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Category: Birds

Fall is For the Birds

October 18, 2018–Ontario Nature Staff

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Birds

Peregrine falcon © shutterstock outdoorsman

The beginning of fall is an exciting time for bird enthusiasts as summer fledglings become air-borne adults and join others of their kind on route to warmer climes. This mass ...

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Let’s Get Counting!

September 24, 2018–Alex Ross

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Birds•Community Science

Bird impact mortality fall migration © Noah Cole

“Bird-building collision fatalities are a leading cause of bird death shared with cat attacks, impacts of habitat destruction, agriculture, urban development, climate change, and invasive species. Many birds affected by ...

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Sauble Beach Bulldozing

March 27, 2018–Kathy Strachan

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Birds•Habitat•Species at Risk

Piping plover and chick © Brendan Toews

What has Mayor Jackson done to our beach? In one fell swoop, she has undone all of the work that Friends of Sauble Beach (FSB) and many volunteers have done ...

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Fall Bird Migration Begins in Ontario

September 22, 2017–Lisa Richardson

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Conservation News•Birds

Great blue heron © Peter Ferguson

The start of fall is an exciting time for bird enthusiasts as summer fledglings become air-borne adults and join others of their kind on route to warmer climes. This mass ...

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Protection For Migratory Birds Must Include Their Habitats

May 10, 2017–Lisa Richardson

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Birds

Greater yellowlegs © Franco Folini CC BY-SA 2.0

This year marks two important milestones: Canada celebrates its sesquicentennial, and nature lovers mark the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Birds Convention Act (MBCA). Enacted in 1917, one year after ...

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