The Six Keys to Bird Identification
Even though we only have a silhouette view of this bird, its size, shape, and even its perch give us powerful identification clues. Any...
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Brendon Samuels
- Feb 15, 2022
- 8 min
A recap of London's 2021 Christmas Bird Count with organizer Pete Read
The following conversation was had between the author and Pete Read, the long-standing Compiler of records from London's participation in...
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Paul Nicholson
- Feb 7, 2022
- 4 min
Climate change is impacting Ontario's birds
What do these two birds have in common? Left image: The Canada Jay is a boreal bird that was once very common in Algonquin Provincial...
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Laure Wilson Neish
- Jan 17, 2022
- 7 min
It's All in the i-Details - 50 Shades of Gull
“What is the difference between a gull and a seagull? Gulls are members of a large, widespread family of seabirds. Often known as...
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Paul Nicholson
- Jan 13, 2022
- 3 min
Which birds are here all year?
While most of our Great Blue Herons migrate south each winter, some will stay in London and across Southwestern Ontario. As long as there...
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Laure Wilson Neish
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
It's All in the i-Details - Magnificent Mergansers
Take a walk along London’ s Greenway Park this winter and you are likely to see one of our distinctive diving ducks. You won’t even need...
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Paul Nicholson
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min
What was London’s “Bird of the Year”?
Through 2021, London birders celebrated the Northern Cardinal, as well as sightings of Spotted Towhee, Harlequin Duck, Swallow-tailed...
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Laure Wilson Neish
- Dec 28, 2021
- 4 min
It's All in the i-Details - What's an Accipiter?
I have to admit, I’ve been avoiding the tricky topic of accipiters on this blog. What’s an accipiter you ask? In Latin, it just means...
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Laure Wilson Neish
- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min
It's All in the i-Details - 4 Sparrows
If you picked up one of the Birds of Ontario puzzles recently, purchased through our admin Brendon, you’ll see that some of the pieces...
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Paul Nicholson
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
So you want to see a Snowy Owl
This article has been reposted from its original publication in The Cardinal by Nature London with permission from the author. The almost...
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Brendon Samuels
- Dec 10, 2021
- 5 min
How citizen science data can be applied locally to conserve habitat and rare species
Map of iNaturalist records for London, Ontario. Over 50,000 observations, spanning at least 4,257 species have been posted to date. Photo...
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Laure Wilson Neish
- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
It's All in the i-Details - Birds in Black
It’s all in the i-Details Birds in Black I have never used the very popular Merlin app for bird identification. As mentioned in an...
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Paul Nicholson
- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
The many uses of eBird
Through the eBird platform, you can contribute bird sightings to citizen science at the same time that you enrich your own bird watching...
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Laure Wilson Neish
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
It's All in the i-Details - Duck, Duck, Goose
The Canada Goose. A presence so ubiquitous in our fall landscape that even non-birders can tell it apart from other birds. It has the...
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Laure Wilson Neish
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
It's All in the i-Details - Fly Like an Eagle
Winter’s coming! Oh, so not excited? Well, its one of the best times of the year for birdwatchers to see eagles. Fewer leaves to obscure...
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Laure Wilson Neish
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
It's All in the i-Details - Downy or Hairy?
What’s black and white and red all ov..., no, wait, the red is just on the head. There are several woodpecker species that fit this...
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Laure Wilson Neish
- Nov 29, 2021
- 2 min
It's All in the i-Details - Swans
In preparation for the Christmas Bird Count, here is another installment in "It's All in the i-Details" series. Honing Your skills for...
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Laure Wilson Neish
- Nov 29, 2021
- 2 min
It's All in the i-Details
This new blog, transferred from the Bird Friendly London Facebook page, will present some basic ID tips for some of the birds one might...
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Paul Nicholson
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas Bird Counts occur across the Americas
Citizen science observations made during annual Christmas Bird Counts allow researchers to determine bird population trends and range...
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Paul Nicholson
- Nov 27, 2021
- 3 min
London Has Long History of Citizen Science
These four birders along London's Thames River were participating in the Christmas Bird Count. Their birding observations, when compiled...
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