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Christmas Bird Count
Join us this winter for the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) between December 14th and January 5th. This volunteer driven monitoring program has been running since 1900, adding to our understanding of how wild birds are doing across the country.
EVERYONE is welcome and encouraged to participate!
The Christmas Bird Count is North America’s longest-running Citizen Science project. People in more than 2000 locations throughout the Western Hemisphere participate in the CBC each year. Birds Canada oversees the CBC program nationally, in partnership with National Audubon Society. The program is driven largely by volunteer effort and supporter donations. The information collected by thousands of Citizen Scientists forms one of the world’s largest sets of wildlife survey data. Effort for each circle is organized by a Compiler, who is a fellow volunteer (or team of volunteers) at the local level, often supported by a birding club or naturalist organization. The results are used by conservation biologists, environmental planners, and naturalists to assess the population trends and distribution of birds.
Christmas Bird Count information and registration: https://www.birdscanada.org/bird-science/christmas-bird-count
To submit your public events for consideration, email Noah Cole at noahc@ontarionature.org. Please send well in advance and allow up to two weeks for posting. Events must be submitted by a member group or run jointly with Ontario Nature.