75th Christmas Bird Count

With the snow fresh on the ground it is time to think about this years CBC.We will be holding it as usual on Boxing Day the 26th of December.The declining bird populations really make this citizen science project extremelyuseful in comparing declines and the…

Duck Rally 2024 Results

Twenty one people took part in all or part of the day. Seventeen of us enjoyed a delicious lunch at the Buccaneer in Port Stanley.  It was an overcast day with a temperature of 4 degrees to start the day at 8:00 AM at Aylmer Wildlife…

2023 Christmas Bird Count Results

This year was a really warm CBC with a high of 10 degrees Celsius, we started the day with rain but it proceeded to get drier as the day progressed. All the water in our area was open, yet that did not help with…

STFNC 73rd Christmas Bird Count

The winter season brings up the Christmas Bird Count. Our club has participatedevery year since its inception in September 1950. The Count is the longest running Citizen Science project. The count is based on a 24-km diameter circle centred at John Wise Line and…

2020 Christmas Bird Count Results

Results of St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club 2020 CBC held on Dec 26, 2020. Photograph of Trumpeter Swan taken at Port Stanley Sewage Lagoon by Diane Dobson. We had natures coat of snow to thank for our success this year. Birds were flocking to…

2018 Christmas Bird Count

As December is upon us it is time to think about the 119th Annual Christmas Bird Count. This is St. Thomas’s 70th count. We will be doing the count on Boxing Day, Wednesday the 26th of December. This is the longest running citizen science…

2016 Christmas Bird Count Results

The day was cut a little short by the heavy fog in afternoon. We had new species of Dunlin found on beach in Port Bruce and Black Vulture spotted on beach at Port Stanley during count week. We had new highs with Golden Eagle(3),…