News & Reports
Holiday Gifts that Support Bird Conservation
The holiday season is just around the corner! Give your favourite bird lovers the opportunity to learn more about, celebrate, and conserve birds with these gift ideas.
Possibilities for Wildlife Tracking with Motus are Expanding, Thanks to CANARIE
Bird Studies Canada is proud to announce that our Motus Wildlife Tracking System was one of 20 projects across Canada to recently receive funding from CANARIE’s Research Software Program.
460,000 concerned citizens call for immediate ban on bee-killing neonic pesticides in Canada
Fourteen conservation, environmental health and advocacy groups*, along with the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association, have called on the federal government to end the use of neonicotinoid insecticides in Canada without further delay, as Ottawa concluded consultations on the latest neonic risk assessments on Tuesday, November 13.
Students Help Remove 120 lbs. of Garbage from Shorebird Habitat
On a sunny day in October, 47 students and 4 teachers from Ecole Calixte F. Savoie in Saint-Anne de Kent, NB got some hands-on experience in helping and learning about nature. They joined Denise Maillet of Bird Studies Canada, as well as Denise Roy and Jennifer White of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), to clean up a section along Cap Lumiere beach.
Pre-sale of the Québec Breeding Bird Atlas is on Now!
We are delighted to announce the launch of the pre-sale of the Second Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Southern Québec!
Save Birds by Removing Burdock
While cleaning up your property this fall, keep an eye out for the invasive plants known as burdocks (in the genus Arctium). Two of our friends in Toronto recently sent us a series photos showing kinglets that had died after getting caught in burdock.
