2017 Christmas Bird Count

 
2018 CBC
 

The CBC took root over a century ago when 27 birders in 25 localities from Toronto, Ontario to Pacific Grove, California, led by ornithologist Frank Chapman, proposed a conservation-oriented alternative to the traditional ‘side hunt,’ a Christmas Day competition to hunt the most birds and small mammals. This alternative initiative to identify, count, and record all the birds found on Christmas Day 1900 has turned into one of North America’s longest-running wildlife monitoring programs.

St. Thomas has contributed since 1949, the 50th year of the original count, making this year the 69th count our club has participated in. We were over 1,000,000 birds counted in 2015. West Elgin participated 2 years earlier in 1947. 

To participate in this year’s count.
Contact: Allan or Jackie Sharpe
226-271-7018 or asharpe@outlook.com or jrochefort@outlook.com

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