Comox Valley Nature is hosting a workshop by Birds Canada to promote interest in its Coastal Waterbird Survey and Beached Bird Survey citizen-science programs.
CVN members and the general public are invited to this two-part workshop to be held on June 9 during World Oceans Weekend. You can attend either one or both parts of the workshop.
Refresh your birding skills with a presentation + trivia about the local coastal waterbird species, and learn more about the coastal programs at Birds Canada, and how you can help monitor the health of our coasts!
Part 1: Indoor presentation:
Speaker: Rémi Torrenta (Birds Canada)
Date: Sunday, June 9, 2024
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. PT
Location: Main hall of Comox United Church, 250 Beach Drive, Comox
Part 2: Coastal bird walk:
Discover the birds and biodiversity of Goose Spit, and practice your bird ID and counting. Pairs of binoculars and spotting scope will be provided if you don’t have your own. Dress for the weather.
Leader: Rémi Torrenta (Birds Canada)
Date: Sunday, June 9, 2024
Time: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. PT
Location: Goose Spit, Comox. Meet at the parking lot with the toilets.
Participants who are interested in joining the team of Coastal Waterbird Surveyors or Beached Bird Surveyors will have the opportunity later this summer to receive specific training, equipment, and identification guides (coastal waterbird ID guide and/or beached bird ID guide) for the surveys.
About the speaker
Rémi Torrenta is a biologist and the British Columbia Projects Coordinator at Birds Canada. He obtained his master’s degree in France, then a PhD in Ecology at Université de Moncton (NB), and he has been involved in avian research for the past 12 years. Rémi is currently managing a dozen programs in British Columbia, including all the citizen science programs, species-at-risk research, monitoring programs, Urban Birds, and Outreach/Education programs. He is convinced that conservation goals are better achieved through public education and citizen science.
About Birds Canada
(Photo: Rémi Torrenta)
Birds Canada is a non-profit organization, and the country’s only national organization dedicated to bird conservation. The BC Coastal Waterbird Survey helps track populations of living waterbirds on our coasts, and the BC Beached Bird Survey helps track bird die-off and bird mortality events. These are the most well-known of Birds Canada’s citizen science programs in BC.
