Birds

• Bird never seen before in Canada draws crowds to Vancouver park

  The taiga flycatcher has never before been seen in Canada. At least, not until this holiday season when a bird watcher spotted the rare avian specimen in a Vancouver park.

  Environment

  Dec 28, 2025
  
• ‘Everyone’s neighbour is a magpie in Edmonton’: Magpies’ special place in Alberta’s capital

  Black-billed magpies can be seen walking, soaring and chirping in nearly every neighbourhood in Edmonton.

  Features

  Jul 9, 2025
  
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• Toronto urges residents to cut night lights to save millions of migratory birds

  Toronto is dimming its lights to help save migrating birds. Turning off unnecessary lights at night can help prevent fatal window collisions this spring.

  Environment

  Apr 20, 2025
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• Woodpecker woes: Calgary couple pay out of pocket to fix bird-related damages

  A Calgary couple is frustrated by damage caused by a Northern Flicker, a kind of woodpecker that has been pecking holes in the stucco of their home.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2025
• Bird-shooting event legal despite complaints, provincial minister says

  Minister Bushie's office advised Global News shooting birds is not an effective method of pest control, but the Association's event is legal.

  Environment

  Apr 9, 2025
• New study offers insight into hummingbirds’ hibernation-like rest

  New research is providing insight into when torpor happens in some varieties of hummingbirds common to B.C. and how much the birds bulk up for migration.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2025
• Lethbridge photographer soars above the competition to land on national calendar

  A birder and photographer in Lethbridge had his photo selected to appear on the cover of the 2025 Birds Canada calendar.

  Features

  Oct 31, 2024
• Grassland destruction on Canadian Prairies harming bird populations: report

  A national bird conservation organization says grassland habitat loss on the Prairies has created a "conservation crisis" for dozens of species of birds.

  Environment

  Oct 9, 2024
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• Rehabilitated bird injured in B.C. wildfire to be released back into the wild

  A fierce falcon literally rose from the ashes after surviving a raging wildfire, and after a year of recovery, she's ready to return home.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2024
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• ‘It was killing me’: Calgary naturalist stops bird collisions on his windows with ‘zen curtains’

  From hi-rise buildings to bungalow homes, bird collisions with windows kill thousands of birds each year. A Calgary man is using bird curtains to solve the problem at his home.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2024