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A Record Breaking Year for the Holiday Beach CBC
By Jeremy Hatt The 2024 Holiday Beach CBC took place on Saturday, December 28th. The count includes Holiday Beach Conservation Area, Big Creek, the Lower Detroit River north to LaSalle (Lower Detroit River IBA), Boblo Island and surrounding areas. Boblo Island continues to be inaccessible due to construction on the island but the rest of the count circle received great coverage. 26 participants volunteered for the count, tallying a whopping 93 species and 48,107 individual [...]
New Christmas Bird Count Showcases Winter Birding in the Comber Region
By: Jeremy Hatt The first ever Comber CBC took place on December 22nd, 2024, w/ 16 keen and enthusiastic volunteers. A total of 22.75km were walked for 10 hours and 583km driven for 32.75 hours and one hour was spent owling. The Count was one of the coldest days of the winter period in 2024 for the region w/ temperatures ranging from -6C in the morning to -1C by the afternoon. Sunny skies and a [...]
Cedar Creek 2024 Christmas Bird Count
By Paul Pratt This 24 km diameter count circle includes McGregor, Essex, Harrow and Kingsville. Our 39th annual count was held December 14. 35 participants record almost 500 km by car and 77 km by foot to record 82 species and 19,571 individual birds. Birds seen count week but missed on count day were Sandhill Crane, Short-eared Owl and Northern Shrike. Following the count observers gathered at Tom and Peggy Hurst’s home for lively discussion [...]
Point Pelee National Park 72nd Annual Christmas Bird Count
By Sarah Rupert, Promotion Officer PPNP Point Pelee National Park was excited to host its Annual Christmas Bird Count on Monday, December 16, 2024. This was the 72nd year for thecount, held in the 15 km diameter circle known as the Pelee Birding Area. Results have been forwarded to the National Audubon Society and BirdsCanada to be incorporated in data collected from across North America. This information is used by scientists and ecologists across the [...]
December Member Showcase
Thanks to our members who came out to share their interests and talents with us. Thanks to Patricia Pleli who took us on a tour of London England's spectacular holiday lights displays. It was a great to pleasure to hear the philosophy and musical talents of Phil Beaudoin. Watch the short video for a taste of what you may have missed.