Join the 12th Annual Glen Valley Spring Bird Count

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By Lisa Dreves, Glen Valley Watersheds Society 

The Glen Valley Watersheds Society (GVWS) will be out with birders from all over the lower mainland on Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 6 am for the 12th Annual Glen Valley Spring Bird Count - in search for all the amazing birds that call Glen Valley home in the spring. 

If you are interested in giving birding a try or already have a “good ear” – as they say – contact the GVWS at [email protected], newbys and experienced birders are all welcome!

The dawn chorus starts up a bit before 4am this time of year but the GVWS has a much more reasonable start time of 6am. 

The bird count gets underway at Poplar Bar (end of Lefevre Road at River Rd) where everyone is arranged into groups and car pools are sorted out. Everyone is assigned a different area and they head off. Everyone meets back at Poplar Bar at 11:30am for a potluck lunch and to compare notes.

The group is looking for volunteers to join the count and properties to count on. If you are interested in joining the count please contact their coordinator at [email protected] or call 604-546-0336. OR you can count in your own backyard or invite the birders on to your property to count for you. 

The bird count area boundary is the Fraser River on the north (but they do include Crescent Island), Armstrong Road and Telegraph Trail on the west, Starr Road (64 Ave in Langley) on the south and Bradner and Ross Road on the east.

Over the past 11 years 126 different species of birds have been counted but on average they see about 73 different species each year. Please feel free to share, we always welcome new birders, recorders, drivers and more of the amazing experts that join us every year. The long range forecast is for mostly sunny with a high of 21oC so it should be an amazing day!

If you haven’t already, please let me know you are coming so we have an idea of the number when we arrange carpools and for the potluck after (we usually have about 16 people out if you are making something for the potluck).

Take care and enjoy the sunshine!

Lisa Dreves
Langley Stewardship Coordinator
Langley Environmental Partners Society
p: 604-546-0336 f: 604.534.6593 
[email protected]
www.gvws.ca

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