Featured News Stories

If you’re a regular reader of the Birds Canada blog or BirdWatch Canada magazine, you may recall my stories of studying Leach’s Storm-Petrels in Newfoundland the past several years.

We know how passionate our readers are about helping birds, so we created this list of specific examples that you can try right now, this summer. If you’re spending more time than usual at home this year, maybe it’s the perfect time to take on a new project!

COVID-19 kept me at home this year in the springtime so I was able to enjoy the birds in my own backyard on Salt Spring Island, BC. On May 9 I first heard the “whit” calls of a Swainson’s Thrush, Catharus ustulatus. The next day he tried out a few songs, then went quiet until May 17.

We are saddened to learn that George Peck passed away recently. George was a distinguished ornithologist in Ontario for over 50 years.

Birds Canada has added its voice to the call for the U.S. government not to strip away critical protections in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

The Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary (MBS) was established in 1931 because the shallow, tidal lagoon waters support large numbers of wintering waterfowl.

The Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program (GLMMP) has operated every year since 1995.

Birds Canada invited students and families to explore and count birds from home, anytime during the month of May.

High school students in Markham, are finding hope and sharing it with the world.

Aerial insectivores – birds that catch insects on the wing – have declined by an estimated 59% since the 1970s in Canada!