Aug 21, 2021 | Featured News Stories
By Dr. Doug Tozer, Director, Waterbirds and Wetlands, Birds Canada Birds Canada volunteers collect important information for bird conservation. Using data from 35 wildlife research and monitoring programs, we’re able to track the pulse of populations of most...
Aug 21, 2021 | Featured News Stories
By Jody Allair (Director, Community Engagement) and Yousif Attia (Digital Content Specialist and Citizen Science Coordinator), Birds Canada Scattered across pockets of remaining habitat in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, you can find one of Canada’s truly...
Aug 20, 2021 | Featured News Stories
By Dr. Rémi Torrenta, Bird Projects Biologist, Birds Canada May 27th, 9pm. The darkness slowly falls around us as we wait silently on a remote forest road in New Brunswick’s Christmas Mountains. My heart is beating quickly and I can feel the excitement of our...
Aug 20, 2021 | Featured News Stories
By Dr. Silke Nebel, Vice-President – Science and Conservation, Birds Canada Climate change and loss of biodiversity and are two challenges threatening the future of humanity. They are referred as “twin crises” because the factors driving them – and the...
Aug 19, 2021 | Media Releases
Our Canadian Icon Needs Our Help For Release: Aug 23, 2021 Port Rowan, ON ̶ The Canadian Lakes Loon Survey (CLLS) 40-year Report has been released and the results are telling scientists that the Common Loon, Gavia immer, is experiencing mysterious declines in...
Aug 17, 2021 | Featured News Stories
Inspiring new champions for Canada Warblers in Colombia. Documenting breeding birds across Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Newfoundland. Monitoring nocturnal owl populations in Eeyou Istchee-James Bay. These projects have been made possible in part by bird lovers like you,...
Aug 17, 2021 | Featured News Stories
By Dr. Devin de Zwaan and Dr. Davide Scridel, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Global warming is putting pressure on all ecosystems, particularly at higher latitudes and elevations where temperatures are increasing...
Jul 27, 2021 | Featured News Stories
Peregrine Falcon photo by Derek Zaraza The fifth Toronto Bird Celebration By Andrés Jiménez Monge, Urban Program Coordinator, Birds Canada “When the second and third wave of the pandemic appeared, I thought spring migration would turn into a repeat of...
Jul 27, 2021 | Featured News Stories
By Liam Ragan, BC Important Bird and Biodiversity Area Provincial Coordinator, BC Nature and Lindsay Lalach, BC Important Bird and Biodiversity Area Intern On June 13th, 2021, 22 devoted volunteers gathered (in compliance with COVID-19 health guidelines) to...
Jul 26, 2021 | Featured News Stories
By Lindsey Greidanus, Ontario Piping Plover Technician, Birds Canada 2021 marks the 15th consecutive season that Piping Plovers have graced Ontario Great Lakes shorelines following a 30-year absence. This year, we have had seven breeding pairs in Ontario, some...
