We hope you have been taking pleasure in the birds that fall has brought to your area. As a Bird Studies Canada member, volunteer, or supporter, you’re doing your part to sustain bird conservation and research – we hope you take pleasure in that, too. We’re very thankful for your contributions!
In 2018, Bird Studies Canada’s Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program (GLMMP) celebrated something remarkable: the completion of nearly a quarter-century of bird, frog, and habitat surveys by hundreds of volunteer Citizen Scientists.
Bird Studies Canada is now accepting applications to the James L. Baillie Memorial Fund for the 2019 grant cycle. A portion of the money raised through our annual Great Canadian Birdathon is allocated to the Fund to provide grants to individuals or groups for projects that further bird research and conservation in Canada.
Congratulations to Alan (Al) Smith on his receiving the 2018 Ludlow Griscom Award from the American Birding Association! This award is in recognition of “an individual who has dramatically advanced the state of ornithology in a particular region.”
If you are looking for a bird-themed design for this year’s jack-o-lantern, look no further! Bird Studies Canada’s Ontario Piping Plover Conservation Coordinator, Andrea Gress, came up with two cute plover designs that you can download and print off.
Bird Studies Canada thanks all of our generous prize donors, participants, and sponsors for making the Great Canadian Birdathon a success.
Recently, organizers of the International Ornithological Congress 2018 in Vancouver worked closely with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center to bring certified Bird Friendly coffee to the event. Bird meetings with Bird Friendly coffee!
After a long period of preparation and anticipation, the 27th International Ornithological Congress and first-ever Vancouver International Bird Festival took place in Vancouver from August 19-26. Together, these events represented a formidable success for birds, ornithology, and conservation! Bird Studies Canada was proud to bring these events to life as a Co-host of the congress and Community Partner of the bird festival.
On September 13, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Jonathan Wilkinson, announced the creation of the Scott Islands Marine National Wildlife Area on Canada’s Pacific coast. The area is the first to be protected under the Canada Wildlife Act, and its establishment follows years of consultation with Indigenous Peoples, the government of British Columbia, and stakeholders.
Bird Studies Canada and Long Point Bird Observatory hosted six talented young naturalists for the 2018 Doug Tarry Young Ornithologists’ Workshop (YOW). This year’s participants included Linden Imeson (Waterloo, ON), Isaac Nelson (Kamloops, BC), Bridget Spencer (Vancouver, BC), Erik Van Den Kieboom (Owen Sound, ON), Eva Visscher (St. Thomas, ON), and Christopher Zayachkowski (Sault Ste. Marie, ON).
