It’s Christmas Bird Count Season!
Every year since 1900, tens of
thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas take part in the Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Families and students, birders and
scientists, armed with binoculars, bird guides and
checklists go out on an annual mission - to count birds.
Many organizations use data collected in this longest-running wildlife census
to assess the health of bird populations and to
help guide conservation action (https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count).
The count covers 24
hours, midnight to midnight, but most field counters participate from dawn to
dusk. You do not have to be an expert birder to help with this vital citizen
science project. If you’d like to learn about birds
and meet other birders, you are encouraged to participate.
The CBC date this year or
Nanaimo is: Saturday, DECEMBER 29 (organizer: Tanya Seebacher; tanyaseebacher@gmail.com)
Anyone can join alone or
as a group, and you will be assigned to a team led by an experienced birder.
All you need is binoculars, love of the outdoors in any weather, and a keenness
to learn.
Each count includes a wrap-up at the end of the
day where food can be purchased (Days Inn Nanaimo), and you hear stories and
you can learn what everyone has counted.For those wishing to participate in the Christmas Bird feeder count, we will have the check- list paper work available at the store.
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