No, not really, but that’s what it felt like. The last week of December, my husband and I took a short vacation to Indian Wells, California. It was more in the nature of a non-work, off-computer break than a birding trip, but of course I did some research beforehand to …
You may have noticed Bird Canada has been sadly lacking in posts lately. If someone would just give me 48 hours in each day… We have been working our tail-feathers off around here for the last two months. No time for birding drives, scarcely any time to look out the …
At the fall meeting of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) held in Ottawa, only one bird species was assessed – the Yellow-breasted Chat. Under the federal Species at Risk Act, COSEWIC is required to reassess the status of species every 10 years. Hence, the …
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) season is less than two weeks away. Beginning on December 14th and continuing through January 5th, about 12,000 Canadian bird lovers will be combing the wintry woods, counting everything they see and hear. There are almost 400 counts held across the country, each done on a single …
Juvenile raptor identification is a wonderful challenge, isn’t it? What do you think – did I have a Cooper’s Hawk or a Sharp-shinned Hawk in my backyard? Peruse the photos, make your decision and leave a comment below. It will be interesting to read what folks have to say about …
(Guest post by Bob Lefebvre) On the (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend in October, I was in Northern Alberta to visit family, and of course to do a little birding on the side. On October 9th I was driving, along with my brother and brother-in-law, through the town of McLennan, when we noticed that …
Join Bird Studies Canada (BSC) for the second annual Christmas Bird Count for Kids (CBC4Kids) to learn about the winter birds in your community in a fun, family-friendly event! The CBC4Kids includes a bird identification and binocular workshop to prepare participants for observing and identifying birds. Each participant, accompanied by …
Another guest post, this time from Ken Bushman in Saskatchewan, who had the amazing luck to photograph a group of wild whooping cranes in flight. This is not something you see everyday. I showed this photo to the head of the Whooping Crane Breeding Program at the Calgary Zoo, and …
No, unfortunately I haven’t been travelling to the boreal forest. This is a guest post from Janet Plante, who lives in the boreal and will be writing monthly blog posts for Bird Canada. Some of the birds she regularly gets on her property throughout the year will make southern bird …
How did I possibly survive without Twitter? Yes, some days are more interesting on there than others, but every once in a while you get notice of some absolutely SPECTACULAR blog posts. Today I was introduced to The Spruce Blog, and this unbelievably astonishing collection of Great Grey owl photos, …