News & Reports
Volunteer Spotlight: George Clulow, Burnaby, BC
When did you first fall in love with birding? If it was during spring migration, you’re not alone – that’s how George Clulow got hooked! After moving from Essex, England to Winnipeg in 1973, one fateful spring galvanized his interest in birds into a more serious undertaking.
Fall is Migration Time for Loons and Lake Users Alike
Adult loons, followed by their young, will soon be migrating to their wintering grounds. Their destinations include the near offshore waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, or the Gulf of Mexico.
Should I Make a Nesting Raft for Loons?
Watching loons can have a wonderful side effect of increasing our desire to help them. But what is the best way to do that? Would building a nesting raft, or platform, benefit the loons at your lake?
Cross-Canada Hike Goes from Dream to Reality
Earlier this year, we announced that Sonya Richmond (until recently, a GIS analyst with Bird Studies Canada) and Sean Morton would be taking their lives in a dramatically new direction to hike across Canada for bird conservation. Did you wonder what it would be like to spend three years hiking the Great Trail? We can now put speculation aside because the hikers are on their way!
You Can Help Protect BC’s Fraser Delta for Western Sandpipers
Environment and Climate Change Canada scientists have concluded that “Project-induced changes to Roberts Bank constitute an unmitigatable species-level risk to Western Sandpipers, and shorebirds more generally.” Unless we act now, the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project is just one example of threats that will face Western Sandpipers and the Fraser Estuary.
It Takes a Village to Track a Curlew
The Long-billed Curlew project hit new heights this May with a very successful field season near Prince George, BC. A team from Bird Studies Canada visited the area to document the recently expanded range of these pioneer curlews, and to confirm their presence and breeding in the most northerly part of the species’ range.
