Check out the latest updates from the James Bay shorebird project: https://www.jamesbayshorebirdproject.com/seasonsummaries/ This collaborative monitoring and research project focuses on a declining group of birds and a hugely important staging site for their southbound migration.
The Vancouver International Bird Festival is only 9 days away! Festival Chair Rob Butler hopes people from all walks of life will take advantage of this one-time opportunity to celebrate birds & will leave with a deeper connection to nature. Watch his interview on Breakfast Television Vancouver. Bird Studies Canada is a festival partner - we hope to see you there!
The 2018 Young Ornithologists' Workshop at Long Point Bird Observatory is in full swing! Teen champions for science and conservation are honing their skills (and enjoying the wildlife).
Some conservation-themed suggestions for your summer reading list. What books about conservation make you feel motivated, hopeful, or inspired? Cool Green Science
If you'll be at the Vancouver International Bird Festival, join us at the Nature & Bird Expo! The expo is open to the public August 23-25 and open to IOCongress2018 delegates August 21-25. Read bios for the Bird Studies Canada team members who will be staffing our booth and plan your visit: https://www.birdscanada.org/news/meet-our-staff Day passes for festival participants are available here: http://www.vanbirdfest.com/calendar/nature-bird-expo/
New study finds there is plenty of breeding habitat in the Canadian Arctic for an endangered subspecies of Red Knot - for now: https://americanornithologypubsblog.org/…/mapping-endanger…/
Coming up August 24 in Vancouver - Explore innovative solutions for bird conservation with us at the Stewardship Roundtable! Check out the agenda & register now: http://stewardshipcentrebc.ca/…/wil…/stewardship-roundtable/ Stewardship Centre for BC IOCongress2018 #SRTatIOC
Go on an adventure & support bird conservation! Don't miss our once-in-a-lifetime Members' Trip to Ecuador: http://www.eagle-eye.com/southern-ecuador-birding-tour Eagle-Eye Tours
Thanks National Audubon Society for featuring Toronto Island's Piping Plover nest & the people who are working hard to help this population recover. Piping Plover Conservation in Ontario
Thanks to all who came out to the celebrate the Minas Basin Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site on Monday! And thanks to Global News Atlantic for interviewing Bird Studies Canada's Jaya Fahey & shining a spotlight on this important place for migratory birds. Nature Conservancy of Canada / Conservation de la nature Canada WHSRN Space to Roost
From eagles to crows, birds and nature have inspired yoga philosophies and practices for centuries. Join us for a free one-hour yoga class that will explore the bird, wildlife, and nature imagery present in yoga. The class will be led by Ornithologist and Certified Yoga Instructor Kate Fremlin.
This class is suitable for all levels, including those new to yoga. Please bring your own yoga mat and water. The class is free, but limited to 60 participants. Please register here: https://www.canadahelps.org/…/bird-s…/events/birds-and-yoga/
This event is hosted by Bird Studies Canada as part of the Vancouver International Bird Festival: http://www.vanbirdfest.com/
SwiftWatch volunteers in Nova Scotia are speaking up for Chimney Swift habitat: https://bit.ly/2Ap5aRI Maritimes SwiftWatch Annapolis County Spectator
Arctic-nesting shorebirds are on the move! The Bay of Fundy is an important place for them to stop and rest on their epic southbound journeys. Discover how the Space to Roost program is doing its part to help shorebirds get to their destinations: http://grapevinepublishing.ca/…/space-to-roost-helping-shor… The Grapevine
A mom's-eye-view of birding with kids - on the American Birding Association podcast:
Check out some of the great events coming up August 19-26 at the Vancouver International Bird Festival: http://www.vancourier.com/…/festival-bringing-bevy-of-bird-… We hope you can join us there! IOCongress2018 The Vancouver Courier Newspaper
Where do the Leach's Storm-petrels nesting on Kent Island find their food? Researchers used GPS tracking tech to find out: http://community.bowdoin.edu/…/a-seabird-my…/@BowdoinCollege
Les participants au Suivi des oiseaux échoués du Québec recueillent de l’information sur la mortalité d’oiseaux de mer et d’autres espèces. Lisez un article par Andrew Coughlan et apprenez ce qu’ils ont découvert : https://bit.ly/2Oic4uH Participants in the Québec Beached Bird Survey collect information on the mortality of seabirds & other species using the Estuary & Gulf of the St. Lawrence River. Read an article by Andrew Coughlan and find out what they have discovered: https://bit.ly/2v7Def4
Plovers nested on four Ontario beaches this year, and the chicks are starting to take flight! Read our update: https://bit.ly/2LvPP5X Des pluviers ont niché sur quatre plages en Ontario cette année. Voyez comment se portent les petits : https://bit.ly/2mHSkV7 Piping Plover Conservation in Ontario
Received my membership package today and my talley sheets for the feeder watch. So excited and so much to read. I already hung up my bird watching days calendar. Thanks!
Amazing experience with such knowledgeable friendly staff!
So educational. Great school trip all should do! I never miss this one with my girls classes! Staff are fun, and very knowledgeable. Great place to visit!
From top to bottom, such terrific and nice folks doing incredibly vital work
I love bird studies Canada! Participating in surveys like the Christmas Bird Count makes me feel like I'm contributing to science and I love getting their magazines! Very informative!
BSC is an integral part of the Canadian birding community and conservation, and their Facebook page is updated frequently with great information.
this tells a lot about bird s worlwide but yet a lot to see around
With nature's understanding we can proceed with ideas.
Fantastic resource.
J’ai connu cette communauté l’an passé et je participe toujours cette année. Je suis vraiment heureuse d’en faire partie!
Il faut tout faire pour conserver ce joyau que sont les oiseaux, sans eux le vie ne sera jamais la même.
exellent