Participate in the 2024 Christmas Bird Count!
DECEMBER 10, 2024 – It’s December, and avid birders across the world know what that means: the Christmas Bird Count is almost here! Once again birders in New Brunswick will be bundling up and heading out to count birds.
Within each Count Circle (area measuring 24 km in diameter that stays the same each year), a date sometime between December 14 to January 5 is chosen and volunteers identify both the species of birds and the number of individuals observed, either in the field or at home watching their feeders.
Anyone interested in spending a few hours outdoors over the Christmas season and participating in North America’s longest running citizen science project can contact any of the Count Circle coordinators. If you get outdoor with the thousands other North Americans who have been participating for over 100 years, you just might be surprised at how many birds call New Brunswick home during the darkest and coldest time of the year.
Learn More About the Christmas Bird Count in New Brunswick
List of 2024-25 Counts for New Brunswick*:
- Jacquet River: December 14 (Contact: Daniel Flanagan)
- Moncton: December 14 (Contact: Mitch Doucet)
- Red Bank-Sunny Corner: December 14 (Contact: Pam Watters)
- St. Martins: December 14 (Contact: Ted Sears)
- Fredericton: December 15 (Contact: Fredericton Nature Club)
- Miramichi: December 15 (Contact: Pam Watters)
- Shediac: December 15 (Contact: Gilles Belliveau)
- Dalhousie: December 17 (Contact: Anne Marie Leger)
- Kouchibouguac National Park: December 19 (Contact: David Mazerolle)
- Memramcook: December 19 (Contact: Yolande Leblanc)
- Fundy National Park: December 20 (Contact: Neil Vinson)
- Hartland: December 21 (Contact: Tim Livingstone)
- Lepreau: December 21 (Contact: David McCurdy)
- Salisbury: December 21 (Contact: prlangel@hotmail.com)
- Sussex: December 21 (Contact: Dianne McFarlane)
- St. Andrews: December 22 (Contact: Todd Watts) – rain date: December 21
- Minto: December 27 (Contact: Elizabeth Mills)
- Saint John: December 28 (Contact: Kelly Honeyman)
- Tracadie-Sheila: December 28 (Contact: Jolande St-Pierre)
- New Jersey-Neguac: December 29 (Contact: Pam Watters)
- Springfield: December 29 (Contact: Jim Rodger)
- Mactaquac: January 1 (Contact: Derek Hogan)
- Quispamsis-Hampton: January 4 (Contact: Jim Wilson)
*Last updated: December 12, 2024
Bookmark this page and check back often as we will be updating this list as more counts are announced. You can also check out the Birds Canada interactive count map here.
