Bird Studies Canada (BSC) reports that the 109th Christmas Bird Count took place from December 14 through January 5, and will be remembered by many birders across the country as one of the stormiest, snowiest, windiest, and coldest counts on record. Many counts were rescheduled because of severe weather, and some were cancelled outright when conditions were considered unsafe for travel. But the birds were there, and the intrepid birders who counted them had many interesting sightings to make the effort worthwhile. Data is still being entered, but you can explore the counts that have been put in the database already by going to the
Audubon website and clicking on “Current Year’s Results.” The Christmas Bird Count is coordinated in Canada by Bird Studies Canada in a joint program with the National Audubon Society.