Five
Members Re-elected to BSC Board
12 September 2008 – At Bird
Studies Canada’s Annual Members Meeting on September 6, five members
were re-elected to the Board of Directors. These directors are: Dr.
Arnold Boer (NB), George Clulow (BC), David P. Smith (ON), Dr. Louis
Visentin (MB), and Chief Justice Warren Winkler (ON).
The other returning Board members are Karen Brown (ON), Sandy
Burnett (NB), Thor Eaton (ON), Rita Kalmbach (ON), Kate MacQuarrie
(PE), Hugh McArthur (ON), Betsy McFarlane (QC), Dr. Art Martell (BC),
Donald Rogers (ON), and Dr. Mark Whitmore (MB). Dr. Martell has
completed his term as Chair, and Dr. Visentin has been appointed as
the new Chair.
We look forward to our continuing collaboration with all of our
Board members, and we thank them for their support.
2008
Birdathon Prize Winners Announced
12 September 2008 –
Congratulations to the 2008 Baillie Birdathon prize winners,
announced at last weekend’s Annual Members Meeting. Grand prize
winner Margaret Shepherd of Victoria, BC will be taking a tour of
either New Brunswick & Grand Manan, Guyana, or West Mexico, courtesy
of Eagle-Eye Tours.
Adam C. Smith of Gatineau, QC was the lucky winner of an
Eagle Optics Vortex
Skyline Angled Spotting Scope and a Vortex STX Tripod. Also from
Eagle Optics, prizes
have been awarded to West Humber Naturalists’ Kevin Shackleton of
Newmarket, ON who will receive a pair of SRT 8x42 binoculars, and to
James Pearson of Zephyr, ON who won the Young Birdathoner prize, a
pair of Vortex Fury 8x32 binoculars. Nancy Fox has won a Limited
Edition Framed Print of Lucidity courtesy of artist
Chris Bacon.
To date the 2008 Birdathon has brought in $209,000! Canadian
Migration Monitoring Network stations have raised over $53,000, and
other naturalists’ clubs have raised more than $28,000. We are
extremely grateful to all of the participants, sponsors, and prize
donors who make the Baillie Birdathon such a success. Visit the
BSC website for a full list of this year’s Birdathon results
and prize winners.
Wind
Energy Bird and Bat Monitoring Database is Now Online
5 September 2008 – The Wind Energy
Bird and Bat Monitoring Database is now online and available for use
by environmental consultants in cooperation with the wind industry.
This resource was developed as a central repository for data
collected through the environmental assessment process, with the
objective of contributing to a better understanding of the impacts
of wind turbines on birds and bats. Using data from both pre- and
post-construction monitoring, the database will enable evaluation of
actual impacts, as well as analyses of the effectiveness of pre-construction
data in helping to predict impacts. Ultimately it is hoped the
database will lead to further refinements of environmental
assessments, and provide a valuable tool to guide the future
development of the wind industry in Canada.
Over the past two years, BSC has been working with the Canadian
Wind Energy Association, the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), and
the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on the development of this
important resource.
Select this link
for instructions on how to register as a database user, and how to
enter or import data.
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