Dec 27-30: The Void - no one know what day it is, so here's some podcasts to listen to.

Merry Christmas ❄️ Joyeux Noel 📸 : Kathryn Peiman (Fox), Tammy Nash (Barred Owl), stock (wolf), Hugues de Milleville (chickadee),

Now when someone asks if there's anything fluffier than newly fallen snow... you can say yes. This Mute Cygnet! 📸: Arvo Poolar

After two years of intensive research, Pacific Wild released Dragged to Death, a trawl mapping project that exposes the footprint of industrial trawling along the B.C. coast. Read about the shocking impacts on marine life and what you can do to help protect our oceans. Link in thread.

Nature's very own #NutCracker, the White Breasted Nuthatch who is named so because of its method of opening up nuts by jamming them into a crevice then hammering at them. 📸 : Alison Forde, Roman Sydor, and Allison Padget

*At the holiday party* No one: Me, passionately yelling to anyone who will listen: Species populations are in massive decline and Canada must increase protected areas! 📣📣📣 📸: Tom Lusk

Thank you so much to everyone who donated and shared the Save 2 Birds with 1 Coin campaign yesterday! Margaret Atwood doubled every donation to save bird lives! It's not too late - donate today and it will be matched! Donate here: https://bit.ly/440se4o

Today celebrate Giving Tuesday, Margaret Atwood will match every donation to help #savebirdlives up to $15,000! Donate here: https://bit.ly/440se4o 1 in 3 birds need urgent attention! Let's keep our friendly backyard birds common and save endangered species from extinction!

$15,000 will become $30,000 with the generosity of Margaret Atwood! She is doubling your donation for a limited time to celebrate her birthday and to save the birds! Your gift is doubled today here: https://bit.ly/440se4o

Nature Canada is deeply troubled by Steven Guilbeault’s resignation from the federal Cabinet. For years, Minister Guilbeault has been a crucial voice for nature in federal politics. His departure should be understood as the warning bell that it is. Full reaction here: https://bit.ly/3MdDhBj

Les directeurs de Nature Canada sont disponible pour commenter la démission du ministre Guilbeault, son héritage en matière de nature et de biodiversité, et ce que cela pourrait signifier pour la Stratégie pour la nature 2030 du Canada. [email protected]

Nature Canada's Leadership team is available to comment about Minister Guilbeault's resignation, his nature and biodiversity legacy, and what it might mean for Canada's 2030 Nature Strategy. [email protected]

Not the nature news we expected...

MORE CITIES PROTECTING BIRDS! We're proudly announces the newest Bird Friendly City Certifications bringing the total up to 36! Full press release here: https://bit.ly/44fVF2T Learn more about the Bird Friendly City program: https://bit.ly/37bPvmO #BirdFriendlyCity #canadabirds #protectbirds

It’s Giving Tuesday in exactly ONE week - this year Margaret Atwood will double every donation up to $15,000! Save Two Birds With One Coin! Donate here: https://bit.ly/440se4o

Margaret Atwood quoting Oscar Wilde? What a dream! Did you know that Margaret Atwood has doubled every donation for her birthday last week to save bird lives! It's not too late - donate today and it will be matched! https://bit.ly/440se4o

Thank you to everyone who doubled their donation by giving Margaret Atwood a birthday gift. It's not too late to say Happy Birthday to Margaret! Celebrate a fellow nature lover by giving a gift to save bird lives and Margaret will double your donation! https://bit.ly/440se4o

What a beautiful creature! The Short-eared Owl Thank you to our Nature Network partner, BeaverHill Bird Observatory, for sharing this month’s blog. https://naturecanada.ca/news/blog/an-irruption-of-mystery-the-enigmatic-short-eared-owl/

Join our count to see when this pledge is translated to funding and action. More info in our bio. @mark-carney.bsky.social

Happy Birthday Margaret Atwood! If Margaret Atwood was a bird, she says she’d be a raven. Celebrate a fellow nature lover by giving a gift to save bird lives and Margaret will double your donation! Click here to join her: https://bit.ly/440se4o

Double your Donation! We’re celebrating Margaret Atwood's birthday on November 18th and this year she is asking Canadians to join her to save birds' lives. Gift Margaret a birthday donation and she will double your donation up to $15,000! 💚 Donate here: https://bit.ly/440se4o

It's a relief to hear that nature is top of mind when our leaders talk behind closed doors (honestly). The promises were made in public, though, and the nature movement is waiting to hear how they'll be kept @mark-carney.bsky.social

A message from birder Margaret Atwood! Your gift today will have double the impact! Author and fellow nature lover Margaret Atwood has pledged to match every gift made today, to a total of $15,000. Donate here: https://bit.ly/3LtkBNL

Ted and Priscilla, (2/3 of our Naturalist team) are off to Brasil this week. Why? Check out their field notes here: https://naturecanada.ca/discover-nature/about-our-birds/field-notes-from-james-bay-to-brasil/

The remembrance day poppy is a symbol of remembrance for military service members and fallen veterans. The real poppies that bloomed on the battlefields of the Western Front became associated with the immense loss of life and to honor those who served and sacrificed. Lest we forget.

