Bird News Calgary-based company fined $125K for oil spill that killed 300 birds Injured rare bird beats the odds in Calgary Piping plover populations in Nova Scotia halved Rare swans make Quebec mine home African frog could help save Canadian bird from croaking Bird flu found at Manitoba farm Christmas bird …
Regular readers of this blog are no doubt wondering where the words went. I’ve gone from three or more posts a week, to only one on Friday, but I have a good reason. It’s November. I truly hate this month. Not only does it start off with losing an hour …
Bird News Kitchener, ON bakery fined $60,000 for depositing oil harmful to migratory birds Despite conservation season, snow goose numbers continue to grow BC birders flock to see first-ever sighting in BC interior of a little blue heron Rare white-winged dove spotted in Manitoba Mammal News Alberta field study focuses …
Bird News Deformed birds appearing in Alaska, northwest, and Canada at record-breaking rate Windpower company develops North American bird and bat scheme Sage grouse on path to extinction in Alberta Roadkilled bird is oldest bald eagle ever documented in wild Mammal News Is a polar bear worth more dead or …
Every winter, more than 15,000 birdwatchers throughout North America volunteer for Project FeederWatch, a joint program of Bird Studies Canada and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Participating in this annual survey of birds that visit backyard feeders is easy and fun! At regular intervals from November to April, ‘FeederWatchers’ count …
A scientist from the University of Alberta says unrestrained gas development in southern Alberta could wipe out the sage grouse population in the province within two years. Mark Boyce has studied sage grouse since 1977, but he might be lacking a study subject soon – an estimated 90 birds remain …
Bird News Cattle egrets spotted in Ottawa Three NL men charged for excessive harvest and illegal selling of migratory birds Find out how you can help the chimney swift Cold front sends Saskatchewan’s ducks south in numbers Mammal News Aussie tourists mauled by grizzly lose compensation bid Scientists pleased with …
WE WON!!! In October, conservation groups became aware of a potential travesty about to happen in the Alberta grasslands. Existing laws grant the provincial government the right to sell public land without any public consultation, and there were plans for a huge potato farm in a sensitive area with limited …
