Christian Artuso: Birds, Wildlife

In 2017 there have been at least two pairs of Piping Plover in the province (i.e. that we know of), one of which fledged at least one young ...

Manitoba's first and Canada's third Painted Redstart ( Myioborus pictus ), also known as "Painted Whitestart", showed up ...

I enjoyed a recent visit to Alberta to attend the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef a...

The Clark's Nutcracker ( Nucifraga columbiana ) has an exceptional spatial memory, being capable of hiding and refinding thousands of...

The Northern Pygmy-Owl (scientific name differs by taxonomy; IOC : Glaucidium californicum ; AOU : G. gnoma ) is Canada's smallest owl a...

This is short post to document the Harlequin Duck found by Matt Gasner on Sunday 28 th as part of the Delta Important Bird Area blitz ( ...

Did you know that Bonaparte's Gulls nest in trees? Bonus point if you can name another "unexpected" tree-nesting spe...

OK, so you probably recognise the Golden-winged Warble r on the right and the Blue-winged Warbler on the left of the photo collage below. ...

While scouting for our Important Bird Area (IBA) blitz in the Southwest Mixed-Grass Prairie Important Bird IBA, Tim Poole and I were driving...

There is a short piece in CBC online today regarding recent additions to the Species At Risk Act (SARA). It also acknowledges our good work ...