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Bird Studies Canada’s Great Backyard Bird Count Story Contest
We know bird counts provide lots of memorable experiences. Funny, heartwarming, inspiring, or just plain unusual – we’d like to hear about them all. We invite you to enter the Great Backyard Bird Count story contest!
2018 Red List Winners and Losers: Canadian Perspective on the Global Report Card
Each year, the global extinction risk to all bird species is assessed by BirdLife International, the official Red List Authority for birds for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The 2018 update has just been released.
IBA Program Channels Passion for Birds and Special Places
On a spectacular sunny, calm day in mid-November, I had the opportunity to participate in a volunteer effort to document the Fraser Estuary Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA). Starting at first light, 40 experienced birders set out to count birds across the 754 square kilometres of the Fraser Estuary IBA.
Conference Highlights Research and Action for Long Point’s Plants and Wildlife
Recently, Bird Studies Canada staff presented some of our latest science at the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation’s sixth Research and Conservation Conference in Simcoe, Ontario.
William H. Moore, Canada’s First Christmas Bird Counter
It was 9 a.m. on Christmas morning 1900. That was the moment when, according to National Audubon Society data, “Wm. H. Moore of Scotch Lake, York County, New Brunswick” became Canada’s first Christmas Bird Counter.
Response to Proposed Hunting Season for Cormorants in Ontario
Bird Studies Canada is deeply concerned by the proposal to establish a hunting season for the Double-crested Cormorant in Ontario through amendment to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and supporting regulations. As a science-based conservation organization, with decades of experience monitoring bird populations, we believe that the proposed changes pose significant harm to a native Ontario wildlife species, have the potential to negatively impact other wildlife species and habitats, and also lack scientific rationale or justification.
