So cool to visit the Motus workshop at Birds Canada headquarters. The Motus community is studying the movement of birds, bats and insects. This tiny radio telemetry device will fit on a Monarch butterfly 😲 #invertebrates #birds 🌿 www.birdscanada.org/bird-science...

Check your inbox. Birds Canada's latest bird research and conservation news was distributed last week. If you did not receive this great monthly email you can sign up at www.birdscanada.org, just scroll down to the "Stay in Touch" signup. #Birds #Conservation #Canada

Thanks to the Birds Canada Community Grant, the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club recently installed two new Purple Martin nesting colony structures at Saltfleet and Fifty Point Conservation Areas. Learn more about the grant and apply today! Applications are open until Sep 29: tinyurl.com/mwbc2m37

Head's UP! We have a great virtual event next week! Join for a fun and practical webinar all about creating a bird-friendly yard Learn more and register online at www.birdscanada.org/event/backya... #Birds #Gardens #Canada #HabitatMatters #Bugs

Incredible footage of one of the coolest birds out there! Now I really HAVE to see one. Thanks @saskajanet.bsky.social for sharing!

@jodyallair.bsky.social and I just returned from leading one of our most memorable pelagic boat trips ever for Eagle-Eye Tours, out of Tofino, BC. The Laysan Albatross stole the show and hung around so long that we literally had to tear ourselves away from it! #birds #pelagic #albatross #seabirds

One of my wanted birds!

Meet the Semipalmated Sandpiper! This tiny shorebird is about the size of a sparrow and makes one of the most impressive migrations in the bird world. If you come across these remarkable travellers along the shoreline this summer, be sure to share the shore!

Yellowlegs marsh meet-up! I love it when the Lesser (L) and Greater (R) Yellowlegs line up for comparison. Can you see the differences? #birds

Not sure what you're up to, but there are currently thousands of shorebirds moving south through the #pacificnorthwest at the moment. These first cycle Western (L) and Semipalmated (R) sandpipers wanted to demonstrate how bill length can help tell them apart. #birds #birdphotography #migration

A wonderfully illustrated writeup about exploring southern #Saskatchewan and the work @birdscanada.bsky.social is doing alongside partners and ranchers to protect the remaining grasslands habitat. If only more people knew how precious and fragile this part of the country really is!

In June, I joined a team of Birds Canada experts, volunteers and friends on a grasslands tour. Read my field trip report to learn more about how Birds Canada is using science, innovation and partnership to drive grasslands bird conservation #birds 🌿 www.birdscanada.org/field-trip-r...

Ravi made a short visit just after 4pm. He had a few snacks and then a case of the zoomies! Clacks included!! Then hop thru the fence and gone. 🪶 roadrunner

Furthest in each direction I've been in Canada: N: Ovayok Territorial Park (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut W: Juskatla, British Columbia (Haida Gwaii) E: Cape Spear, Newfoundland & Labrador S: Point Pelee National Park, Ontario

Help out plovers! Please leave a comment at ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0... by August 11th. Learn more at www.birdscanada.org/wasaga-beach... #Ontario #Birds #conservation #parks #speciesatrisk

The Best Duck. I will not be taking questions at this time #birds

Meet the Bullock’s Oriole! This vibrant songbird of western Canada is known for its bold orange plumage and striking black-and-white markings. Have you been lucky enough to spot this beauty out west?

The latest issue of Avian Conservation and Ecology (ACE) is out now! Volume 20, Issue 1 features a variety of captivating bird research papers, including a new study co-authored by Danielle Ethier, Senior Scientist at Birds Canada. Dive into this study and more at avianconservationecology.org

Meet the American Goldfinch! These small songbirds are as fascinating as they are eye-catching. With strong feet and unusually short legs, they can balance with ease on the tips of flower heads while feeding on seeds, or gathering plant down to line their nests. Have you spotted one this season?

If you love #gardening and #birds, check this out! It’s mainly for Canada but there’s also relevant info for the northern US

Ospreys are a regular sighting along the river and there is at least one resident pair. Snapped this in terrible light and zoomed in to notice the leg band. Wish I could see the number and learn this bird’s story! #birds

I just reached a milestone on #iNaturalist logging my 2000th observation. The simple act of photographing the life around us is not only super fun, it's a powerful tool that can be used for many conservation applications. Here are some of my favourite records over the years. #NerdOutOnNature

"In the end, my motivation for fighting #climatechange comes down to one reason: my son, and this country, are the most beautiful things I have ever seen." I wrote this piece for @thenarwhal.ca more than half a decade ago—and still believe every word. Happy #CanadaDay. thenarwhal.ca/mothers-are-...

