🐦 Since 1970, chimney swift populations have 📉 by 90%. Once nesting in hollow trees, chimney swifts adapted to city life — raising their young in chimneys after forests were cleared. But as old chimneys disappear & insect populations decline, these agile flyers are losing both homes & food.

Food chains show the transfer of energy from one organism to the next in an ecosystem. In other words - 'who eats who'! For this activity, unscramble the letters of each step to uncover the underlying food chain. To print the activity, right-click on desktop or hold down with your finger on mobile!

Think birdwatching ends when the snow falls? Think again. Feathers in the Frost shares expert tips for spotting and supporting your local flock in winter. #NatureTalks natureconservancy.ca/events/feath...

Green Job Alert! 📢 The Royal Botanical Gardens is hiring a full-time Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System Coordinator! ▪️ Contract: Nov 17, 2025 - Dec 18, 2026 with possibility of extension ▪️ Salary range: $66,300 - $78,000 ▪️ Applications due Oct 19, 2025 >> buff.ly/xMkX6xp

Today is International Walk to School Day, and the start of #Walktober – International Walk to School Month! 🍂👟🚸 Every day in October, we encourage children to keep healthy by walking + wheeling to school. Check out our resources: buff.ly/9tz5vRW

Are you passionate about using social media to spark curiosity, build community, and drive real impact? We’re looking for a creative and strategic storyteller to join our team. If you're ready to turn likes into lasting connections, we’d love to hear from you! ➡️ workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

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

Cartwright Nature Sanctuary Tour 🌿 Join Warren Beacham for a tour of this 46-acre parcel acquired as a joint agreement between HNC and Conservation Halton in 2004. 📅 Wed Sept 17, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM 📍 Meeting location >> buff.ly/xyu3HXP 🚗 Park along the edge of the road, avoiding the grass

🌱✨ Calling all educators & K–12 students! Do you have a big idea to help nature thrive at your school? 💡🐝 Our #WWFGoWild School Grants can help bring your vision to life. 💵 Apply for $1,500 in funding 📅 Applications open Sept 8 – Oct 24, 2025 👉 Learn more & apply: https://bit.ly/3JKvkCs

Our Fish Habitat program creates real impacts for our trout species! 💧 Trout are a very sensitive, so they are negatively impacted by silt on their spawning beds. Our work removes it through washing and supplementation. Learn more about our Fish Habitat program: https://shorturl.at/Ywhma

🌍 It’s International Youth Day! Our latest edition of iNews spotlights inspiring stories that show how engaging youth as co-creators in climate solutions empowers cities and communities to lead a climate-ready future! 📥 mailchi.mp/iclei.org/in...

Join rare on Sunday, September 21, 2025, for our 16th annual TRAIL PARTY! We hope you will Step up for Nature and join the party! Fundraise, walk, hike and run to educate the next generation of stewards and protect natural environments now and forever.

LCN in collaboration with Myotistar have installed 3 new Motus towers in Niagara! These towers are part of a global network that records signals from radio transmitters attached to wildlife, including bats, birds and even insects! All of the data is publicly available for you to see- motus.org

Wetlands provide essential ecosystem services for people and #ForNature! 🏞️ Some are both @unesco.org World Heritage and @ramsar.org sites. Recognizing the values of wetlands is key to protecting and restoring them. 🌍🧪 🔗 IPBES Values Assessment: ipbes.net/values-asses...

Help monitor Common Loons. These special #birds are a part of #Canada that many of us love. Learn more at birdscanada.org/loons Register before Aug 1st & share this with other loon and #lake lovers. Shareable stewardship images available at: birdscanada.mediavalet.com/portals/clls... #cottages

You may think all maple leaves look alike, but being able to identify them can help you find invasive species. Norway Maple leaves are often mistaken for Sugar Maple leaves, but they do have some distinguishing features. Check out our graphic to learn how to ID this invasive #tree species!

