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Mark your calendars for the Great Backyard Bird Count: February 12-15!
This year’s Great Backyard Bird Count gives us the opportunity to help the birds we love by observing them from the safety of our own home or local community, and making them count in this global event.
Recent Status Assessments of Four Bird Species by COSEWIC
At a virtual meeting in November 2020, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessed the status of 40 wildlife species or discrete populations within species, including four species of birds.
Using Modern Tools to Expand the Marsh Monitoring Program
Some wetlands are difficult and dangerous to access even in broad daylight and Autonomous Recording Units (ARUs) are great tools with the power to help solve these challenges.
Immediate action required to assist feeder birds on the West Coast
An outbreak of salmonella has been reported among Pine Siskins visiting feeders, but those who feed birds can help stop the spread by taking immediate action!
2019/20 Christmas Bird Count in Canada
The long running Christmas Bird Count (CBC) has been represented in Canada since the very beginning, when two of the first ever counts were held in New Brunswick and Ontario in the year 1900.
A flycatcher surprise and other Saskatchewan Atlas highlights for 2020
One of the most exciting finds of the 2020 season was a nesting pair of Cordilleran Flycatchers at Cypress Hills Provincial Park – a first for the province!
