Male Bobolink

Male Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus - strutting his stuff (showing his courtship display)

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Brewer's Blackbird

Recent risk assessment updates for bird species in #Canada buff.ly/jWNDcol #Birds #SpeciesatRisk #Redlist #COSEWIC ; Read to the end to see how you can help, and learn more
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‘First of its kind’ database for Yukon salmon looks at chinook and chum more extensively | CBC Arctic Winter Games Yukon chinook and chum salmon have faced declines for years, but new assessments are shedding light on the status of smaller population groups, many of which are struggling.

Even in the wilds of the Yukon, salmon are in serious trouble. Time to get these wonderful fish formally assessed, #COSEWIC!

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Snowy owls are back for the winter — and they're now considered a threatened species | CBC News This year's snowy owl migration is marked by the bird's recent classification as a threatened species by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.

Just noticed this recent interview I did with CBC Calgary is now online. Also with Lisa Takats Priestley and Alberta Birds of Prey Foundation.

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#conservation #cosewic #owls #wildlife

Sable Island Institute - Conserving Sable Island Sable Island Institute protects and conserves Sable Island's nature and culture through research, arts & design, and educational programs.

3/3: … The Hoary Bat is named for the white-frosted appearance of its fur, like silvery hoar-frost.
Photo Zoe Lucas.
#NorthAtlantic #BatAppreciationWeek
#batmigration #endangeredspecies #COSEWIC
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada
#sableislandnationalparkreserve
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Exciting (?) news! #cosewic has finally assessed the state of #pycnopida as #endangered. It’s an important step to getting this species federal status and therefore protection. Pycnos are so important to BC’s marine ecosystems and kelp forests. #conservation #iucnredlist #canada #sara

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada just met to assess 16 species. Snowy Owl was among those we assessed as Threatened.

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#COSEWIC #birds #conservation #wildlife #GreenlandShark

📷: #SnowyOwl in Sidney, Canada, 2021

Just 8 of 422 species at risk of extinction are doing better: study | The Narwhal A new study found a crucial first step to recover endangered species, is to stop the harm

A handful of Canada’s at-risk species have made a comeback. Here’s what they can teach us | @thenarwhal.ca
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#SARA #COSEWIC #Conservation

Call for Expression of Interest as Co-chair

People keen on arthropods, fish, mammals, plants, amphibians or reptiles and wanting to apply science to assessing status and to make recommendations to COSEWIC; there is call out for co-chairs of all those committees.
#arthropods #COSEWIC #reptiles #fish
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Recent updates to extinction risk assessments for Canadian birds - Birds Canada | Oiseaux Canada In 2024, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessed the status of six bird species, two for the first time. Of the reassessed species, just one improved in status ...

Pete Davidson and I recently wrote this blog for Birds Canada: an update on conservation assessments of Canadian birds in 2024.

#COSEWIC #birds #conservation

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📷 Ian Routley