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 …
Sunday, September 13/09 will mark the start of the 11th year of the British Columbia Coastal Waterbird Survey from Bird Studies Canada. The focus of the program is to record monthly counts of seabirds, waterfowl, and other coastal birds to identify patterns in abundance and assess population trends. Volunteers cover …
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 …
Join the British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas team as they tour BC providing workshops, meeting with regional coordinators, doing atlas blitzes, and conducting point counts. Christopher Di Corrado will tour the Dease Lake/Telegraph Creek area from June 8-14, then proceed to Whitehorse (from where activities in some parts of remote …
Get ready for the 24th annual Okanagan Big Day Challenge on May 17/09. This year we\’re going human-powered, so teams will have to bike, run, walk or sit to see their birds. We will have a motorized category, but that will be for the Little Big Day only, and those …
After a cold, snowy, winter most of us are chomping at the bit to get out there and start birding in comfort again. If you’re thinking of a holiday, there’s no better place to be this month than on Vancouver Island, BC. The Brant Wildlife Festival celebrates nature, particularly the …