The Ottawa-Gatineau Christmas Bird Count (CBC) took place on December 18 but there are plenty of opportunities to participate in other nearby counts. Check out Christmas Bird Count Calendar 2022-23 The Kemptville area is preparing for its second Christmas Bird Count on December 29 and could use more participants. If you are interested, please contact [...]
The Ottawa-Gatineau Christmas Bird Count will be held on December 18,2022. If you wish to participate, contact Bernie Ladouceur at vbladouceur[at]rogers.com or 613-829-2473 for Ottawa or Daniel Toussaint at danieltoussaint[at]videotron.ca for Gatineau. For other nearby Christmas Counts check out Christmas Bird Count Calendar 2022-23 There are plenty of opportunities to participate in nearby Quebec Counts [...]
by Robert Courteau, president of the Ottawa Mycological Society It was a glorious sunny day on Saturday, September 24th when members of the Ottawa Mycological Society and of the Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club came together at MacSkimming Outdoor Education Centre to contribute observations to the Great North American FungiQuest. MacSkimming Outdoor Education Centre, just outside [...]
As the year winds down, how is your birding list for the year? Here's the link to the helpful guide to take you to the end of the year. Part 4: October to December Good birding and remember the Code of Conduct for birders, photographers and hikers
As we celebrate the summer solistice, a number of birds are about to start fall migration? There are many opportunities to add to your year list for the coming season. Prepared by Greg Zbitnew, this is the guide you need. How to find 250 Bird Species in the OFNC Study Area
Please note that the deadline for response for this opportunity has been moved to June 7 from June 10. We apologize for the inconvenience. THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB (OFNC) IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT IT WILL SUBSIDIZE ($800) ONE OTTAWA-GATINEAU AREA YOUTH TO ATTEND THE Allan Wormington Memorial Camp for Teen Birders and Naturalists. [...]
Report: Field trip May 7 on Dolman Ridge Road There was a surprisingly large turnout on the field trip/ bird walk on the Dolman Ridge Road; close to 20 people were present. Brilliant sunshine and coolish temperatures accompanied our very pleasant walk, even if it was a bit breezy at times. Bird diversity was surprisingly [...]
March is coming to an end. Some early migrants have already arrived. The next few months bring the excitement of waves of migrants heading to their breeding grounds and others establishing their territories locally. If you started a year list, or just want to learn where and what you might see in the OFNC study [...]
As you plan your birding outings, you may be interested in following these postings. Hi everyone, For the spring migration season, I am going to try to post weekly "migration forecasts", with predictions for the following 6 days. These are mainly focused on southern Ontario, as that is the region I am most familiar with, [...]
As we are starting to think of Spring, we can look back at the successful 103rd Ottawa-Gatineau CBC that was held December 19, 2021. Temperatures ranged from -11.3 to minus 7.4 degrees Celsius, with some light snow on and off throughout the day. 142 field observers plus 26 feeder watchers found 71 species and 41,842 [...]
