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Category: Birds

Sauble Beach is For the Birds

July 12, 2019–Guest blogger

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Birds•Species at Risk

Piping plover © hjhipster CC CY-NC 2.0

This week’s blog was written and published by Ecojustice. Not long ago we thought the endangered piping plover would never appear in Ontario again. After a nearly 30-year absence, these ...

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Bird Whispering

June 21, 2019–Guest blogger

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Birds

Indigo bunting © Amy Evanstad CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

I was skeptical when a birding friend said he could call birds in from the forest.  “What are you talking about?”  I told him.  Birds are shy.  If there is ...

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Celebrating Women in Birding

March 8, 2019–Julia Zarankin

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Birds

Birdcraft © Mabel Osgood Wright

Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate, I’m honouring some of the most illustrious women birders. Please comment below if you have other remarkable women birders to add to the list! ...

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Birds in a Changing Climate

February 7, 2019–Anne Bell

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Birds•Climate Change•Greenbelt and Greenway

Bobolink, Oak Ridges Moraine © Noah Cole

More than 350 species of birds rely on the forests, wetlands, grasslands and farmlands of the Greenbelt during their life cycle. In the not too distant future, however, watching and listening ...

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Join a local Christmas Bird Count This Holiday Season!

December 6, 2018–Noah Cole

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Birds•Community Science

Long-tailed ducks © Tobias Roth CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Winter bird watching offers us an exciting opportunity to observe unique and notable birds such as snowy owls, winter finches and overwintering raptors. This year’s Christmas Bird Count will run ...

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