Bird Friendly Calgary is a team of volunteers working to make Calgary a Great Place for Birds. Designated a #BirdFriendlyCity by Nature Canada on May 8, 2021.
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Thanks for chatting with our team this week @scottstrasser19! Please keep an eye out for window strike victims, it can happen anytime! Turn off indoor and outdoor lights at night and #markyourwindows!
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Ok Calgary friends, migration is definitely underway and unfortunately windows are taking a toll. If you live or work downtown (or hear buildings with a lot of windows), please keep an eye out!
Healthy watersheds are a cornerstone to healthy ecosystems, by not explicitly considering non human use, aquatic life and all that depends on it is at risk. Write your MLA to express your concern
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Sooo who can develop this for Canada?!
BirdCast's Migration Dashboard is now live! Follow the amazing numbers of migratory birds passing over your local county or state, in real-time! dashboard.birdcast.info/ Dig into flight altitudes, migration speeds, historical comparisons, and much more!
Check out our Chair John talking out our lights out initiative on @GlobalCalgary this morning! Migration is picking up, make sure by 11 you #turnoffthelights!
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While Flaco the owl was flying free in NYC, consuming meal after meal of the poisoned rats that would contribute to his death, hundreds of wild, native raptors across the city were meeting the same fate.
This is beautiful Boho, an adult red-tailed hawk.🧵
📷: Emily Einhorn
ALT Boho, a red-tailed hawk, inside a raptor isolation cage.
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Flaco's toxicology report reveals 4 different types of rodenticide + pigeon herpesvirus. He was a very sick bird, in other words, when he collided with a window and fell, or simply fell, suffering traumatic injuries at an UWS apartment building.
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Join us tonight for🌎hour to launch our Lights Out for Birds spring migration edition! Turn those lights off at 8:30 and keep them off between 11pm-6am until the end of May to help keep our 🪶 friends on course to their summer homes! ❤️🐦⬛
Join @Miistakis and @AvianEco to learn about our local amphibians! 🐸
📆March 19!!!! A fabulous in-person event in #Airdrie! Love frogs, salamanders and more?! 🐸
Join wonderful people from the respected @Miistakis for a great evening!
@N88TE @savenosecreek @ConfedCreek @FOCCAssociation @FishCreekPP @FisherSpeaks @Ubermoogle
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Great Backyard Bird Count starts today and runs until Monday. A warm looking weekend for a bird walk in the Weaselhead.
What birds are you seeing this weekend? Share them with us! #weaselheadpark #gbbc #gbbc2024
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This weekend is the #GreatBackyardBirdCount! Spend time in your favourite place observing & counting as many birds as you can, for at least 30min, and report your findings! This helps scientists better understand global bird populations. Details below:
birdcount.org/
Wildlife friendly fencing is good for birds too!
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Alberta is home to four chickadee species. Black-capped chickadees are the most common and widespread. Long, cold winters can severely challenge the survival skills of chickadees and other resident birds. Learn more
about their survival skills at: naturealberta.ca/weathering-…
ALT 📷Black-capped chickadee by Richard Schneider
Even if we weren’t in an energy grid emergency a lot of those lights could be turned off…
Calgary skyline at 730PM.
Sure as hell is a lot of light coming from those office towers for a Saturday night with excess strain on the grid...#yyc
We like bobcats too! #urbanwildlife
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Thanks to everyone who supported our BFC recertification! Congrats to the new cities and towns as well! @CalgaryRASC @cityofcalgary @CalgaryResponse @naturecalgary @weaselheadpark
Outside of Calgary but habitat connectivity is important everywhere! calgary.ctvnews.ca/time-runn…
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Join citizen scientists across the globe documenting window strike victims until October 8!
Global Bird Rescue is a great opportunity for all to contribute to a global database helping understand the scope of window strikes.
More information ⬇️
globalbirdrescue.org/
