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The unprecedented international effort to understand and reverse declines in one of North America’s most iconic waterbirds.

Birds Canada science has helped attract millions of dollars in recent funding to restore hundreds of hectares of threatened Great Lakes coastal wetlands for birds. Read on to see how data from our Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program and science-based recommendations from our Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Program have been critical for making this happen. 

More than a century of conservation efforts paid off this spring, when a pair of Piping Plovers established a nest at Long Point for the first time since 1977. For nearly 50 years, birders, scientists, and nature lovers have eagerly awaited the return of nesting Piping Plovers to the Canadian shores of Lake Erie. Read on to learn just how significant this return is, and why it gives us hope for the future.

Government of Canada invests $2.6 million in bird monitoring – bolstering the impact of our volunteers 

For well over a century, the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) has connected people with birds and nature while establishing one of the longest running wildlife datasets in the world. A renewed partnership agreement between National Audubon Society (Audubon) and Birds Canada reaffirms a shared commitment to this international collaboration, more than 125 years in the making. 

One of the most important nesting sites for the endangered Piping Plover in Ontario is Wasaga Beach, on the shores of Georgian Bay. The critical natural beach habitat at Wasaga has produced half of the province's Piping Plover fledglings since 2007. It is also one of the top tourist destinations in the province, welcoming an increasing number of visitors each year, recently exceeding 2 million people annually. 

We are excited to announce the 2026 recipients of the Birds Canada Community Grant, whose inspiring projects will work to propel bird conservation forward to protect the birds we love.  

Strong partnerships are at the heart of effective bird conservation, and the growing relationship between Timiskaming First Nation (TFN) and Birds Canada embodies that spirit.