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Articles tagged with Birds (30)
Seabird Salvation
Islands off of Vancouver Island with the most diverse seabird colony on the West Coast may soon become a marine national wildlife area
Rare birds
Spread your wings with birdwatching’s elite guard in south Texas
Wishing for a swift recovery
How birders can help save Ontario’s chimney swifts
Conserving the red knot
Quebec’s Mingan archipelago is a pivotal migratory refuelling station for this highly endangered shorebird and a natural laboratory for the scientists trying to save it
Go to the birds
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, September 2008
Department:
Gateway
Contributors:
Ben Fried
Winged wonders
If you’re an avian admirer, consider flocking to one of Ontario’s many birding hot spots this winter
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, November 2007
Department:
Feature stories
Contributors:
Moira Farr
Pelee playground
Southern Ontario's Pelee Island is an oasis for birders and wine tasters
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, May 2007
Department:
Feature stories
Plundering the plover
Madelinots rally to protect a rare shorebird after vandals ravage nests
Dance of the dunlins
Eleven seasons of patient observation reveal how shorebirds choreograph their flights with the tides to evade the clutches of killer falcons
Seabirds in the wake
Bilge oil illegally dumped on the Grand Banks kills about 300,000 birds annually. That’s like an Exxon Valdez every year.
Sage strutters
Is a great grouse heading for extinction?
Avian oasis
For more than a century, the Cypress Hills have provided birders with a glimpse of mountain life in a sea of grass
The singing forest
One in three birds across North America depends on Canada’s boreal woods. How we manage this wilderness will determine their future
Boreal birds
Take a look at Canada’s northern forest and the life it supports
Golden predators
Four ornithologists piece together why migration means hunger for the king of eagles
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