Alan Wormington Fall Bird Count (FBC)

The Alan Wormington Fall Bird Count (FBC) has been an annual Hamilton Naturalists’ Club (HNC) event since 1974 and for many Hamilton area birders it is one of the highlights of the birding year. The count always occurs on the first Sunday in November and spans the...

Bird Study Group: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas

Join us to hear from Kaelyn Bumelis, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas Assistant Coordinator from Birds Canada, about atlassing in the Hamilton area. The Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas-3 (2021-2025) is a collaborative initiative that aims to map the abundance and distribution...

Birding Woodland Cemetery

The flow of southbound, fall migrants can be observed anywhere along the north shore of Hamilton Harbour/Burlington Bay in early October. Woodland Cemetery can be especially good with its open vistas, areas of thick cover, high shoreline bluff and woodland edges. Join...

Bird Study Group: My Human Powered Big Year

In 2022, Brett Forsyth embarked on an adventure to set Ontario’s first human powered big year record. He aimed to document as many of the 400+ bird species in the province as he could through video, photo, and sound evidence. From walking a few steps into his front...