OSFN Programs
Please note that all Programs, and schedules are subject to change. To avoid disappointment, please check with this site for updates and changes to dates, speakers, locations, etc. We thank you for your understanding in these matters.
Download our 2025/26 Schedule (pdf, 286kb)
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Annual Christmas Bird Counts, Dec 14, 2025 – Jan 5, 2026
December 14, 2025 @ 8:00 am – January 5, 2026 @ 5:00 pm
To help out the Christmas Bird Counts in your area, please ensure that your feeders are full during the Christmas Bird Count season, especially on and before the count day in your area and if your feeders are on a side of your house that can be seen from the road. OR, you may want to participate as part of a team during the count. This is a great way to get to know others who enjoy birds. Here is a list of the local Christmas Bird Counts and their organizers. Get connected. Christmas Bird Counts have been running since 1900 making this Citizen Science program 125 years old! They help us to understand how wild birds are doing across the country.
OSFN members are invited to participate in CBCs across Grey Bruce.
Sunday, December 14, 2025 Owen Sound CBC – compiler Erik Van Den Kieboom erikkieboom@outlook.com
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Bruce Peninsula National Park – compiler Anna Fletcher anna.fletcher@pc.gc.ca
Thursday, December 18, 2025 Kincardine CBC – compiler James Turland jaturland@gmail.com
Saturday, December 20, 2025 Hanover-Walkerton CBC – compiler Gerard McNaughton gmcnaughton@wightman.ca
Sunday, December 21, 2025 Wiarton CBC – compiler Jarmo Jalava jvjalava@gmail.com
Sunday, December 28, 2025 Meaford CBC – compiler Lynne Richardson lynnerichardson@rogers.com
Monday, December 29, 2025 Pike Bay CBC – compiler Andrew Keaveney uofgtwitcher@gmail.com
Tuesday, December 30, 2025 Cape Chin CBC – compiler Andrew Keaveney uofgtwitcher@gmail.com
Friday, January 2, 2026 Saugeen Shores CBC – compiler Kiah Jasper kiahjasper@gmail.com
OSFN Indoor Meetings are normally held on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Bayshore Community Centre, 1900 3rd Ave E Owen Sound. There are no Indoor Meetings in July and August. Please see the individual event listings below for more details.
We invite speakers with a wide range of expertise from Grey/Bruce and other parts of the province. These evenings are open to the public. The auditorium is open by 6:30. The meeting gets under way at 7:00, and may include brief announcements by other organizations as well as OSFN club activities, club business, social time, nature sightings and reports.
The club also offers a full schedule of outdoor activities during the year. Through these outings, members learn more about the birds, plants, mammals and geology of this part of Ontario. We also keep a protective eye on our precious natural areas.