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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦

@volunteer4birds.bsky.social

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Engage & educate for a better earth. #Ontario's South Coast (Norfolk Cnty, Btwn the Lakes, Treaty #3 1792) OR #Newfoundland's Coast of Bays (Gaultois TR lands of the Mi’kma’ki & Beothuk). On Birds Canada's Team for Assessing the State of Canada's #Birds

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 13d

The finch forecast is out! The finch forecast is out!
Winter Finch Forecast 2025-2026 - FINCH RESEARCH NETWORK finchnetwork.org/winter-finch... #Birds #Winter #Migration

Pine Grosbeak, a red bird with grey wings and a bit of black and white.

Redpoll - no idea why it is named that but it does have red on its forehead and its breast.

Purple Finch - which is not purple, more of a rasbetty colour.

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 5h

In just a day, volunteers found hundreds of birds that crashed into GTA buildings
About 2,000 birds have died in the GTA in the last month flying into buildings, says group trying to help buff.ly/DOJTxzg #Birds #Urban #Architecture #Migration #Society

A puddle with a refelection of a highrise in it. Laying beside the puddle is a dead bird. Text is: Some municipalities in the GTA have policies in place to mitigate the risk of bird deaths, but they often leave out private property and existing buildings. (Submitted by Fatal Light Awareness Program)

You can have fun with your windows patterns as long as they are on the outside of the window and the lines are close enough together (see the recommended standards), These windows have lovely patterns of birds in nature. Text is: Visible patterns on glass can help deter birds from windows. Reflective glass can confuse birds by reflecting surrounding greenery, causing collisions and often death. (Summitted by Fatal Light Awareness Program)

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 18h

Position can be remote, hybrid (home office combined with one of our offices in Port Rowan, ON; Delta BC; or Sackville, NB). or fully in person from our national office in Port Rowan, ON).

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 18h

Come join our flock! www.birdscanada.org/part-time-ex... (no bird id skills required)

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Birds Canada @birdscanada.bsky.social · 18h

Joignez-vous à la volée! Oiseaux Canada embauche une adjointe/un adjoint de direction et en ressources humaines à temps partiel. Ce poste flexible contribue directement à notre mission de protection des oiseaux et de la nature au Canada.

Postulez avant le 24 octobre! tinyurl.com/ydwuvs47

Adjointe/adjoint de direction et en ressources humaines (à temps partiel)

Joignez-vous à la volée! Vous aimez l'organisation, le travail d'équipe et faire une différence? Oiseaux Canada embauche une adjointe/un adjoint de direction et en ressources humaines à temps partiel....

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QuébecOiseaux @quebecoiseaux.org · 19h

Résumé de cette grande journée de science participative, en particulier les efforts des ornithologues québécois. Bravo à toutes celles et ceux qui ont participé samedi dernier!

www.quebecoiseaux.or...

#oiseaux #ornithologie #birds #birding

Bilan du Big Day d'octobre 2025

Un record de plus de 48 000 ornithologues ont participé à ce mouvement mondial de science participative. Résumé des efforts au Québec et ailleurs.

www.quebecoiseaux.org

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 21h

Last Chance to sign up for tomorrow's Birds Canada Event in #PortRowan, #NorfolkCounty #Ontario
Wednesday, October 15 2025 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM EST
Creating Winter Interest in the Garden www.birdscanada.org/events
#Birds #Migration #Homegrown #Backyard #Habitat

winter garden photos. Text: South Coast Gardens Presents: Crating Winter Interest in the Garden by Kevin Kavanagh & Dylan Cowan. see link for the details

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 21h

Check out our upcoming events, from learning to bird in Richmond, BC, to documentary screenings at our headquarters in #LongPoint #Ontario. | Birds Canada | Oiseaux Canada www.birdscanada.org/events #Birds #Events #Music #Gardening

winter garden photos. Text: South Coast Gardens Presents: Crating Winter Interest in the Garden by Kevin Kavanagh & Dylan Cowan.

Two musicians and a guitar. See more about the music events on the event page, the link is in the post. The next event is October 18th

Poster for the Long Point Biosphere Research & Conservation Conference. Friday November 7th, see details on the events page

Poster for the Christmas Pop-up Shop Saturday Nov 29th, see text on the events page.

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 1d

A generalized modeling framework for spatially extensive species abundance prediction and population estimation |
Diana Stralberg, Péter Sólymos, Teegan D. S. Docherty, Andrew D. Crosby, … See all authors
First published: 05 October 2025 buff.ly/8V3eUbg buff.ly/SBFUeo6

Flowchart overview of generalized modeling framework for spatially extensive species abundance prediction and population estimation. Green boxes indicate data inputs; light yellow indicates data filtering or compiling; dark yellow indicates model building; gray indicates model processing; blue indicates final products. Illustration credit: Sarah Nason.

This figure shows that in all 16 regions two important variables for bird abundance and distribution are landscape and local vegetation.
Figure text: Relative importance of variable classes for explaining variation in 143 landbird densities in 16 regions, and all of Canada, from boosted regression tree models. See Table 1 for specific variables included in each group.

