Category Archives: Conservation

Don’t Touch That Baby Bird!

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Charlotte Wasylik

Posted by Charlotte Wasylik, aka Prairie Birder The other week, I had a question from one of my readers asking what to do with a baby American Robin his family had found and what to feed it. At once I … Continue reading →

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Stanley Park Ecology Society and Birds…

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Pierre Cenerelli

As promised in my two previous blogs for Bird Canada, here is the second instalment on Vancouver’s Stanley Park. This time around, I will focus mostly on the history and activities of the Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES), especially with … Continue reading →

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Bring Back the Bluebird

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Dave Ingram, BC

Every now and then a western or a mountain bluebird makes an appearance here in the Comox Valley during the winter and early spring. A single mountain bluebird turned up at YQQ in April, 2012 and two more turned up … Continue reading →

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Grassland Birds In Saskatchewan Need Help

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Pat Bumstead

After more than 75 years of managing fragile grasslands as productive rangelands for livestock grazing, the federal government announced in the spring of 2012 that it was transferring control of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) pastures back to the … Continue reading →

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Taxidermy for Birders: Birding the Canadian Museum of Nature

Posted on March 27, 2013 by David Pugh

Hello everyone and welcome to my inaugural post for the Bird Canada blog!  My name is David Pugh and I’m a birder from Calgary, Alberta who writes a blog named, with shocking originality, “A Calgary Birder”.  If you would like … Continue reading →

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History and Birds: Stanley Park (Vancouver, BC)

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Pierre Cenerelli

Vancouver’s Stanley Park is one of Canada’s important urban parks, not only because of its large size, but also because of the richness of the ecosystems it shelters. More specifically, it features an important, year-long bird population, particularly during the … Continue reading →

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DIY Animated Observation Maps Using eBird Data: Part I

Posted on March 11, 2013 by James Churchill

In the last couple of years, eBird took two pretty important steps with their data: they began releasing animated occurrence maps for the conterminous U.S., and also opened the gates for  downloading data from the global database. In combination, these developments give … Continue reading →

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Introduction: Synecdoche and the Bird

Posted on February 11, 2013 by James Churchill

When asked why he chose to live in the remote, wilds of Montana, nature writer David Quammen would traditionally reply, “the trout.” And when pressed, “the trout is a synecdoche” – a discrete, phenomenal, biological entity, but immeasurably more than … Continue reading →

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Owl vs. Owl

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Charlotte Wasylik

Posted by Charlotte Wasylik, aka Prairie Birder, Last week the British Columbia government approved the shooting and relocation of Barred Owls in an effort to save their endangered cousin, the Spotted Owl, which has been facing extinction since the 1980s, and … Continue reading →

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Tagging Trumpeters

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Pamela Higgins

It is January 12th and photographer’s Ann Brokelman, Donna Hayes and myself are finishing up a day of birding and bird photography at  LaSalle Park in Burlington, Ontario. Approximately 200 trumpeter swans migrate here from locations such as the Wye … Continue reading →

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