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WILD About Birds

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Another Silent Spring?

  • March 8, 2023
  • by Mikaela Capeling
Songbirds are battling numerous threats, some of which might surprise you. “It was a spring without voices. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins,…
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9 Ways to Protect the Baby Birds on Your Property

  • May 18, 2022
  • by April Overall
Is there anything sweeter than watching baby birds grow up? Hearing them call out for “more worms!!!” from the nest. Watching them fly for the first time. It’s also easy…
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5 Colourful Birds That’ll Keep the Winter Blues Away

  • February 10, 2022
  • by April Overall
If the winter is feeling rather bleak and long, just look to your backyard for some life!  We’ve got five brightly coloured birds that’ll liven up your backyard and how…
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red-winged blackbird
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Bird Watching – A Healthy, Happy Hobby

  • February 7, 2022
  • by Cliff Bennett
Imagine a bounty of meadows and marshes, winding rivers and rushing streams, lush forests and hilly fields, right in your own backyard. Driving slowly or walking along winding country roads,…
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How to Help Birds

  • November 16, 2021
  • by Sarah Coulber
It’s hard not to love Canada’s wild birds. They can inspire us with their grace and resilience and delight us with their songs, beautiful colours or comical antics. Many of…
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Q&A With Avian Expert David Bird, Part Two

  • October 15, 2021
  • by CWF
Boy, did you have a lot of questions about birds! Since the previous post “Q&A With Avian Expert David Bird” was so successful, we thought we’d include even more of…
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Dead Trees Living

  • October 7, 2021
  • by Matthew Church
Cavities in snags and hollow trees provide essential habitat to countless bird, mammal and insect species. When cities take these trees down, usually to avoid legal liability, local wildlife disappears.…
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barn swallow
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Avian Acrobats

  • October 6, 2021
  • by Annie Langlois
The barn swallow is one of the world’s most common and widespread species, inhabiting every part of the globe except Antarctica. In Canada, it graces every province and territory, arriving…
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Molting 101

  • September 9, 2021
  • by April Overall
When do birds lose their feathers and why? Yikes! Are some of the birds at your feeder looking a little rough around the edges? Don’t worry. They’re not ill (although…
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7 Ways to Attract Finches to Your Backyard

  • August 13, 2021
  • by April Overall
Finches are some of the most cheerfully coloured birds to appear in our gardens. With vivid colours of bright yellows to deep reds, they are incredible creatures! There are 13…
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