Congratulations to our 2025 Photo Contest Winner: Simone Heinrich Bull Moose in the Snow

Budget 2025 recognizes nature as part of a strong and resilient Canada but we need the details and dollars to deliver on that promise. Full reaction here: https://naturecanada.ca/news/statements/statement-nature-canada-reacts-to-budget-2025/ @mark-carney.bsky.social #cdnpoli #budget2025

“Canadians feel deeply connected to the land, water, and ocean — it’s part of who we are. “Nature fuels our identity, culture, and economy. It’s not just scenery — it’s essential. “We need leadership that sees this and puts nature in the budget.” Sandra Schwartz ED, CPAWS @cpaws-snap.bsky.social

“Canada’s national parks reflect and strengthen Canadian identity. “They bring us together physically, and tie us together emotionally. “When people around the world think of Canada, they see our national parks in their imaginations.” Ron Hallman President & CEO, Parks Canada

“Canadians from every region and walk of life say that nature is core to our national identity. “We have the opportunity right now to show that nature, people and the economy can thrive together. “Let’s seize it!” Megan Leslie President and CEO, WWF Canada @wwfcanada.org

“Canadians recognize a fundamental reality: nature is not separate from us. “Protecting and restoring nature is an investment in the well-being of present and future generations.” Erin Roger Nature Director, David Suzuki Foundation @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social

Protecting nature is the common calling of all Canadians. We are uniquely blessed by our country’s vast natural beauty. It binds us together and shapes our identity as a people. It is our contribution to the shared heritage of the human race. Nature Canada @naturecanada.bsky.social

"Protecting nature is the common calling of all Canadians. We are uniquely blessed by our country’s vast natural beauty. It binds us together and shapes our identity as a people. It is our contribution to the shared heritage of the human race." - @maharaj.org Director of Policy at Nature Canada

#NatureOnTheHill starts TODAY! We're in Ottawa this week for @naturecanada.bsky.social's Nature On the Hill! This is a great opportunity for environmental organizations across Canada to speak directly with MPs, Senators, + Ministers about their priorities and stress the importance of nature.

Projects grounded in Indigenous consent are far likelier to prosper than those with opposition, and far likelier to include long-term planning that maintains the life systems that support us all. Read our op-ed with @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @environmentaldefence.ca @naturecanada.bsky.social 👇

The trade war is a moment of crisis for Canada. Eventually, the moment will pass. But the effects of government decisions during this crisis will shape our country for generations. @naturecanada.bsky.social is trying to make the voices of Canadians heard, above the clamour of corporate lobbyists.

Moratorium(4 yrs) on intro of genetically engineered organisms into wild defeated by one vote! Even though we had majority of votes, for motions to pass at IUCN World Congress you need to win both government and NGO categories. We lost the governments vote by one! Can’t get closer than that.

A new estimate of number of birds killed by cats in Canada was just published: https://ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/art12/ Congratulations and thank you to all authors including ECCC authors, Elizabeth Gow (co-supervisor of PhD student, Jonathan Chu), Julie Bourque and Christian Roy for this work.

🤔Do you think our rivers and forests deserve to have their own legal standing in a court of law? Let us know by taking this quick survey via our friends at @naturecanada.bsky.social: naturecanada.ca/environmenta...

Article from @washingtonpost.com on upcoming vote by IUCN on genetic engineering and nature. p.s. @naturecanada.bsky.social supports a go careful approach. archive.ph/2025.10.12-1...

Birdability Week 2025 is coming up October 20–26. This year’s theme is YOU BELONG HERE. We’ll celebrate birders with disabilities, host virtual events, and encourage everyone to bird their way. Details at www.birdability.org/birdability-week.

We have 3 questions for you: https://naturecanada.ca/environmental-perspectives-questionnaire/

Join Nature Canada and Canadian Author, Bob Bell @thebirderbob.bsky.social for an outstanding free webinar where we explore the intersectionality of disability (both visible and not) and birding. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Nature Canada is going to Abu Dhabi? Here's @novamark.bsky.social Senior Advisor on heading to the World Congress for the International Union for the Conservation. One hot topic on the agenda? Using genetic engineering to shield species from climate change and invasive threats. #IUCNCongress

This fall, Nature Canada’s Nature on the Hill will bring together caring Canadians like you (representing over 1,200 nature groups in our Nature Network) on Parliament Hill to be a voice for nature. DM us your name and email if you want to be kept updated! #NatureOnTheHill #NatureBuildsOurNation

Please share and turn off your lights at night.

Tomorrow, as we observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as #OrangeShirtDay, we honour and remember the First Nations, Inuit and Métis children who suffered at the hands of government-sanctioned residential schools. Learn more at the links in our bio.

The king of the prairie marsh! One of the easiest to identify since the common name of the bird matches its most obvious physical feathers. Yellow-headed Blackbird. Thank you to our Nature Network partner, Saskatoon Nature Society, for sharing this month’s blog. https://bit.ly/4nuyB88

I thank @moorefound.bsky.social for convening marine conservation institutions in Vancouver, on how to press our work forward in a time of international turmoil. My @naturecanada.bsky.social colleagues and I were heartened by the deep collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.

Today marks World Rivers Day; a global celebration of the vital waterways that sustain life around the world. It’s a moment to recognize the beauty, power, and importance of rivers, and a time to recommit ourselves to protecting them. What do you think about Rights of Nature?