Events Calendar

For Details on Events, email [email protected] Non-members and guests are welcome, but have to sign a waiver, and will be asked to join after two guest visits.

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• Dec 7: Saturday Birding

Meet at Victoria Quay at 9:00 AM for a morning of birding. Bring binoculars.

• Dec10: Monthly Meeting
A fun night. Bring your photos and treats to share. See the top of the page for the time and location of our meeting.

• Thursday December 19 Hike to to China Creek Falls

Mike Youds will lead us up China Creek to China Creek Falls and it’s aqua pools, about three km. round trip. There are a few steep sections with ropes to help us along. We will muster at 9:00 a.m. at the Ship Creek Trailhead of the Alberni Inlet Trail (Anderson Avenue & Ship Creek Road). We will drive 5 minutes to the trailhead together.

• December 28: Christmas Bird Count

Our Annual Christmas Bird Count has been running for over 25 years. There are two ways to count: either counting at your feeder or in the field with a group of other birders. Each group is given an area within which to count. All groups count within a 15 mile diameter circle. Contact Annette Bailey if you want to participate or know more. [email protected]

• January 5: Parksville Bird Count
If you want to help out, email [email protected] for details.

• January 11: Winter Birding at Mactush Estuary
This estuary is almost 30km down the other side of the Alberni Inlet along a logging road. There is a large campground and a gravel beach there. The drive should take about an hour. So plan on this taking most of the day and bring a lunch. Dress for a cold wind. We’ll meet at Victoria Quay to arrange carpooling at 9:00 AM.

• January 14: January Club Meeting
We will have a speaker the Arrowsmith Biosphere Region at it. Remember 7:00 PM at the Christian Reformed Church at the foot of Roger Street.

• January 25 Estuary Birding
We will meet at 9:00 AM at the Victoria Quay parking lot and then move to the white pipeline at the estuary for a morning of birdwatching. this area has the highest diversity of birds in this Regional District.

• February 1: China Creek Campground Birding
China Creek Campground is located 20 minutes down the Bamfield Road. The entrance is gated at this time of year, meaning that it will be quiet there. A parking area is next to the gate sand we will walk down the hillside to to the campground. A number of waterbirds will be visible, birds that we don’t see that often around Port Alberni. Meet at 9:00 AM at Victoria Quay.

• February 8: Club Booth at Seedy Saturday

• February 13: Kitsuksis Creek Birding
We will meet at 9:00 at Clutesi Haven Marina for a morning of birding along Kitsuksis Dyke.

• February 22: Tour of Todd Tompson’s Woodlot
The focus will be on sustainable logging practices. Todd Thompson has operated a Woodlot Licence for 30 years in Beaver Creek at the foot of the Beaufort Range. He has conducted many tours in the past, including a group of foresters from Sweden. The time and meeting location will be announced later.

• February 27 Bird Box Cleanout and Repair at Somass Estuary
Every year the bird boxes at the Ducks Unlimited Property need to be cleaned out in preparation for next year’s brood. One has been knocked over and needs to be replaced. So we’re looking for someone to build a house or two to replace it. Meet at the entrance road to the property at 9:00 AM.