Bird Friendly Windsor

Calling local businesses—We are looking for businesses (any size) that incorporate bird-friendly practices. These could include using certified collision prevention decals on your window, reducing or eliminating pesticides on your property, planting native plant and tree species, or keeping lights off during the night. We are renewing our certification very soon and would like to include businesses going the extra mile for birds.

Contact Suzanne at [email protected]

BFW/PIBO will be participating in Global Bird Rescue Week from September 23-29 and are looking for volunteers to join our team for early morning walks in the Walkerville area. Contact us to join our team. You can also walk in your neighborhood and report your collisions to the Global Collision Mapper or send us the details to us (photo, time, location), and we will report it.

You can help save the world's birds during from Sept 23-29, 2024. Join FLAP Canada, bird conservation groups and members of the public around the world to rescue and document birds that have collided with buildings in your community, while working to make the built environment safer for birds. To learn more, visit globalbirdrescue.org.

Calling all birders!

There are just three more days to submit bids for our annual online auction! As always, we have some unique, once-in-a-lifetime items, and this limited-edition print by Margaret Atwood is no exception. Check out all the items, and don't forget to place your bid by 9 p.m. July 12.
https://app.galabid.com/piboauction2024/items

Check out some unique auction items for PIBO's annual online fundrasier. Baseball fans anyone?

The Pelee Island Bird Observatory Devoted to the study of migration and conservation of birds in Pelee Island, Ontario.

One of the team is not feeling well today so tonights' walk is cancelled. We will schedule another one soon!

Thank you Vortex Canada, the official optics partner of Pelee Island Bird Observatory, for providing us with the tools to carry out Citizen Science activities in Windsor. Here PIBO staff and volunteers are counting Chimney swifts for the Ontario SwiftWatch program.

Happening tonight!

Interested in contributing to local bird conservation efforts? Join us May 31 and June 14 to participate in the SwiftWatch citizen science initiative! Participants will monitor Chimney Swifts at a known roost in Windsor and collect data to support ongoing conservation efforts. Learn more about the threatened Chimney Swift while contributing to this species' protection!

Dates: May 31, June 14
Time: 8:00-9:30pm
Location: 1646 Alexis Rd., Windsor
Notes: Binoculars, data sheets, and pencils will be provided. Please bring your own chairs and bug spray!

With your help, we're igniting curiosity and fostering a love for the great outdoors! Please support our education programs that connect children with nature, especially our feathered friends.

Every dollar donated in the month of June gives us a chance to win $10,000 from Canada Helps during the

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/bn/826157943RR0001

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In honor of this year's Black Birders Week, join us and The Black AF in STEM Collective tonight at 5pm ET for Wings of Justice: Birding While Black, a panel discussion that will delve into the unique experiences and challenges faced by Black birders in today's outdoor and birding communities. Tune in on YouTube Live: youtube.com/nationalaudubon

Congratulations to the winning group of folks who completed the second annual Urban Birding Challenge! And thank you to those who completed the challenge but were unable to attend the final event. This event was sponsored by Vortex Canada

A big thank you to everyone who came to see Rodrigo Lopez Valdes' presentations in Windsor the last two days! We are so happy to have hosted him as the 2024 guest birder. And thank you to Essex County Nature for co-hosting the Wednesday evening event and Café Amor & Art for a perfect venue this morning! Also thank you to Patricia, Jennifer, and Jeff for helping with transportation and making his short stay in Windsor a pleasant one. And last but not least, thank you to Grant at Woodbridge Farm Books for publishing and being on site to sell Rodrigo's chapbook available for sale here https://thewoodbridgefarm.com/shop/rose-bellied-bunting

Rodrigo will also be presenting on the Rose-bellied bunting at the Pelee Island winery on Pelee Island Sunday morning for the PIBO Bird Talk.

Coming up on Saturday is the Urban Birding Challenge. This city wide birding competition runs from Saturday at noon until Sunday at noon. This family friendly event aims to encourage people to see what birds are in their neighbourhoods and to explore city parks and recreation areas. Log your sightings on e-bird or just keep track of what you see and then join us on Sunday, May 12 at the Capri Pizza Recreation Complex (2555 Pulford St) at 3 pm to find out if you've won in the categories of most species seen, most nocturnal species and most insectivore species.

To help you along, the City of Windsor is offering guided hikes:
12 pm Ojibway Park- meet at the Ojibway Nature Centre, 5200 Matchette Rd

1 pm Oakwood Natural Area- meet at Capri Pizza Recreation Complex, south end of parking lot

2pm Ojibway Park- meet at the Ojibway Nature Centre, 5200 Matchette Rd

3pm Spring Garden- meet at Titcombe Road parking lot off of Malden Park.

PIBO is still looking for a summer student to assist with the migration monitoring programs. Do you know someone who would love to get some avian field work experience? Please share this post.

Does this look like fun to you? Then we want to hear from you! PIBO is still looking for a summer student to assist with our migration monitoring programs. Candidate must meet the requirements for the Canada Summer Jobs grant. See the job posting here: https://www.goodwork.ca/jobs/avian-biology-and-ornithology-fieldwork-research-assistant-jobs-bird-banding-jobs-71095

Photo of our 2023 Assistant Ba**er, Danielle Lacasse during the spring season.

The last night of our 2nd Annual Conservation Speaker Series, April 11, is a double header!

On this night from 7PM - 8:30PM in the Classroom (connected to Shop, 360 Road 3 W, Kingsville), we are honoured to host Kandyce Affleck, Assistant Conservation Biologist at the Nature Conservancy of Canada for the Lake Erie, Lake Huron Region, and Suzanne Friemann, Executive Director of the Pelee Island Bird Observatory (PIBO).

Kandyce has been working in conservation in Southwestern Ontario for the past 8 years through contract work as well as volunteer positions. Her presentation will focus on NCC's Conservation work with a special attention to some of habitat enhancement projects happening right here in Essex County.

Suzanne has championed BIPOC-focused bird conservation and outreach events, recognizing the importance of diversity and inclusivity in environmental initiatives. Notably, she has led the implementation of Windsor as a Bird Friendly City, demonstrating her capacity for strategic vision and collaborative partnership.

Please join us for another informative night of conservation-talk and refreshments. The event is FREE. Seating is limited; first come, first served. Uncle Jack's Flock members can reserve a seat by emailing the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary: [email protected]

For National Wildlife Week event information, head to: https://jackminer.ca/news-events/

And if you cannot make it on Wednesday night, please join us on Thursday morning at Cafe Amor and Art on Ottawa Street at 9 AM. Coffee and pastries will be available. This event is also generously sponsored by Pelee Wings - Nature.

Calling all artists! Help us create the first bird friendly mural at the University of Windsor! This project is part of PIBO/BFW's efforts to partner with the University Sustainability Office to create a safer place for birds on campus. Funding was provided by the KM Hunter Foundation.

Pick up trash via a canoe from the River Canard Canoe Co. and help our birds live in a cleaner environment.

Drop by the Bird Friendly Windsor/Pelee Island Bird Observatory table on Monday, March 11 at the University of Windsor's Sustainability Fair. We will be selling these great t-shirts for only $10! The shirts are part of a partnership program between PIBO/BFW and the University of Windsor to make the campus a safer place for birds. Check out the happenings on Monday here:
https://www.uwindsor.ca/sustainability/349/march-sustainability-month-2024