Birdwatching

The Vancouver Avian Research Centre is hosting Bird Monitoring and Banding Workshops this spring! Get up close and personal with birds as you experience a professional bird monitoring and banding station in action! Participants will receive training in bird safety and welfare, bird identification, bird banding and taking biometric measurements, ageing and sexing techniques, mist net use and data collection.

Join the Bay St. George Bird Society for a full day of birdwatching at popular sites in western NL, as we celebrate World Migratory Bird Day!

Date and Time: May 12th, 2018 at 7:30 a.m.
Location: Meet at Kin Court, Stephenville NL.

Nature Regina is hosting a Spring Bird Count! All skill levels are welcome to count migrating and breeding birds around the city, followed by a lunch (location TBD).

Date and Time: May 12th, 2018, 7:30 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Meet at Saskatchewan Legislative Building, 2405 Legislative Dr, Regina, next to the Queen statue

Interested in learning more about our feathered friends? The Nature Trust is looking for volunteers of all ages to help with bird monitoring on our nature preserves, and are providing a workshop lead by ornithologist Dorothy Diamond, to help our seasoned and new volunteers brush up on bird identification. Reserve a spot for free, and you are encouraged to bring a small donation (suggested $5.00) to the event to help support stewardship activities.

Showcasing the best of the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys’ natural environments, Meadowlark Festival is the flagship public event presented by the Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Alliance (OSCA). This year the festival offers 78 tours including hiking, cycling, horseback riding, canoeing, geology tours, astronomy events, children`s programs, film screenings, art exhibitions, Aboriginal events, and photography, painting and writing workshops.

You are cordially invited to the Year of the Bird Raptor Program and River Experience hosted by Environment for the Americas and the Earth Conservation Corps.

Please join us at the Monique Johnson Anacostia River Pump House Tuesday, June 12^th at 9am to meet the Earth Conservation Corps raptor ambassadors and enjoy an educational river expedition on the Anacostia.

This celebration of migratory birds includes a live hawk presentation, a demonstration of hummingbird banding, a bird walk for beginners, and an "Early Bird Special" with homemade cinnamon rolls to watch birds at the feeders!

A day devoted to the wonders of our natural world, and its migrating avians. Park Ranger Glennis will be waiting at Beaver Creek State Natural Area welcome center ready to take adventurers on a birding hike. And OPRD host, will be offering painting seminars. Stop by for a day of fun.

The event will be marked in Nyandarua County which host 3 IBAs, Lake Olbolossat, Kinagop grasslands and Aberdare forest. The event will involve local community conservation groups, NGOs, local schools, companies, media and county government officials. Main activities will include, volleyball tornament, awareness creation talks and planting of tussock grass along the river Nairobi.

If you haven’t been able to join of the Celebrate Birds! birdwalks so far, you still can with a couple of outings in the next few days scheduled in conjunction with Loudoun Wildlife’s annual Birdathon and to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day.