Bird News Unusual sightings in Ontario this year are making bird watchers happy. Satellite transmitters are being used to track loons over the Great Lakes and learn more about the spread of avian botulism. Residents of southeastern Prince Edward Island are concerned about a drop in the number of gulls …
Bird News Eleven oil covered birds have been treated after a vessel in the St Lawrence ran aground during a storm and leaked up to 200 tonnes of fuel into the seaway. An Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross, 10,000 kilometres from its normal range, was rescued and taken to a wildlife rehab …
Bird News Nova Scotia will start its cull of Canada geese early this year because populations have grown rapidly since the birds were introduced from Ontario. St. Lawrence Islands National park has three active bald eagle nests that have produced about 40 chicks since eagles returned several years ago. Four …
Bird News A Bristle-thighed Curlew spotted in on Vancouver Island at Tofino, BC this week is only the second sighting of the bird in Canada. Rare visitors from Alaska – Aleutian Geese – were seen at Campell River, BC on Vancouver Island. A captive-reared Eastern Loggerhead Shrike released in Ontario …
Bird News Environmentalists are accused of having double standards in prosecuting Syncrude for the death of 1600 ducks, when far more are killed by wind turbines every year. Syncrude Canada has been found guilty on environmental charges stemming from the deaths of 1,606 birds two years ago. Sighitngs of white …
Bird News Conservationists are concerned for the Northern Gannet population in Quebec, who migrate to the Gulf of Mexico in October. Two Toronto-area men have been fined $1,500 for shooting two Trumpeter swans in a Wildlife Management Area. Inuit hunters in Nunavut are worried about the Snow Goose population, as …
Bird News Two pairs of endangered Piping Plovers being monitored by Bird Studies Canada have nested on land protected by The Nature Conservancy in Nova Scotia. The US Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved a total of $35.7 million for refuge acquisitions and wetlands grants for North American migratory birds. …
Bird News A report on the wind farm of Wolfe Island, Ont., has found that 602 birds and 1,270 bats were killed by the turbines between July and December of 2009. Birds are struggling in backcountry lakes in Nova Scotia that have been drained to very low levels. Several hundred …
Bird News A record number of raptors – more than 11,000 of 15 different species – were recorded migrating through Manitoba this spring. Waterfowl hunting will close for one month in The Yukon, to allow for breeding and nesting season. Bird Studies Canada is looking for volunteers in British Columbia …
Bird News A hotel in Richmond, BC is under investigation by Environment Canada for removing a Canada Goose nest, which is illegal under The Migratory Birds Convention Act. Researchers from Queen’s University have found that potent metals ingested by Arctic seabirds feeding in the ocean, end up in the sediment …