Congratulations to our 2020 Great Canadian Birdathon prize winners!
By Kris Dobney, Member Services Specialist, Birds Canada I’d like to wish a warm thank-you to the prize donors, participants, and sponsors who made Birds Canada’s 2020 Great Canadian Birdathon a success. All of your hard work and generosity will benefit...
A new marsh monitoring program in British Columbia
Birds Canada and WildResearch are excited to announce our new BC Marsh Monitoring Program! The Marsh Monitoring Program is an initiative from Birds Canada that was initially launched in 1995 in the Great Lakes basin, and has been expanded to other provinces...
PhD opportunity: species distribution and abundance models of Canadian owls
15 February 2021 A PhD position, with three years partial NSERC funding, is available in the Cumming lab at Laval University, Québec City. The position will be instrumental to a new collaboration between two long-standing Canadian research groups in avian ecology, the...
Winter Birds Photo Contest Winners
Red Crossbill Photo: Alain Clavette Thank you to all who shared their excellent captures for the Winter Birds Photo Contest held by Birds Canada in December 2020 and January 2021. The large number of submissions suggests that birds are helping many of us make the best...
New Grasslands Conservation Incentives project to benefit Canadian ranchers and birds
By Dr. Silke Nebel, Vice-President, Conservation and Science, Birds Canada The State of Canada Birds, 2019 confirmed that Canada has lost nearly 60% of our grassland birds since 1970. This is crisis for bird life and sounds an alarm for our broader biodiversity as...
Where do all the nighthawks go?
By Elly Knight, PhD Candidate, University of Alberta and Stu Mackenzie, Director, Migration Ecology, Birds Canada The Common Nighthawk is one of the Western Hemisphere’s most widespread migratory birds, breeding from coast to coast, and from the Yukon all the...
24th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
How Many Birds Will You Find? Worldwide birdwatching event starts on February 12 For immediate releasePort Rowan, ON January 28, 2021 Lots of people turned to birdwatching during the past year, seeking enjoyment and relaxation. Chickadees,...
2020 Red List includes updates on forest songbirds and iconic raptors
By Pete Davidson (Senior Conservation Advisor) and Andrew Couturier (Senior Director, Landscape Science and Conservation), Birds Canada Each year, the global extinction risk to all bird species is assessed by BirdLife International, the official Red List...