Birdwatching

Swans seen at Swan Haven on Marsh Lake on April 18. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Swan Haven adapts activities to pandemic

The annual Celebration of Swans counted over 3,000 feathered visitors on the peak day

 

Birders Jenny Trapnell and Jim Hawkings participated in the annual Christmas Bird Count downtown on Dec. 26. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

Bird numbers steady and human numbers up during COVID-19 Christmas Bird Count

Organizers speculated that people had less to do this year on Boxing Day, leading to more interest

 

A Steller’s jay photographed along the river trail in Whitehorse on Sept. 24. The Steller’s jay is the provincial bird of British Columbia and doesn’t often travel as far north as Whitehorse. (Cameron Eckert/Submitted)

Steller’s jay invasion: Coastal species making a rare appearance in southern Yukon

Have you seen this bird?

 

Annual Helmut Grünberg Birdathon set for May 29

Participants encouraged to birdwatch within their own communities