Birds of Southern Ontario: Their status, threats, and what we can do to help them

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Learn about common birds found in Waterloo region throughout the year, hear their sounds, and identify ways you can help address widespread declines in bird populations across North America.

This presentation highlights some of the birds found in Waterloo region throughout the year. Dr. Friesen will address the significant and widespread losses of North America’s birds (a decline of one-third individual bird abundance since 1970) and of native insect populations that are also in free-fall. He will describe how the way we have developed the urban landscape has contributed to these declines and describe how we can greatly improve matters by using native plantings and by managing our yards to provide food and shelter for birds and insects throughout the year. Dr. Friesen will show slides and play original sound recordings - made by Carol Ann Weaver, many of them recorded in their backyard - of some of the 110 species of birds that have appeared in their naturalized urban yard near downtown Waterloo in the last 30 years, offering evidence that if ‘you build it, they will come’.

There will be time for questions at the end of the program.

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