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Family Day Birding field trip

Family Day Birding with Headwaters Nature in Orangeville Headwaters Nature is celebrating the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend with an outing in Orangeville! We would be happy to share in a bird outing experience with you on this 2026 Family Day (Monday February 16th, 2026  |  9:00AM – 10:45AM EST) as we look and listen for birds within urban greenspaces on the west end of town, along Mill Creek, and in the nearby neighbourhoods. We welcome all members and non-members, birders, and non-birders alike to this Headwaters Nature outing and encourage bringing family, kids of all ages, and well-behaved dogs. Our guides for this field trip are both experts in environmental field work and guiding. Josh is (he/him) is a community ecologist, currently pursing a doctoral degree in biology at the University of Waterloo, where his current research interests relate to conservation management, breeding bird population dynamics, dynamics, and novel ecosystems. Jodi… Read more »

Christmas Bird Count results for 2025/2026 for Caledon and for Luther Marsh field trip

Luther Marsh Christmas Bird Count Date: January 12, 2026 at 1:31:40 PM EST from: “birdnews@ontbirds.ca”  Last year in 2024, we had a trial Luther Marsh bird count. Birds Canada approved our application for a new circle, and we had the first official Luther Marsh Christmas Bird Count on Thursday 2024 December 18. Eighteen birders in six teams participated. The weather forecast was for a high of 5 degrees (after weeks of bitter cold); what we didn’t expect was the biting wind, up to 45 km/hour. The birders clocked 31 hours, drove 415.5 km and walked 5.2km. In total we had 33 species and 1,962 birds. As yet we don’t have any bird feeder watches. Highlights included many small flocks of Snow Buntings, 60 Cedar Waxwings, 82 Bohemian Waxwings, 45 Common Redpolls, some Pine Grosbeaks, one Evening Grosbeak and a bird feeder by the road that had 100 Goldfinch (and little else)…. Read more »