On Thursday, November 28th the birders group visited Oyster Bay and found 28 species:
Tundra Swan 2
American Wigeon 50
Mallard 10
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 40
Surf Scoter 6
White-winged Scoter 4
Bufflehead 5
Common Goldeneye 6
Common Merganser 1
Horned Grebe 6
Red-necked Grebe 1
Black-bellied Plover 4
Killdeer 2
Black Turnstone 30
Dunlin 20
Common Murre 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 4
Common Loon 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Northwest Crow 3
House Finch 1
Spotted Towhee 2
Song Sparrow 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2
Our last meeting for 2019 will be held on November 17th at 7 pm downstairs in the Rotary Room of the Florence Filberg Centre. You may renew or re-join CVN for 2020 at this meeting. The annual dues have been kept at $30 per individual or family (2 adults and all children 18 and under) for 2020. You can pay using a credit card or Paypal through our website (see comments for link.) Membership and waiver are available on the same page. You can fill out both forms, scan and send them to us as an email or by Canada Post, or drop by one of our meetings.
The guest presenter will be Paula Wild, a local, award-winning author of seven books including her newest release, “Return of the Wolf: Conflict and Coexistence.” A review of the book is available here:
Return of the Wolf: Conflict and Coexistence
www.amazon.ca
Return of the Wolf: Conflict and Coexistence