Wolfville Christmas Bird Count

Reports of past Wolfville CBC’s:

2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009 – 2008 – 2007 – 2006 – 2005 – 2004 – 2003 – 2002 – 2001 – 2000 – 1999 – 1998 – 1997 – 1996

A Christmas Bird Count (CBC) has been performed in the Wolfville area for over 80 years. For more details read the history article referred below. The present Wolfville count circle (shown in the map here) is centred on Highway #1 in Greenwich and has a radius of 7-1/2 miles. The circle is sub-divided into 24 areas, each of which is covered by one or more canvasers on the ‘count-day’ for that year. The count occurs in December of each year near the 25th.

The CBC participants record the species and their numbers seen that day. They also keep track of the time and distance travelled during the count actiivities. All of these statistics are collected by the count-day director and collated for submitting to Bird Studies Canada.

Alison Bogan – 902-678-0446 – Coordinator [email: alison@bogan.ca ]
George Forsyth – 902-542-7116 – Feeder Watch Coordinator [ge4syth@gmail.com]

Resource Material for the Christmas count.

• • Large scale map of the Wolfville Count Circle (A 1.0 Mbyte jpeg file)
  • This is suitable for determining the limits of each subsection of the circle.
  • Count area maps Individual area maps

Right-click (Windows) and save or print the graphics.

• Area Boundary Descriptions – with current assigned field observers
• Count Report Form (pdf file) – suitable for printing. [NEW – Please use this form]
  Count Report Form (txt file) – suitable for electronic editing and emailing (save the page to a file)
• Rare Bird Documentation Form -(pdf file for printing) Use this to report sightings of rare birds
  (Text Form for emailing)  (Rare Bird Documentation Form – MS Doc format)

More readings about the Wolfville Christmas Bird Count are available at the links below:

History of the Wolfville Christmas Bird Count by Merritt Gibson