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Birdwatching Canada
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A voice for the northern bird. Canada wide information on birds, birdwatching and birding travel.
- Author: Pat Bumstead
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Recent Posts
A Decade of Bird Memories
As we near the end of the decade, some birding bloggers are compiling lists of various bird sightings over the past ten years. I thought that sounded like a fun idea, so here’s my list of my most memorable birds. Not all of them were lifers, bu...
Crap It’s Cold Out There
Today is one of those days Canada is famous for. During the ‘warmest’ part of the day, the temperature here in Calgary was -28C, which equates to -18F. There is not the tiniest breath of wind, and a light snow has been coming down intermi...
Christmas Bird Counts
In 1900, to oppose the so-called “side-hunt” wherein groups of hunters competed to see who could shoot the most wildlife on Boxing Day, American ornithologist Frank Chapman asked North Americans to head out on Christmas Day, to count the birds in...
Short-eared Owls Need Your Help
Bird Studies Canada is entering its seventh season of Short-eared Owl monitoring in Ontario. North American and European researchers are working together to learn more about this poorly-understood species, which appears to be declining across its glo...
Trivia Tuesday: Mimicry
Birds of many different families mimic the sounds they hear around them. Blue jays give a perfect rendition of the call of a hawk, which as sent me running to the window with my binoculars more than once. Crows have been heard to imitate the whine ...
Lengths A Birder Will Go To
Yesterday on Twitter, someone mentioned some stunning pictures of chickens. Which immediately made me think of Las Vegas. A few years ago, a friend and I were in Las Vegas for a business convention. One day we had a free morning, and not being intere...
