Louise Blight

In Defence of Bird Conservation in a Broken World In a world torn by wars and crises, bird conservation can seem irrelevant. Yet to protect life itself is not indulgence – it’s resistance.

It's a good one. This recent editorial is a favorite. theornithologist.org/in-defence-o...

#birds

New paper on severe impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza on southern elephant seals at #SouthGeorgia.

Apparent loss of 47% of the population of breeding females since 2023

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

#HPAI #wildlifedisease #conservationscience🌍

📷 S. elephant seal pup, South Georgia

A fluffy Red-tailed Tropicbird chick, Norfolk Island, Australia.

#BirdOfTheDay #birds

In Defence of Bird Conservation in a Broken World In a world torn by wars and crises, bird conservation can seem irrelevant. Yet to protect life itself is not indulgence – it’s resistance.

In Defence of Bird Conservation in a Broken World theornithologist.org/in-defence-o...

"Bird conservation is...the structural underpinning of planetary health....[but] We do not protect birds merely because they are useful, but because they belong – because they are co-inhabitants of this Earth."

Priority areas to conserve biodiversity in Canada Canada has committed to protecting 30% of its land by 2030, yet existing protected areas cover only 12.4% of Canadian lands, which is insufficient to protect terrestrial biodiversity. In this study, w...

This study reveals less than 10% of 1,500 Canadian 🇨🇦 species have 30% of their range protected.

Meeting Canada's #30x30 target requires a strategic 16%-17% #protectedarea expansion 🌍

#BiodiversityLoss

www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you Alan. Gulls are so photogenic.

Kelp Gull on a rock bluff, Antarctic Peninsula.

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #gulls #lichens

How common cuckoos adapt to multiple hosts Genomic data reveal the complexity of egg mimicry evolution in cuckoos

New in this week's issue of Science -
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#birds #cuckoos #broodparasitism

A beautiful #Kananaskis day, with some White-tailed Ptarmigan in the alpine. They're hard to spot against the snow but we eventually found some.

#birds #nature

"She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world."

#ConservationScience🌍

The surprising recovery of once-rare birds.

#ConservationScience🌎

King Penguin chick, South Georgia.

#SuperSeabirdSunday #birds #seabirds

Our new #WindowCollisions paper is now out, with Viviane Zulian, Krista de Groot, @adam-birdstats.bsky.social, et al.
peerj.com/articles/199...

British Columbia forest birds are highly vulnerable to collisions @uvic.ca

#conservationscience🌎 #ornithology #WindowStrike
📷M Strickland

Mid-August, and Glaucous-winged Gull chicks are starting to leave their island and rooftop nests.

#SuperSeabirdSunday #gulls #SalishSea #birds #seabirds

Stop Bird Collisions Birds flying into windows, railings, balusters, and other structures made from glass is a leading cause of global bird loss.

A new coalition-based initiative to address the major threat of bird window collisions.

Partners currently from Canada, Costa Rica, USA.

www.stopbirdcollisions.org

#windowstrike #windowcollisions #conservation

The original study in the journal Waterbirds @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social

bioone.org/journals/wat...

This seagull took an 80-mile truck ride twice to find food Researchers say it's the first recorded case of a seagull using a vehicle for transport while foraging.

This Western Gull has taken a novel approach to some of her foraging trips.

www.axios.com/local/san-fr...

#gulls #seabirds

Cornwall seagull sips man's coffee before stealing his mug Darren Pardoe was installing anti-bird spikes in a Cornish town before the encounter.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

#gulls #birds

Acopian Bird Savers - they really work, and are good for both institutional and residential windows. The site has DIY instructions or you can purchase there.
www.birdsavers.com

Bird–window collisions: A comprehensive dataset for the Neotropical region Our primary objective was to compile a comprehensive dataset on bird–window collisions throughout the Neotropical region, including both published and unpublished sources. On May 12, 2020, we extensi...

New data paper out today on bird-window collisions in the Neotropics esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#WindowStrike #WindowCollisions #ornithology

Congo to create world’s largest tropical forest reserve The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo passed a law in January 2025 to lead efforts to establish the largest tropical forest reserve in the world.

Congo to create world’s largest tropical forest reserve cosmosmagazine.com/earth/congo-...

Gull survey season is nearly here again....

#seabirds #SuperSeabirdSunday #gulls

📷 no. 2, Thor Veen

Snowy owl labelled threatened by expert group — and humans are primarily to blame | CBC News The snowy owl, Quebec's majestic avian emblem and Harry Potter's iconic companion, is at risk of becoming endangered if action isn't taken to reverse the threats to its survival, an independent adviso...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#ConservationScience🌎

Red-tailed Tropicbird, chick and nesting adult, Norfolk Island, Australia.

#SuperSeabirdSunday #birds #nature

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada just met to assess 16 species. Snowy Owl was among those we assessed as Threatened.

cosewic.ca/index.php/en...

#COSEWIC #birds #conservation #wildlife #GreenlandShark

📷: #SnowyOwl in Sidney, Canada, 2021

Pink-footed Shearwater :)

From a boat - we were offshore doing a seabird survey.

Black-footed Albatross, far off the west coast of Canada.

#birds #seabirds #SuperSeabirdSunday

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Gentoo Penguins ashore during the breeding season, Antarctic Peninsula.

#birds #seabirds