Parks Blog

Category: Birding

  • Birds and biodiversity

    Welcome to the final installment of  our series “IBAs in provincial parks,” brought to you by Ontario IBA Coordinator Amanda Bichel of Bird Studies Canada. It’s great sharing bird facts, and stories about IBAs and provincial parks, but it’s time to step back and take a look at the bigger picture: biodiversity.

  • I heard a strange sound last night – what was it?

    Today’s post is from Mark D. Read, a senior interpreter at Murphys Point Provincial Park. It’s a common question that park interpreters face almost daily during the summer and one that many folks already think they know the answer to:

  • A tale of star cross'd plovers

    In today’s post, Marina Opitz, Discovery leader at Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, regales us with shorebird drama of Shakespearean proportions. Thanks to Neal Mutiger for photographing our leading avian actors. First, let us set the scene for our dramatic tale. Picture an empty beach, orange sunrise gleaming across the waves, when two solitary plovers lock eyes from…

  • Confessions of a struggling birder

    Today’s blog comes from Carlin Thompson, a discovery leader at Sandbanks Provincial Park. My name is Carlin, and I’m a struggling birder. As an Ontario Parks Discovery leader, I am surrounded by colleagues with a passion for the natural world — which I share. Many share a specialty in identifying birds — which I do…

  • Autumn isn’t just coloured leaves and migration — bring on the murmurations!

    Today’s blog comes from Jessica Stillman, school outreach coordinator for Bronte Creek Provincial Park. With all the coloured leaves and migrating birds, autumn is all about big performances. But even before sharing these spectacular displays, autumn delights us with the sights and sounds of another performance: the fabulous fall show presented by European Starlings.

  • Life lessons working with Bobolinks

    Today’s post comes from Victoria Reimer, Bronte Creek Provincial Park’s Green Jobs summer student and friend to birds everywhere. If you asked me what a Green Jobs student was before I started, I wouldn’t have known myself. Now, after being in the role, I can tell you it’s a wonderful opportunity to become intimately connected…

  • The annual birding battle for the golden binoculars

    In today’s post, Learning & Education Specialist Rachelle Law recounts Team Ontario’s push to find as many birds as possible.  Every year, a team of expert birders from Ontario Parks prepare — binoculars in hand — to compete in a heated competition. The goal: spot and record as many bird species as they can over…

  • May's digital download

    With the arrival of spring comes the familiar call of our provincial bird. The sights and sounds of these iconic birds capture the hearts of all Ontarians. Learn more about the Common Loon. Throughout 2021, we’re sharing a free downloadable graphic for you to use as wallpaper for your favourite devices. We’ve specially sized these…

  • 7 quack-tacular sightings at Ontario Parks

    Our parks have been keeping an eye out for feathered friends to show you what they’re up to this time of year. Are you ready for the quack-tastic duck finds they made?

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