As fall approaches, ducks, loons, grebes, and other waterbirds begin to return to British Columbia’s coastal areas to spend the winter months. The 12th season of the BC Coastal Waterbird Survey from Bird Studies Canada (BSC) will soon be underway. This program is one of the only long-term coastal monitoring …
I’m pretty sure I broke a new personal record for the number of pictures taken last weekend. After record high temperatures, a cool front pushed the smoke from forest fires in British Columbia across the Rocky Mountains. A haze covered the entire province for a few days, and the sun …
Bird News The Peregrine falcon population is on the rise in Ontario, but concern still exists about the low population numbers. A 65 year old bird lover in rural Saskatchewan will be closing his home-based rescue shelter after being told he must get a provincial license or be subject to …
Spending a lot of time at a southern Alberta lake this summer, I’ve been watching white pelicans and various gull species on a regular basis. Noticing some activity in the water near the boat launch one afternoon, I wandered over to see what was happening. A young white pelican was keeping …
Bird News For the second year in a row, some residents in Moose Jaw, SK will go without mail delivery because of dive-bombing Swainson’s hawks. Bird watchers in New Brunswick have been treated to the rare sight of a white pelican, normally a bird of the western plains. British Columbia …
Hemispheric Conservation Plan for Bicknell’s Thrush The International Bicknell’s Thrush Conservation Group (IBTCG) has unveiled a plan to protect one of North America’s most rare and vulnerable songbirds, the Bicknell’s Thrush, across its entire range from Canada to the Caribbean. A Conservation Action Plan for Bicknell’s Thrush proposes to increase …
As regular readers of my Marsh Diaries posts will know, I’ve been having a very moth-y summer. I’ve not had much luck taking pictures of my visitors, as they all show up at night. Or most of them, at any rate. The last visit to the lake, I awoke to …
Bird News Nova Scotia Piping plovers’ annual migration patterns are changing, with later nesting times making them more prone to disturbances. Experts are worried that the white pelican, a threatened species in Ontario, may not survive after their winter migration to the Gulf of Mexico. The Ministry of Natural Resources …
