Birds need your support this fall
By Kris Dobney, Member Services Specialist, Birds Canada The Great Canadian Birdathon is a fantastic way to raise the funds needed to advance bird research, awareness, and conservation. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Great Canadian Birdathon, which is...
Don’t hold back – fall for birds!
By Jody Allair, Director, Citizen Science and Community Engagement, Birds Canada As a young birder growing up in the 90s in Peterborough, Ontario, I was always enamoured with fall. There was just something about those cool crisp nights, the amazing colours on display...
A curlew conservation community that cares
By Graham Sorenson, BC Projects Coordinator, Birds Canada In late August, many of Canada’s breeding migratory birds are starting their migration south. But Long-billed Curlews have completed their journey to their non-breeding grounds weeks ago. By this time,...
Thank you for being part of the 2020 Canadian Nightjar Survey
By Andrew Coughlan, Director – Québec Program, Birds Canada Common Poorwill Illustration: Jenny Bien-Aimé Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with the 2020 Canadian Nightjar Survey in June and July! In spite of the pandemic, participants were able to...
Volunteers needed to survey birds along the BC coast
By Graham Sorenson, BC Projects Coordinator, Birds Canada Birds Canada is currently seeking new volunteers for our BC Coastal Waterbird Survey and BC Beached Bird Survey. Please take a look at the program information below to see if you can help, or share it...
Celebrating and protecting the birds of Delta, BC
By Caroline Biel, Engagement and Communications Officer, BC Region, Birds Canada I have never seen so many Great Blue Herons in my life. I lift my binoculars to admire the profusion of heron nests in the trees. Gawky juveniles wait inside, eyeing the skies for...
A victory for conservation partners and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act!
By Pete Davidson, Senior Conservation Advisor, Birds Canada Birds Canada is delighted to convey great news for birds from south of the border in this update to a blog post we published earlier in the summer. Our BirdLife International partners in the U.S. –...
New Grasslands Conservation Incentives project to benefit Canadian ranchers and birds
By Dr. Silke Nebel, Vice-President, Conservation and Science, Birds Canada Grasslands Photo: Pete Davidson The State of Canada Birds, 2019 confirmed that Canada has lost nearly 60% of our grassland birds since 1970. This is crisis for bird life and sounds an alarm for...