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Gull-entine’s Day with the Windsor Feminist Bird Club and the Importance of Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ Events
By Jeremy Hatt The love of Laridae was in the air, but alas, no larids in weather unfair. Yes, the Windsor Feminist Bird Club’s first ever Gull-entine’s Day was met with wintery road conditions, cold temperatures, sleet, and mist, and virtually no gulls, but our small, intrepid group of six made the most of it! I was honored to host Gull-entine’s Day for the Windsor Feminist Bird Club (WFBC), an LBGTQ+-friendly event created by WFBC’s [...]
Walking in a Winter Wheatley Wonderland
By Janice Boussey Planning a field trip in February comes with challenges. The largest of which is the weather. The club planned a winter walk through Wheatley Provincial Park on February 8, 2025. The weather for the week leading up to this outing came with days of cold rain. Once the temperature dropped it left a frozen landscape behind. Not to be deterred, a small but dedicated group of club members decided to brave the [...]
Winter Weather Delivers Great Birding on the Detroit River
By Jeremy Hatt On January 11, 2025, eleven birders enjoyed near perfect conditions for the Winter Birds of the Detroit River Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) outing. This is an annual hike held around the same time each year and is open to ECFNC members. The aim of the hike is to showcase waterfowl, gulls, and other winter birds that rely on the open waters of the Detroit River as well as two of Windsor’s major [...]
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 [...]