Photo: Dean Chatterson

Bird Counts

Festival Bird Counts:

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Photo: Gaelen Schnare

Christmas Bird Counts:

1998-2018 Christmas Bird Counts were sponsored by the Creston Field Naturalists Association. Sharon Laughlin was the Coordinator and Compiler for all those years!  

2019 to present is sponsored by the Creston Valley Bird Festival. Ulrike Sliworsky is the Coordinator and Compiler. For more information please contact info@crestonvalleybirds.ca

2023-2024 Christmas Bird Count Totals

2022-2023 Creston and Kuskanook Counts

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Creston Valley News

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Upcoming Creston Valley events

Discover the Ecology of Cottonwood Island: Guided Nature Walk with Jim Smith

Sunday, September 7

Explore the incredible ecology of the Creston Valley on a fun and educational guided nature walk. Join us Sunday, September 7 from 9–11am for a walk led by retired…

Nature Walk: Thompson Pack Trail

Sunday, September 14

These walks are family friendly and will explore various trails and habitats in the Creston Valley. Come out to learn about the ecology of the Creston Valley and have fun…

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Join The Team

Want to protect wildlife, clean water and wild spaces? Volunteer with us! Wildsight volunteers are a very special group of people who give generously of their time to stuff envelopes, attend rallies, help run events, put up posters, keep tabs on forestry practices in their communities and participate in citizen science initiatives.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Branch Information

Contact

Box 1001
Creston, BC
V0B 1G0
crestonvalley@wildsight.ca