Map of Canada showing that forest generalists provides the habitat for close to half od 3.56 billion birds and a bar graph showing that the two boreal forest regions house over 2,250 million birds.
Figure text: (A) Summary of Canada-wide and regional population estimates for species groups based on primary breeding habitat (as defined by Rosenberg et al., 2019). Pie chart radii are scaled based on a region's proportion of the total population. (B) Estimated abundance by geographic zone. Error bars show the 5th and 95th percentiles of the bootstrap distribution.

Map of Canada showing that the highest breeding abundance of Connecticut Warbler is in the southern portion of the western boreal and the northern portion of the prairies.
Figure text: Example of species' density (in number of males per hectare) map and habitat-specific density estimates for Canada and two regions for Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis). Model regions and NatureServe species' ranges are outlined in red and dark blue, respectively.

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 1d

2025 Taxonomy Update—COMING SOON
By Team eBird 7 Oct 2025 ebird.org/news/2025-ta...
#Birds #eBird

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 2d

Mic’d bats reveal midnight songbird attacks www.sciencenews.org/article/bats...

Mic’d bats reveal midnight songbird attacks

Sensor data reveal greater noctule bats chasing, catching and chewing on birds during high-altitude, nighttime hunts.

www.sciencenews.org

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 2d

A Gull ID Guide to Print at Home!

From hooded to white-headed, medium to large—discover 25 species of North American gulls and learn how they match up!

dl.allaboutbirds.org

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 3d

A giant birdhouse in Hamilton - Chirp and Placekeeping by Ground Magazine - Issuu issuu.com/oalagroundma...

Magazine screen capture showing a very large birdhouse. See link to text in post.

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Lake Superior @lakesuperior.bsky.social · Mar 13

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Lake Superior @lakesuperior.bsky.social · Mar 14

Happy pie day.

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 3d

Halloween: Follow these tips to ensure your spooky celebrations don't create a scary situation for birds. | Anna Gibbs, Audubon magazine.https://www.audubon.org/magazine/how-have-bird-friendly-halloween #Birds #Halloween

A fake spider web made of string with fake spiders on it. This spider is placed on the inside of a window, where it will not harm any wildlife. Outside you can see a lovely fall scene full of pumpkins.

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 4d

Today is Global Big Day.
An excellent day to enjoy fresh air on my deck, watch birds and try to figure out how many and what species of blackbirds are in the yard.
#Birds #Migration @birdscanada.bsky.social @ebrrh.bsky.social @cornellbirds.bsky.social

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 4d

Reviving Grasslands Through Prescribed Burns at Chippawa Battlefield | Chirp and Placekeeping by Ground Magazine - Issuu issuu.com/oalagroundma...

Magazine scrren capture showing a grassland fire and text: Reviving Grasslands Through Prescribed Burns at Chippewa Battlefield.

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 4d

Today's To-Do List:
✅ Wake up early
✅ Grab your binoculars
✅ Go Birding! 🐦
Join the global birdwatching event: October Big Day
📅 October 11, 2025
🔗 ebird.org/octoberbigday

Let’s see how many birds we can spot together! 🌍👀 #OctoberBigDay #Birding #eBird

Yellow-rumped Warbler in their most confusing fall colours. All browns, yellows and grays.

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 4d

Hoping you and yours have the chance to appreciate a turkey this weekend.🇨🇦 🍁
(Thanks to Anne Lewis for the fun photo). #Canada

A Wild Turkey sitting on a railing, snow-covered canoes behind

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 4d

Let's keep Halloween safe for all! | Some Halloween decorations can be harmful to wildlife, N.B. bird experts say
Fake spider webs, artificial food and bleached pumpkins are top concern buff.ly/9DPsaI5 #Birds #Halloween

Orange rectangle with a spider web and the text: Have a Bird Safe Halloween Keep the fake spider webs indoors

Kelsey Butler, director for Atlantic and Quebec for Birds Canada, says birds big or small can get tangled in fake spider webs used as outdoor Halloween decorations. (Submitted by Kelsey Butler)

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 5d

Your Saturday To-Do List:
✅ Wake up early
✅ Grab your binoculars
✅ Go Birding! 🐦

Join the global birdwatching event: October Big Day
📅 October 11, 2025
🔗 ebird.org/octoberbigday

Let’s see how many birds we can spot together! 🌍👀 #OctoberBigDay #Birding #eBird

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 5d

Head's UP Loon #Scientists! Call 4 #proposals | National Loon Center & Ricketts Conservation Foundation 2026 Common Loon #Research #Grant. | range-wide scale | emphasis on questions related to survival, productivity, health, & conservation. Closes Dec 15. drive.google.com/file/d/1ysL7...

Logos for the National Loon Center and Rickets Conservation Foundation

screen capture with text, see link in document

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 5d

Shade plants are so cool. enjoy

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 5d

Most of Michigan is in zone 16, the same zone as I'm in (l am on the North shore of Lake Erie). Here is the plant list birdgardens.ca/plant-select...; careful though, as you likely know already sourcing special plants can be an addictive hobby.🙃🌿
Also
birdscanada.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...

ArcGIS Web Application

birdscanada.maps.arcgis.com

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 5d

I was curious, there are 2 Mahonia's on the website, and both are western species. I did find that photo, it looks like my social media tool grabbed it from www.birdscanada.org/you-can-help... and the plant is Oregon Grape

Song Sparrow on Oregon Grape Photo: Jon Anderson