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Ornithologist Dr. Rob Butler’s new film “The Society of Crows” is out and the film screening and crow talk is on Jan 22nd at 6 pm in North Vancouver at the Blueshore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are FREE and sure to go fast. Grab your ticket  HERE You can watch a trailer for the film below:

New study by my friend Dr Benjamin Freeman conducted in Metro Vancouver shows that Canada Jays are severely impacted by climate change and on an “escalator to extinction.” It is very sad to see these adorable and favourite birds of many impacted in such a way. You can read the news article and interview Ben did about his research HERE   Thanks as well to Ben for using two of my photos for his article. You can read his open access research paper HERE   as well. Canada Jay on Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver - Photo: Melissa Hafting

Update this event is now FULL We are having our annual Christmas Bird Count for Youth on Dec 6th. Full details are posted as well on the BC Young Birders website HERE We will meet at Reifel Bird Sanctuary at 9 am and we will finish at 2pm. Entrance is free for youth attending. Come look for winter birds like Redpolls, American Tree Sparrows, Northern Saw-whet Owls, Short-eared Owls and Rough-legged Hawks and other great birds at our CBC4Kids in Delta. All data we collect from our count will be sent to eBird and Bird Studies Canada to aid in studies for bird conservation. The Christmas Bird Count for Kids (CBC4Kids), based on the traditional Christmas Bird Count, is a fun winter birdwatching event that engages youth in real Citizen Science. The goal is to promote nature appreciation, ecological literacy, build bird ID and monitoring skills, and environmental stewardship in the next generation of naturalists. More info on the program can be found here : Please bring binoculars, a toque, ...

I was honoured to co-host a winter birding talk called “Feathers in the Frost” with Jason Hudecki for the Nature Conservancy of Canada. We had over 5300 people sign up to watch it. If you want to watch the recording you can do so at the link below: