News & Reports
Experience the Urban Wild at the Toronto Bird Celebration
Looking for ways to explore Toronto’s vibrant birdlife during spring migration? Join Bird Studies Canada and a host of partners for the 2018 Toronto Bird Celebration!
Help Pick North American Contenders for the Twitter World Cup of Birds!
If you’re a die-hard bird fan, we hope you’ll help Bird Studies Canada in our quest to choose eight North American bird species to represent the continent in the Twitter World Cup.
Friends Across the Flyway
Migratory birds in the Americas need your help. Every year, thousands of shorebirds travel vast distances between breeding grounds in the remote Arctic and tropical wintering grounds in Central and South America – facing exhaustion, starvation, and predation.
Great Backyard Bird Count Story Contest Winning Story and Honourable Mentions
On the Family Day Monday, I headed out with two of my children to look for birds as we began the five mile hike to one of our local Scout camps, just outside of Peterborough. Spending time together in the great outdoors is something we have always enjoyed. As we turned off the highway, the rain began.
Citizen Scientists Document American Woodcock Declines in Ontario
In April and May, many Ontario Citizen Scientists start their spring birding by listening for and counting “peent”-ing American Woodcocks around sunset. These volunteers are part of a large U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service program that monitors the American Woodcock population in eastern North America.
Birds Make Headlines in BC
For those who follow local news related to birds in British Columbia, it would seem that birds have been cropping up a lot so far in 2018. The International Ornithological Congress and Vancouver International Bird Festival are still five months away, but we are already starting to see a number of stories featuring these promising events!