In this Daybreak Alberta segment, Birds Canada's Jody Allair joins host Paul Karchut for a walk through a Calgary park that’s been transformed from a gravel pit to a local greenspace, now a hotspot for birds: tinyurl.com/3hr33fx6

In the latest episode of The Warblers, the podcast team ventures into the grasslands hidden within the Rocky Mountains.

There's still time to submit your bird photos for a chance to appear in the 2026 @birdscanada.bsky.social calendar! #BirdPhotography

It was fascinating watching this needle-waist wasp (Prionyx canadensis) handle this paralyzed grasshopper. She modified her burrow entrance so that it would fit, and proceed to drag it across the path. My phone photo doesn't do this justice but @kyletalksnature.bsky.social nailed it! #NatureIsMetal

Some captures from my #BreedingBirdSurvey along the Lillooet River, between the lakes. 1. Evening Grosbeaks 2. Black Bear 3. Bastian Peak 4. Red-breasted Sapsucker #CitizenScience #birding @birdscanada.bsky.social

It’s our 350th episode! And to celebrate, we’ve brought you a super-sized This Month in Birding: www.aba.org/09-26-this-m...

How great is it when birds do what they're supposed to? Awesome photo! @birdscanada.bsky.social

GREAT NEWS! Birds Canada warmly welcomes the announcement of 11 new conservation projects in Mexico, which together will protect more than 115,000 hectares of critical habitat for #birds – that's an area more than 5 times the size of Fundy National Park!

Breaking Good News for #birds! “Birds like the Rufous Hummingbird don’t recognize borders, and neither should conservation”. 11 new projects will protect 115,000 hectares in Mexico (via @birdscanada.bsky.social)

Gone, but not forgotten. R.I.P. Great Auk #WorldSeabirdDay

It’s #WorldSeabirdDay !🌊🐧 Explore the 17 types of seabirds that the 365 species are grouped into, from huge albatrosses down to small storm-petrels. Seabirds soar over oceans, line the coastlines and nest on islands.🏝️ Everything you need to know about seabirds👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/07...

Last Wednesday, England confirmed it had joined Scotland in fully complying with the sand eel fishing closure. After 25 years of campaigning, its a huge win for Puffins, Kittiwakes and marine life. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen! #WorldSeabirdDay

It's #worldseabirdday and I'm reminded of my first encounter with a Cassin's Auklet on a pelagic boat trip out of Tofino, BC many years ago. This confiding little alcid allowed me to take a close up photo, which is the feature image on the famous Merlin Bird ID app! #seabirds #pelagicbirding

Saw this little tike all on its own today and immediately thought, "OK, Junior brown-headed cowbird, who’s your daddy?" #birds

The slinky squirrel of summer: Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel. Always a nice surprise.

How about a Lark Bunting in #angrybird mode, A Marsh Wren in full #borb mode, a Northern Flicker in #moustache mode, and a Black-capped Chickadee being cheeky. #birds

Big news in the world of bird science: AviList, a unified global bird checklist, has been released. Read more about the launch and what AviList means for birds and birders around the world in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's article: birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/avi...

Cattle ranchers who steward native grasslands play a critical role in protecting these habitats and the birds that need them. Amazing visit to @birdscanada.bsky.social partners in Saskatchewan – including SSGF, with whom we are leading an innovative initiative to prevent grassland loss. 🦉🤠

Janet’s #birds bucket list update: ✅Burrowing owl

Another lifer from my #grasslands trip: North America's largest shorebird, the long-billed curlew. Gee, I wonder why they call it — oh wait, nevermind #birds 🌿

Another day, another spectacular, biodiverse native grassland. This piece of land has never been plowed. The soundtrack is horned lark and chestnut collared longspur song #birds #grasslands

It’s 6:30am and I have seen a thick-billed longspur, long-billed curlews, watched pronghorns race and shape-tailed grouse dancing on their lek 🤯🤯🤯

This Alphabet of Birds is awesome! You'll learn a lot about #birds and will get to know @saskajanet.bsky.social, who posts very engaging content and also happens to be a super dedicated volunteer for bird conservation. Check our her Birdathon!

There's an awesome Chimney Swift roost right in Ottawa - it didn't disappoint tonight! These amazing #birds are threatened. Est. total population size in Canada is 20-70K mature indiv's, which means this single roost hosts a pretty darn significant population.

Waaaaayyy up over his precious patch of grass, a Sprague’s pippit is displaying and calling his heart out. You’ll have to take my word for it 😉 #birds (1/2)

Terrible photo (looks like a Monet with heat shimmer) but I saw the 2025 @birdscanada.bsky.social Avian Ambassador. The chestnut collared longspur! #LiferPie time! #birds

My @birdscanada.bsky.social calendar says it's Whooping Crane Day! Here's a video from back in 2017 in Saskatchewan of two adult Whoopers with their young of the year. Today I give thanks to conservation efforts that brought them back from the brink of extinction! youtu.be/43TPfbJFjMs?... #bigbirds