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Birds & Birding
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Ottawa Area
- Wild Bird Care Centre
- 828-2849 mojo@wildbirdcarecentre.org Injured birds may be taken here. Donations and volunteers are welcome.
- Bluebird houses project
- Jim Houston 256-3509
- Elizabeth Le Geyt's World of Birds
- Manotick columnist has written a weekly birding column for The Ottawa Citizen since 1973! Terrific photo gallery. Bird sighting reports can be sent to elegeyt@magma.ca.
- Project Nest Watch
- collects data on bird nests in Canadian backyards. During the nesting period, record the date, time, nest contents (eggs or birds), geographic location, and nesting habitat. (Info: Catherine Poussart 418-649-6062)
- Ottawa Field Naturalists Club
- The Bird Status Line 960-9000 if to report unusual bird sightings. Organizes the Christmas count.
- Report dead birds
- In ottawa phone: 613-722-2200 (info: West Nile Virus)
Christmas Bird Count
During the Christmas Holidays, anyone can help by participating in the Ottawa Valley Christmas Bird Count. The Ottawa Field Naturalists Club organizes data collection for a national database used to monitor bird populations.
Feed birds in the winter and they will eat insects in the summer.
Links:
- Aquatic Birds on the Rideau Waterway
- Environment Canada (ec.gc.ca): Birds
- Birds of the East Coast (gov.ns.ca) - Nova Scotia
- Birding in Canada (web-nat.com) - events, web board
- BorealCanada.ca
- Nature.ca:
Invasive species - Rideau Waterway
- BirdDay.org
- BorealBirds.org
- AmericanBirding.org
- TheBirdGuide.com - Pacific Northwest
- National Wildlife Federation
- Email Tony Beck beck.tony@sympatico.ca about birding courses
7 million birds die in the U.S. every year from lawn-care chemicals.
Manotick Ontario
