The Calgary Count results will be presented, plus those from the Fish Creek Park New Year’s Day Count.
Posted by Bob Lefebvre
Everyone is welcome to a special event to be held next Thursday, February 26th at the Royal Canadian Legion at 9202 Horton Road SW. This is the venue we use for Birds & Beers events, so many of you will be familair with the format. The doors of the big ballroom open for us at 5pm. If you can come early you can order food and drinks and visit with your fellow birders. At about 7 pm we will start the presentations.
Jim Washbrook will present the results and historical trends of the long-running half-day Count in Fish Creek Park. This is held annually on New Year’s Day. Matt Wallace will have the results of the Calgary Count, which recorded 68 species and 43,631 individual birds within the Count Circle. Expect to see some great photos (much better than mine)!
Our Feeder Watchers had a lot of good birds on the count too:
Whether you took part in these counts or not, come for an enjoyable and informative evening!
Notes: Children are welcome at the Legion as long as they are accompanied by an adult. We have to pay a small fee for the use of the room so we ask for an optional donation of $1 per person to cover this. Any extra money is donated to the Legion. The next Birds & Beers event at the Legion is on Thursday February 12th, where Jody Allair will give a talk called “Inspired by Birds.”
Will this be recorded for us older members who don’t drive at night?
Unfortunately not. Maybe we can put together a longer email of the full results and send them out to those who want them. I’ll talk to Matthew about it. – Bob