Want to be part of the #NCCBioBlitz? It’s simple: 🔍 Find a plant, animal or fungi 📸 Snap a photo 📲 Upload your observation 🌎 Contribute to science Be part of something big: buff.ly/8DL6YQb

What are the best ways to help loons on your lake; Here are our tips from the Canadian Lakes Loon Survey. Learn more at www.birdscanada.org/bird-science... Please share these tips! They are available at: birdscanada.mediavalet.com/portals/clls...

Join Ontario Nature for our free Bill 5 Explained: What It Means for Ontario's Nature and What We Can Do webinar. Happening Wed July 9 from 7-8:30 pm on Zoom. RSVP here: shorturl.at/FwiOu Share widely! #RepealBill5

Today is World Environment Day! The theme for this year is ending plastic pollution.  Here's a short clip from one of our past webinars on plastic pollution,  featuring Eden Hataley from @uoft.bsky.social Watch the full webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvmQGqBr77c

Be for the birds this #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! 🐦 Even small actions can make a big impact for our feathered friends. Migratory birds rely on safe stopovers and healthy habitats. Will you take the #MySmallAct challenge and support their journey? brnw.ch/21wSynb #WMBD2025 #MigratoryBirds #BirdSky

The latest update of the KBA Dashboard, available on the KBA website, is live. As of March 2025, we went from 16,510 to 16,589 KBAs. Discover more in our latest Newsletter 🌐 bit.ly/44qftB9 And don't forget to visit the KBA Dashboard 📊 www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-data

The rare Plant Sale and Eco Market is just around the corner! Choose from a wide variety of fruit and vegetable, herb, or flower seedlings to get your garden started - 100% of proceeds benefit rare's Food Bank Garden!

This Earth Day, don’t forget to add all of your wildlife sightings to #iNaturalist! Want to get more involved with community/citizen programs?  --> Check out this resource for more citizen science programs: https://bit.ly/4cy81pF --> Access our curated toolkit of resources: http://bit.ly/42Lgxyn

Join us for a tree planting at Sheelah Dunn Dooley Nature Sanctuary #BurlOnt! New & seasoned volunteers are invited to help plant plugs or 1-gallon pots. Thank you to TD Friends of the Environment for supporting this project. 📅 Sat April 26, 2025 | 1:30 - 3:30 PM ✉️ RSVP to [email protected]

🍃🦜 Native trees are essential for wildlife habitats, ecosystem stability, soil health, water retention, & carbon sequestration. They also provide food, medicine, & income for communities.🌍🧪 Safeguarding #biodiversity is vital. Discover their amazing benefits w/ @cifor-icraf.bsky.social ⤵️

Wildlife are nature’s MVPs! 🐾 It’s #NationalWildlifeWeek and time to celebrate the species that keep Canada’s ecosystems healthy. From those that pollinate to those that shape entire landscapes, each plays a vital role. Stay tuned as we shine a light on them this week. 🌿🐺

Need some climb-spiration? For 30+ years, climbers have conquered the CN Tower’s 1,776 steps for nature. 💚 Meet 4 incredible climbers who rely on healthy ecosystems—just like the ones you help protect: 🐻 Black bears – Strength & endurance champ 🐐 Mountain goats – The ultimate rock stars

1 more sleep until #HopeInTheLand! Join us TOMORROW at the Western Fair District Agriplex in #London, ON from 9-4. We’ll be talking about our work in: ❄️ Ontario’s North 🌳 National Urban Parks 💧 Great Lakes 🐍 Ecological Corridors and 🏠 The importance of protecting nature right where we live!

