There were so many birds in the skies above Ontario's Long Point peninsula on Sunday morning that they appeared as a massive doughnut on American weather radar in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Get your binoculars out spring is a wonderful time for birdwatching.
Every spring, thousands of tiny songbirds make the return journey from South America to the boreal forest near Lesser Slave Lake, Alta.
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For birdwatchers and bird researchers, few things are more exciting than migration season. Several years ago, at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory, I watched researchers doing visible migration counts, capturing, banding and releasing birds. It was fascinating. Later, my husband and I took a walk through the boreal forest on the Songbird Trail. We were surrounded by such a phenomenal chorus of birdsong that we stopped partway, closed our eyes and just listened.
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A Vittoria resident has been appointed to the Order of Canada along with 60 others.
Michael S. W. Bradstreet became a member of the order “for his leadership in the protection of natural habitats and for his innovative bird conservation initiatives,” said the announcement.
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Bradstreet was pleased to learn that someone could receive such a high honour for something they enjoy doing.
“While news of my appointment seems to please others and that’s nice it seems odd to me to be recognized for doing just what I loved doing,” he said Monday.