The BC Coastal Waterbird Survey aims to coordinate
the efforts of people who care about waterbirds in British Columbia.
Anyone who can identify coastal waterbird species in their area can
participate in the BC Coastal Waterbird Survey! The goal of such
coordinated collective efforts is the conservation of coastal
waterbird populations in British Columbia.
The
coastlines of British Columbia are of international importance for
waterbirds, especially during winter when vast numbers of loons,
grebes, cormorants, herons, swans, geese, ducks, shorebirds, and
gulls can be found feeding and roosting in bays, estuaries and along
the rocky inter-tidal beaches of the BC coast. Thousands of
individual birds of many different species use the sheltered
near-shore waters, the expansive wetland areas and estuarine
habitats to roost, to feed, to over-winter and to stop and restore
their fuel supplies during long migratory journeys.
With the coastlines of BC under increasing pressure
from development and human population expansion, long-term data on
the abundance and distribution of waterbird species will enable us
to monitor and track changes in waterbird populations and habitat
use.
The
coastlines of British Columbia are of international importance for
waterbirds, especially during winter when vast numbers of loons,
grebes, cormorants, herons, swans, geese, ducks, shorebirds, and
gulls can be found feeding and roosting in bays, estuaries and along
the rocky inter-tidal beaches of the BC coast. Thousands of
individual birds of many different species use the sheltered
near-shore waters, the expansive wetland areas and estuarine
habitats to roost, to feed, to over-winter and to stop and restore
their fuel supplies during long migratory journeys.