Oct 21, 2019 | Featured News Stories
By Laura Bartlett (Nova Scotia Program Coordinator) and Denise Maillet (New Brunswick Piping Plover Project Coordinator), Bird Studies Canada Volunteers and staff with the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Piping Plover Conservation Program survey over 50 beaches at...
Aug 10, 2018 | Featured News Stories
By Dr. Laura McFarlane Tranquilla, Atlantic Program Manager, Bird Studies Canada June is a special month for me, marking two important things. First is my daughter’s birthday. Then – immediately following – is my annual trip to Baccalieu Island, Newfoundland, where I...
Aug 11, 2017 | Featured News Stories
By Jaya Fahey, Shorebird Stewardship Biologist, Bird Studies Canada Photo: Jaya Fahey In late summer, hundreds of thousands of shorebirds stop over in the Bay of Fundy’s Minas Basin, in Nova Scotia, during their remarkable migration to South America. They require...
Aug 10, 2017 | Featured News Stories
By Dr. Laura McFarlane Tranquilla, Atlantic Program Manager, Bird Studies Canada Dr. Laura McFarlane Tranquilla with a Leach’s Storm-Petrel. Photo: Dr. Laura McFarlane Tranquilla Completing my fifth annual pilgrimage to Baccalieu Island, NL, I spent one...