I had assumed that the Great Backyard Bird Count was for birding exclusively in backyards. I do not have a backyard. However, I learned that the count can be done anywhere, so this year I set out to do what I considered my Great Beyond Bird Count!
We at Birds Canada want to hear your most exciting, inspiring, funny, or heartwarming story about the Great Backyard Bird Count! To enter our story contest, email us your best tale from this year’s (or a previous year’s) GBBC, in 200-400 words.
We at Bird Studies Canada want to hear your most exciting, inspiring, funny, or heartwarming story about the Great Backyard Bird Count! To enter our story contest, email us your best tale from this year’s (or a previous year’s) GBBC, in 200-400 words.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – This summer, birdwatchers across Saskatchewan will embark on the largest citizen-science project ever attempted in the province.
The 20th annual GBBC is taking place February 17-20 in backyards, parks, nature centres, on hiking trails, school grounds, balconies, and beaches—anywhere you find birds.
A special year-end message from Birds Canada President, Steven Price.
Participants in Project FeederWatch make a difference by collecting simple information about birds visiting feeders in winter. FeederWatchers help researchers at Birds Canada and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology monitor changes in the fortunes of feeder birds.
Health check-up reveals weak pulse for many of our beloved birds.
Partnerships, Citizen Science critical to long-term conservation.
Results from the first-ever complete survey of birds across the whole province of British Columbia have just been released, and are now available for free online. The British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas is already helping to identify and protect critical habitats for Species at Risk, and improve conditions for birds on industrial lands.
Sackville, New Brunswick – Birds Canada and partners, including Environment and Climate Change Canada, have published the most comprehensive and current book on the status of the birds of the Maritimes – their distribution, abundance, habitats and conservation. Book launches will be held in key Maritimes locations in May.
