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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 · 9d

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 · 3h

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 · 5h

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 · 16h

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 · 19h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

Shade plants are so cool. enjoy

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

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 · 1d

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

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

Also - it is a Canada-wide website so it may have west coast or east coast plants that you never see in Michigan.

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

NO - it was not named on the home page of the website and I did not go digging. Chances are if you take a gander through birdgardens.ca you will be able to find out what species it is. The leaves on that plant are almost holly like - that does make me curious.

Home - Bird Gardens

You can help birds while making your garden more beautiful and eco-friendly! Take your love of birds to the next level by learning how to garden for birds.

birdgardens.ca

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

The native plants came from a local garden shop—big thanks to SouthCoast Gardens in #TurkeyPoint, #NorfolkCounty, #Ontario! 🇨🇦🌿

Want to support birds and pollinators at home? Even a few native plants can create valuable #Migration stopover #Habitat.
Learn more at buff.ly/Qx837Vd
🐦🌼

A brown strippy bird sits on stunning yellow flowers

A dogwood showing the glossy green leaves and pretty clumps of white flowers.

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

Helped plant a #wildlifegarden at @birdscanada.bsky.social HQ yesterday! 🐝🌼While we were still digging, butterflies were already stopping by to check it out.
Next year, it’ll be full of colour & life—offering food, & shelter for #birds, #pollinators, & other wildlife. 🌸🦋 #Garden buff.ly/g5Vodcr

A newly planted wildflower garden near a pretty deck. Behind is a large expanse of nature habitat.

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Birds Canada @birdscanada.bsky.social · 7d

Voici le Roitelet à couronne rubis! Ce minuscule oiseau est toujours en mouvement, agitant rapidement ses ailes tout en cherchant des insectes dans les arbustes et les arbres.

Sa migration culmine au début d’octobre, alors ouvrez l’œil pour apercevoir ce petit oiseau toujours actif!

Un roitelet à couronne rubis s'accroche au côté de la tige d'une plante feuillue.

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Birds Canada @birdscanada.bsky.social · 7d

Meet the Ruby-crowned Kinglet! This tiny songbird is always on the move, flicking its wings as it searches for insects in trees and brush.

Migration peaks in early October, so keep an eye out for these striking little birds passing through!

A male Ruby-crowned Kinglet perches on a spruce branch, its red crest raised.

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

Twenty-six years ago, a PhD student's unanswered question sparked a bird data revolution. | Explore a bird database with 11,500 species www.popsci.com/environment/...
#birds

Explore a bird database with 11,500 species

Twenty-six years ago, a PhD student's unanswered question sparked a bird data revolution.

www.popsci.com

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

The rebirth of the urban wild | Chirp and Placekeeping by Ground Magazine - Issuu
issuu.com/oalagroundma...

magazine screen capture showing text "The Rebird of the Urban Wild" and two images of change at an urban location.

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DataStream @datastream.org · 3d

It’s #ScienceLiteracyWeek & we’re celebrating how data can help protect freshwater!

Last winter Ming Qiu took part in the Data Rescue Internship, working with Dr. Sébastien Sauvé to curate PFAS datasets from Québec watersheds.

Read Ming’s Living Data Project story: datastream.org/en-ca/articl...

Data Curation for PFAS in Quebec Surface Waters - Article - DataStreamData Curation for PFAS in Quebec Surface Waters - Article - DataStream

In the winter of 2024, I had the opportunity to participate in a Data Rescue Internship focused on data curation for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Quebec’s surface waters.

datastream.org

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Watersheds Canada @watersheds.ca · 3d

We were recently featured in an article from My Bancroft Now!

Thanks to partners: Hastings Interlake Association and Bancroft Area Stewardship Council.

Thanks to funder: Great Lakes Local Action Fund from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks

“Design Your Shoreline”: Hastings Highlands holds workshop on lake health : My Bancroft Now

The municipality hosted a Design Your Shoreline workshop for lakefront property owners this past weekend, in partnership with Watersheds Canada, Hastings Highlands Interlake Group and the Bancroft Area Stewardship Council.

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

UP front: Information on the Ground - Tackling Endangered Species | Chirp and Placekeeping by Ground Magazine - Issuu issuu.com/oalagroundma...

Pictures of happy goats eating weeds. Title is Up Front: Information on the Ground, see link in post for text.

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Rhonda Howard @1184outdoors.bsky.social · 8d

"Here I am in all the glory of my fluffy cuteness, to rescue you from doomscrolling the terrifying news," said Bebe Mallard.
#timelinecleanse #birds #babybirds #naturephotography #wildbirds #wildlifephotography #sonyalpha

Baby mallard showing off his rotund shape with its buttery yellow and milk chocolate colored feathers and his puppy-dog cute brown eyes.

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 9d

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

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 6d

Biking for Birds: athletics to inspire bird conservation
The Warblers by Birds Canada | www.birdscanada.org/warblerspodc...

The Warblers Birding Podcast - Birds Canada | Oiseaux Canada

The Warblers shares Canadian information, insights and inspiration on the world of birds and bird conservation. The lively discussions are hosted by Andrea Gress whose curiosity leads to discovering…

www.birdscanada.org

Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 6d

From #BirdsCanada's Species Spotlight: Yellow-rumped Warbler
Keep your eye out–Yellow-rumped Warblers are the most abundant warbler in the country, with approximately 130 million individuals breeding in forests across Canada.
conserve.birdscanada.org/s/8490416/BX... species #Birds #Conservation

conserve.birdscanada.org

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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 7d

Chimney Towers and the Return of The Swifts | Chirp and Placekeeping by Ground Magazine - Issuu issuu.com/oalagroundma...

Screen capture of page 10 and 11 of the Chirp and Placekeeping by Ground Magazine showing three photos: 1: a big swiftnado showing hundreds of Chimney Swifts dropping into a brick chimney in what looks like a tornado formation, 2: three stiff winged grey and white chimney swifts, 3: a brick artificial tower and a lot of text - click on the link in the post to access the text.