Birds Canada is seeking volunteers across Canada to help monitor nightjars (Common Nighthawks, Common Poorwills, and Eastern Whip-poor-wills).
Volunteers needed for the Canadian Nightjar Survey
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Featured News Stories
Happy Mother’s Day, Chewie!
If anybody knows the challenges of being a mother, it is our beloved Chewie, an endangered Piping Plover who has been nesting in Ontario for the past couple of years. Discover Chewie’s story.
Join 50 million birds as they flock to parks across the GTA this month with the Toronto Bird Celebration
Spring has sprung in the GTA which means the birds are back in town! Just like the film stars that flock to Toronto each year, our honoured guests will soar together at the 7th annual Toronto Bird Celebration.
A Conservation win for West Mabou Beach, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Natural Resources & Renewables Minister Tory Rushton announced the provincial government would not consider a proposal for a golf course development at West Mabou Beach Provincial Park. This decision brings enormous relief to us and many other supporters of this park and its wildlife.
Federal Government fails to protect birds and biodiversity in Fraser River Delta with approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2
This approval represents a failure to use the precautionary principle that avoids industrial impact at sites that are important to biodiversity.
Largest Provincial Citizen Science Effort Underway to Help Birds and Biodiversity in Ontario
Birds Canada and partners are launching the third season of the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas-3 project (Atlas-3), the largest province-wide Citizen Science effort which surveys all species breeding in Ontario.
Working with Maritimes Municipalities to Protect Urban Chimney Swift Habitat
Chimney Swifts are an amazing species – they migrate from Canada to the Amazon River basin, spend most of each day flying, nest and spend nights in chimneys and hollow trees. Protecting Chimney Swifts requires actions on multiple fronts.
Western Sandpiper – showy shore socialite
They weigh scarcely more than a slice of bread. Yet each year, this little bird travels long distances. Learn more about this species.
2023 Great Backyard Bird Count Results
Half a million people from 202 countries were out birding February 17-20, 2023. Birds truly brought the world together for the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC).
A New Book on Ravens For Children of All Ages
At first we collaborated with the ravens, but as we grew stronger, we pushed them aside. They saw that we were plundering more and more of the Earth’s resources. Their plan was not to fight. To attract our attention, they enlisted the help of a few children in each country.