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Get Outside with Nature NB and Friends during Fredericton’s FROSTival!
Get Outside with Nature NB and Friends during Fredericton’s FROSTival! With the holidays now wrapped up, that means it’s time for the New Brunswick Capital [...]
It’s Seed Sitting Season!
Letters were sent out this fall for the Seed Sitters Club, containing the seeds of five species for this year. Then Samuel donated 24 species to the Club, from the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library. Whether you were part of this first batch of “Seed Sitters” or not, now is a great time to start your planting for the winter! Our Communications Coordinator Samuel LeGresley, who conducted a webinar this fall (in French) on winter sowing, is excited for the sowing season. He talks to us about his current projects with the Club, and for the near future.
NatureKids – November 2024
This month with NatureKids: Fall Fun!, Groups were encouraged to embrace the autumn spirit with many themed activities using natural materials.
NB Naturalist Feature: New Brunswick’s First Dozen Christmas Bird Counts – 1900 to 1956
Many New Brunswickers know that on Christmas Day 1900, William H. Moore, a naturalist, farmer, big game outfitter and educator from Scotch Lake, York County, New Brunswick became Canada‘s first Christmas Bird Counter. More than 2,000 Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs) have been done in New Brunswick since the year 1900 but William Moore never did another count, and fewer than a dozen were done over the next 50 years.
Participate in the 2024 Christmas Bird Count!
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 [...]
NB Naturalist Feature: The 2023 Christmas Bird Count in New Brunswick
About 1000 people participated in 48 Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs) all over New Brunswick in December 2023 and early 2024. We spent 1750 hours (equivalent to more than two-hundred 8-hour days) covering 1100 km on foot and 13,000 km by car in search of wintertime birds. Count Day temperatures averaged -2ºC at the start and +1 ºC at the end so most count areas had at least some open water. By the end of it, we had found 126,000 birds from 139 species plus another two species during each of Count Week and Count Period for a total of 141 species. This is the lowest number of individuals since 2015, but only one less than last year’s recent high of 140 species.
NatureKids – October 2024
NatureKids – October 2024 This month’s NatureKids theme took flight with a focus on bats—creatures that really know how to “wing it” in the wild! [...]
NatureKids – September 2024
NatureKids is back and groups have been getting outside and exploring the colours of fall via… Mushrooms!
A Summer with Aerial Insectivores
This summer, as I was taking a break from this blog and keeping up with the busy season, I had the chance to meet some very interesting insect-eaters. Thanks to Birds Canada's survey programs, I was able to contribute meaningfully to the conservation efforts for those species, even though the survey I did myself ended up with a total of zero sightings. Read on to learn more about my adventures (sorted by survey) and what you can do to help!