We’re very happy to announce yet another new author for Bird Canada! Cindy Boucher is a naturalist and herbalist, with a soft spot for birds, bears and permaculture. When not behind her camera, trying to capture the latest subject, you’ll find her deep in research on a myriad of topics. Her …
Posted by Bob Lefebvre, Calgary The last two winters have seen huge irruptions of redpolls into the Calgary area, and across much of southern Canada and the northern continental US. This doesn’t happen every year, and it has been difficult to find any Common Redpolls in some recent winters. Finding …
Some of Enbridge’s oil tanks are decorated with illustrations of lovely Canada Geese in flight. Let’s just hope they don’t land in the tar sands tailing ponds. Almost all the largest oil companies are currently mining and drilling in the Boreal forest and wetlands where more than half of the birds …
Hello everyone and welcome to my inaugural post for the Bird Canada blog! My name is David Pugh and I’m a birder from Calgary, Alberta who writes a blog named, with shocking originality, “A Calgary Birder”. If you would like to know a little more about me there is a …
Shorebird Surveys, Coastal BC Bird Studies Canada and Simon Fraser University are collaborating on a hemispheric-wide effort to study potential causes of declines of Western Sandpipers. Because they use many distinct migratory sites in the Salish Sea region, British Columbia is in the unique situation of supporting a large proportion …
If there is one group of birds that serious birders have the most difficult time with, it’s shorebirds. Or gulls. Or flycatchers. Maybe I’ll do a post on the latter two groups some time, but those would require much better photos and video than I currently have, so I’ll stick …
One bird that I’ve been seeing on a somewhat regular basis around Calgary this winter has been the majestic Bald Eagle, and what a magnificent sight they are whether they are soaring, hunting, or simply perched surveying their domain. Growing up in Australia I only ever remember hearing how endangered …
The Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas is once again launching a series of expeditions in northern Manitoba in June and July 2013 and is seeking skilled birders to assist. Most expeditions involve 4 – 6 people and range from 10 – 18 days in length. We try to combine skilled point counters with skilled canoeists …
Northern Flickers, which are common all across North America, occur in two subspecies, Yellow-shafted in the north and east, and Red-shafted in the west. In flight Red-shafted flickers show a salmon-red colour under the wings and tail, whereas the Yellow-shafted show a golden-yellow colour. That seems straightforward enough: red=Red-shafted, yellow=Yellow-shafted. …
First, a big west coast thank you to Pat for this ‘super blog’ and for inviting me to contribute. In this first post, I’ll introduce you to possibly our most infamous local birds, the feral turkeys that made news across the country in 2010. Although tourists seem to find the turkeys entertaining, …