Bird Studies Canada and partners are thrilled to announce the designation of a new Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) in the southwestern James Bay region! The new site amalgamates seven former IBAs, covers an additional 716 km2, and was created to better reflect bird habitat use and movements within this unique area.
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 access to beaches and other coastal sites where they can rest when mudflat foraging habitat is covered during high tide.
It was a busy fall for waterbird surveys at Ontario’s IBAs, supported by outstanding teams of volunteers. We’re pleased to share the spectacular results.
More than 350 of the planet’s most important sites for nature are at risk, according to a new BirdLife International report.
