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WILD About Birds
The Claws are Out
Cat owners need to think about the impact their pets have on bird populations — and not just for the sake of the birds. This column will undoubtedly make me…
A Holiday Feast
Christmas isn’t quite Christmas without getting stuffed to the gills, is it? It certainly isn’t hard to do when you have two or more Christmas dinners to attend in the…
Clean Your Bird Feeder
Written by Rick Bates, the Executive Director of the Canadian Wildlife Federation. He lives in Regina. Feeding birds is a great way to add beauty to the backyard, but…
Wildlife Weather Forecasters
The geese are still here in Saskatchewan and flying low, not at the “50,000 foot” level used when migrating south and signalling that winter is really about to blow in.…
Early Bird Migration
My backyard bird feeders are in near constant use during the day now, with a lot of different and new birds. This past weekend we had five yellow-shafted…
How can I let my cat go outside but deter it from killing birds?
Each year in Canada, between 100 and 350 million birds are estimated to be killed by cats, not to mention the small mammals that fall prey to this non-native species.…
Did You Know…..
[PHOTO CREDIT: ISABELLE MAROZZO – CWF PHOTO CONTEST] Did you know that blue jays are not really blue? Their blue colouration does not come from pigments but rather by the…
How Many Birds Die In Canada Each Year From Human Activities?
[CWF PHOTO CONTEST PICTURE SUBMITTED BY MRS. DEBBIE OPPERMANN] A new study was released by Environment Canada that shows how human activities in Canada affect wild birds, and the numbers…
What An Eggshell Can Tell You
Image Credit University of Guelph researchers studied nearly 700 herring gull eggs from the Great Lakes region and have found that based on egg colour they can determine environmental contamination…
Practice Makes Perfect
[PHOTO CREDIT CWF PHOTO CONTEST, DESIREE DYCK] While I knew birds use song for a variety of purposes such as to attract mates and to defend territories, I had no…
