Mitigating and adapting to climate change have emerged as defining challenges of our time. Climate change adaptation is always featured in the recommendations I make to decisions makers in the course of my work to conserve bird habitat in the Fraser River Delta Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA).
The 2021 Great Canadian Birdathon® is a year-long effort to raise needed funds for bird conservation. Every donation will advance the understanding and conservation of birds that spend part of their year in Canada or live here year-round!
“HL”, affectionately known as Helen Louise by our field biologists, is a Piping Plover banded as an adult in 2014 by the Canadian Wildlife Service as part of an ongoing study to better understand this Endangered species.
The Canadian Lakes Loon Survey 40-year Report has been released and the results are telling scientists that the Common Loon, Gavia immer, is experiencing mysterious declines in the number of chicks surviving to adulthood.
Scattered across pockets of remaining habitat in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, you can find one of Canada’s truly outstanding bird species – the Thick-billed Longspur.
During the 2021 field season in northern New Brunswick, our goals were to find new individuals or clusters of Bicknell’s Thrushes on isolated mountaintops that had never been surveyed before.
Climate change and loss of biodiversity and are two challenges threatening the future of humanity.
The Canadian Lakes Loon Survey 40-year Report has been released and the results are telling scientists that the Common Loon, Gavia immer, is experiencing mysterious declines in the number of chicks surviving to adulthood.
Many important projects, like “Inspiring new champions for Canada Warblers in Columbia” have been made possible in part by bird lovers like you, through past editions of the Great Canadian Birdathon®
Global warming is putting pressure on all ecosystems, particularly at higher latitudes and elevations where temperatures are increasing by twice the global rate.
