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Cortes Island’s Biggest Christmas Bird Count Ever

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The Audobin Society has been holding Christmas Bird Counts across North America for the past 125 years.

On Cortes Island it is co-sponsored by the Cortes Island Museum and Birds Canada. Thirty-nine walkers, cyclists, boaters, and people in cars participated in the Cortes Island 2024 Christmas Bird Count. This was the third time that more than 4,000 birds have been counted since the islands first Christmas Bird Count in 2001. A new record was set: 4,545 Birds were listed.

Donna Collins explained, “We had more birders out, more areas covered and lots of birds counted.”

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Taxidermy Showcase at Wild Cortes

A special Taxidermy Showcase is coming to Wild Cortes on Saturday, September 14.   

Cortes Currents interviewed Laurel Bohart and Donna Collins, the co-curators of Wild Cortes, in the exhibition area. The bird songs in the audio of this story are from a recording of local birds, which provides atmosphere for the displays but is unrelated to this story. Collins gave an overview of the plan for the evening, starting from the opening at 6 PM. 

“Laurel is going to have a brief talk, and then we’ll have lots of time to wander through all of the bird displays and see what’s there. We’re going to showcase Laurel’s taxidermy from Africa and also some  local animals not necessarily from Cortes Island  that maybe nobody has ever seen before. There’s also going to be some Nigerian artwork and interesting things like a Bird of Paradise under glass.” 

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