Tag: birding
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The Breeding Bird Atlas at Ontario Parks!
We’re midway through an exciting five years for Ontario Parks (2021-2025)! We’re supporting the third Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas: an enormous community science initiative that aims to survey all the province’s breeding birds. It’s a big job, so if you like birds and care about their conservation, we could use your help!
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December's digital download
Don’t let the Northern Shrike’s small size deceive you. These little floofs are strict carnivores and will stealthily hunt anything of manageable size, including insects, mice, lizards, and other birds. Northern Shrikes spend the breeding season in the far north, but can be found south of Thunder Bay and Sudbury during the winter, so watch…
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Banding the wind riders
Today’s post was written by David Bree, Natural Heritage Education Leader at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. It’s a blustery late-May day on Presqu’ile’s beach and a few birders are out watching the shorebirds. The birds wheel in and land for a few minutes of frantic feeding before lifting off again and heading out to disappear over…
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March's digital download
Chickadee-dee-dee! No matter the season, this little bird is always there to sing you a tune. This month’s FREE digital download was snapped at Rondeau Provincial Park.
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Ollie and Oona’s new pad
Port Burwell Provincial Park is a hot spot for large raptors. Two local Osprey (affectionately named Ollie and Oona) fish Big Otter Creek and the shores of Lake Erie, regularly bringing their “catch of the day” back to the park’s radio tower to settle in for some fine dining high above the park. In February…
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Tidewater Provincial Park and Pei lay sheesh kow IBA
Welcome to the September installment of “IBAs in provincial parks,” brought to you by Ontario IBA Coordinator Amanda Bichel of Bird Studies Canada. Today’s Important Bird & Biodiversity Area started out as an area of seven IBAs and is now an amalgamated site with an added 716 km2 of area. Tidewater Provincial Park and the tail…
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IBAs of Ontario Parks: spring migration on Lake Erie
Welcome to the May installment “IBAs in provincial parks,” brought to you by Ontario IBA Coordinator Amanda Bichel of Bird Studies Canada. Did you know Saturday (May 11, 2019) was International Migratory Bird Day! What a wonderful reason to highlight sites renowned for migrating songbirds! In today’s post, we’re chatting about two of Ontario’s southern-most Important Bird…
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May's digital download
“Well, everybody knows that the bird is a word.” – The Trashmen This month’s FREE digital download of a Chestnut-sided Warbler was snapped at Rondeau Provincial Park.
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Spring birding festivals
The songbirds are returning and bringing spring with them! Catch a bird-banding demonstration, take in a nature photography workshop, or sign on for a bird-themed hike with our park naturalists. If you love songbirds, you won’t want to miss the Ontario Parks spring birding festivals: