The Vancouver Avian Research Centre has just posted spring 2011 dates for their Bird Monitoring, Banding and Bird Identification Workshop. The workshop is a 3 day action-packed introductory course consisting of presentations, specimen study, field mist-netting, banding, and processing. It has been developed for people with little or no bird banding …
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 …
The Okanagan Valley is one of Canada’s best birding destinations, and a new guide will help visiting birders enjoy their pilgrimages there. The four naturalist clubs in the Okanagan Valley worked together to publish a 32-page full-colour guide to the Okanagan Valley Birding Trail. Bird Studies Canada’s Senior Project Biologist …