We at BSI just wanted to let you know that the Ontario breeding bird atlas has finally arrived in French!:

This amazing book was collaboratively put together by Ontario Nature, Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Field Ornithologists, and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. More than 3,000 volunteers logged 150,000 hours for this cause and [...]

5,000 Red-winged Blackbirds mysteriously died in Arkansas on New Year’s weekend, the first of several mysterious mass bird deaths around the world.
Credit: Ashley Hockenberry
There have been numerous reports in the media about mysterious animal deaths in the United States and abroad. It began with the story of the 5,000 Red-winged Blackbirds that mysteriously dropped from [...]

From the plane
Credit: Doug Hitchcox
This year’s Matinicus Island CBC in Maine was held on Monday, Jan. 3rd (view my first blog post about the Matinicus CBC for more background). I was pleased to be joined by the adventurous trio of Charles Avenengo (a Rhode Island based birder who has been spending more time in Maine [...]

This past year flew by fast!
Credit: Garth Lenz
Well, 2010 has officially flown by and now we have a brand new year to look forward to and inspire us to better our lives and environment.
2010 was certainly a memorable year, in some ways good and in some ways bad. We were thrilled to hear that Brazil [...]