No Rescue For Ontario Yellow-breasted Chat

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 …

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Feathered Feathers: Marbled Murrelet

This is the third in a series of weekly posts on birds at risk in Canada. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) lists 73 bird species as endangered, threatened or of special concern. Virtually unknown until the past few decades, these small birds have the …

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