The Kingston Field Naturalists encourage Greater Napanee and area residents to participate in this year’s Bird Feeder Count.
The Christmas Bird Count began in 1900 and is North America’s longest-running Citizen Science project. Counts are happening in over 2,000 places in the Western Hemisphere. The Napanee Count began about 40 years ago.
Oriole. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.
The information collected by thousands of volunteers forms one of the world’s largest sets of wildlife survey data. The results are used daily by conservation biologists and naturalists to assess the population trends and distribution of birds.
This year’s event is a Bird Feeder Count only, due to Covid restrictions. Volunteers in Napanee area are needed to count the birds at their own feeder on Dec. 27 in Napanee, Bath, Sandhurst, Hay Bay, Selby, Deseronto and Newburgh areas.
Cardinal. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.
For information about how to do the Bird Feeder Count, contact KFL member, Kurt Hennige at 613-876-1804 or khennige@xplornet.com
Each Christmas Bird Count is conducted on a single day between December 14 and January 5. Counts are carried out within a 24-km diameter circle that remains the same every year.
For more information on Christmas Bird Counts, visit Bird Studies Canada: www.birdscanada.org and go to Citizen Science programs.
Blue Jays. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.