Bird Counts

Cortes Island Bird Counts

2023 CBC – Sunday, December 17, 2023

For a summary of the 2023 CBC, see our blog written by George Sirk.

Each year, as part of the Public Education Program, the Cortes Island Museum sponsors two birding events – the Christmas Bird Count and a Spring Migration Birding Day.

No experience is necessary to join these events. In addition, we encourage you to post your wildlife observations through our Wildlife Observations page, and we collect butterfly sightings on our Butterfly Sightings page.

Spring Bird Count Results, 2004–2023 (pdf)

Sunday, May 7, 2023–Results (pdf)

Christmas Bird Count–Cortes Island by Area, 2023 (pdf)

Christmas Bird Count Results–All Years List–2021-2023 (pdf)

Pacific Golden Plover, Cortes Island Spring Bird Count, May 2022. Photo John Sprungman

Christmas Bird Count

The CBC began over a century ago when 27 conservationists in 25 localities, led by scientist and writer Frank Chapman, changed the course of ornithological history. On Christmas Day in...

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Spring Bird Count

Since 2004, the Cortes Island Museum has led a Spring Migration Bird Count, usually held on the first Saturday of May. Below are a couple of comments we received from...

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We respectfully acknowledge the toq qaymɩxʷ (Klahoose), ɬəʔamɛn qaymɩxʷ (Tla’amin) and ʔop qaymɩxʷ (Homalco) Nations upon whose territories the programs and activities of the Cortes Island Museum & Archives take place.

Hours of Operation

Main Gallery
Mid-June to September 30
Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm
(Closed Mondays)

October 1 to mid-June
Friday and Saturday, noon to 4 pm

Wild Cortes
Mid-June to September 15
Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 4 pm
(Closed Sundays and Mondays)

September 15 to mid-June
Friday and Saturday, noon to 4 pm

Location

Main Gallery
Located in “downtown” Manson’s Landing, one block up Beasley Road next to the No. 1 Firehall.

Box 422, 957 Beasley Road
Mansons Landing BC V0P 1K0
250-935-6340

contact@cortesmuseum.com

Wild Cortes
Cortes Island Museum’s Natural History Centre is located at Linnaea Education Centre, website ~ wildcortes.ca

1255 Seaford Road
Mansons Landing BC V0P 1K0
250-935-6340 wildcortes@cortesmuseum.com

Visitor Information Booth

Maps and some brochures are always available on the covered porch at the Museum.

More detailed trail maps, brochures, local information, suggestions and directions are available during Museum open hours.

Online information about Cortes Island is available at

Cortes Tideline,
ourCortes.com, and
Cortes Island Brochure

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