#CitizenScienceMonth is here and we are just 1 week out from the 1st webinar of 2025 laying out how to monitor #insect abundance and phenology thru Caterpillars Count! Learn how to start your own 🐛🕷️🐞🐝🌿 monitoring site! Apr 9, 1-2:30p Eastern Time Registr link: unc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The main drivers of biodiversity loss are: 📉Habitat loss 🪰Invasive species 🪵Overexploitation 🏭Pollution 🌎Climate change We can tackle these threats by focusing our conservation efforts on the most important places for nature: 𝗞𝗕𝗔𝘀 🌿

Is your favourite the Tongue-biting louse? The voting for the 2025 invertebrate of the year will run from midday on Wednesday 2 April until midday on Friday 4 April....

PIBO is pleased to announce twenty new multilingual birding backpacks are now in circulation and ready to check out for a day birding. This project was funded by the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and a generous donation by Vortex Canada

Happy #ForestDay! Green Communities Canada proudly supports the 2025 theme: Forests and Foods. Forests and trees play an essential role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods. 🌳 Check out highlights from our work across Canada: buff.ly/qq5AD3p @envirocentre.bsky.social

#insects Not just bees and butterflies: beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature’s unsung pollinators theconversation.com/not-just-bee...

The #Ontario Nocturnal Owl Survey is looking for surveyors in Northern Ontario. The surveys are conducted on a single night in April. To learn more please check out the map at www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e... and visit www.birdscanada.org/on_owls Sound up #birds

Little Forests Durham, in partnership with Durham Master Gardeners and Green Communities Canada, presents Making A Mini-Forest on March 23, 2025, at 2 PM at Regent Theatre, Oshawa. Enjoy a Q&A, panel discussion & connect with sustainability leaders! 🎟 buff.ly/4hWHOmI

Over one million species of wild flora and fauna are threatened with extinction, many within decades. Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en

Bird Study Group: The State of Canada's Birds 🐤 Kyle Horner will take a deep dive into the report - how it was built, what it is, what it tells us, and what we can do to help birds across the country. 📅 Mon March 17, 2025 | 7:30 - 9:00 PM 📍 170 Dundurn St S, #HamOnt 🔗 Livestream: buff.ly/4jwgdKp

📢The Toronto Entomologists' Association (TEA) is holding its annual Student Symposium on Saturday March 22, 2025 @1pm! This will be a virtual event via Zoom. See www.ontarioinsects.org for more details. #entomology #studentsymposium #torontoentomology #ontario #torontoentomologistsassociation

Everyone has a role to play in preventing the spread of invasive species. Get more information about how you can grow your knowledge and make a difference at www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/take-action/... #InvSpWk

Research by Turbelin et al. (2023) quantified the economic cost of invasive species relative to natural hazards using data from the InvaCost database. Global economic losses from biological invasions were in the same order of magnitude as storms and earthquakes! Learn more: bit.ly/3GOjl2t

Invasive species experts are constantly advancing the ways we prevent, monitor, and manage invasive species. Get on the cutting edge of stopping the spread of invasive species by seeing the latest invasive species research. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #InvSpWk

#DYK that aquatic invasive species can spread by hitching a ride on your boat? That’s why it’s always important to inspect, clean, drain and dry your boat before moving it between waterbodies: www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/know-before-... #InvSpWk

Invasive species are one of the greatest threats to biodiversity in Canada. They can spread through recreational boating, release of live bait, movement of firewood, and many other pathways. Learn how to prevent the spread: www.invadingspecies.com/pathways/ #InvSpWk

#DYK it's #ISAW! Join the conservation and help raise awareness about the threat that invasive species pose to lands and waters in Canada. Take a few minutes to Meet the Species (www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-spe...) and share your knowledge!

Invasive Species Awareness Week (ISAW) is almost here and there are lots of ways to get involved! 📅 Attend a FREE event 👍 Like and share posts 🤳 Create your own posts 🤝 BONUS - Share ISAW with your network Get involved: bit.ly/ISAwarenessW...

Volunteers Needed for Marsh Monitoring. Put your joy of #wetlands, #birds and #frogs to help conserve #marshes. Learn more at https://buff.ly/3hCzlrr #volunteer to monitor #birds and #frogs for #conservation