Sep 25, 2019 | Featured News Stories
By Andrea Gress, Ontario Piping Plover Conservation Program Coordinator, Bird Studies Canada The 2019 season was not without its challenges for Piping Plover conservation in Ontario. High waters were an issue across the Great Lakes, leading to smaller nesting...
Aug 27, 2019 | Featured News Stories
By Dr. Doug Tozer (Ontario Program Scientist) and Gregor Beck (Senior Conservation Advisor), Bird Studies Canada Common Loon killed by type-E botulism Photo: Bird Studies Canada The health of Lake Erie reached a low point in the 1960s and 1970s. It was described as an...
May 16, 2019 | Featured News Stories
Eastern Whip-poor-will Photo: Ron Ridout Bird Studies Canada strongly opposes proposed changes to Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA), as brought forward in Schedule 5 of Bill 108. The changes would remove essential legal protections for species at risk and for the...
Mar 21, 2019 | Featured News Stories
By Kathy Jones, Ontario Programs Volunteer Coordinator, Bird Studies Canada American Woodcock Photo: Christian Artuso Early each spring, Citizen Scientists across eastern North America dedicate one evening to counting and listening to “peent”-ing American Woodcocks...
Mar 15, 2019 | Featured News Stories
Piping Plover chick Photo: Mark Peck Bird Studies Canada provided comments and recommendations to the Ontario Government on the recently posted 10th Year Review of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act: Discussion Paper. We are deeply concerned about Ontario’s species at...
