represent the highest total for any single Canadian county in a year (per eBird data). In the process, Essex added a staggering 5 species to its checklist (Willow Ptarmigan, Glaucous-winged Gull, White-winged Tern, Ferruginous Hawk, and Cassin’s Kingbird), with one additional species added to the Point Pelee Birding [...]
Collaborative ‘Big Sit’ event at Point Pelee
By Jeremy Hatt On November 18, the Essex County Field Naturalists’ Club joined up w/ the Windsor Feminist Bird Club to host a Big Sit at the Delaurier parking lot in Point Pelee National Park. A Big Sit is as fun as it sounds! The basic idea is for birders stay in one spot, often in a comfortable chair, for an extended period to watch all the birds that fly by or over and [...]
ECFNC 36th Annual Dinner – November 4, 2023
By JoAnn Grondin Our Annual Dinner went very well despite some setbacks. Many thanks to our volunteers, those who attended, our speaker Dennis Higgs and our MC Kory Renaud. Although we used to get numbers in the 80’s attending, we were expecting 59 people this time. This allowed us to do some social distancing at each table with 6 people instead of 8. It was a very pleasant evening and I have lots of people [...]