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Sign Our Boreal Bird Petition and Tell the Canadian Government That You Want The Boreal Forest Protected

Learn More at www.saveourborealbirds.org

What is the Boreal Songbird Initiative?
The Boreal Songbird Initiative (BSI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to outreach and education about the importance of Canada’s Boreal Forest to North America's birds. BSI works to mobilize environmental and birding groups and individuals to influence Canadian government and industry policies.
Why is a United States organization working to protect the Canadian Boreal Forest?
Because it is one of the largest intact forest ecosystems left on earth and it is critical to North American birdlife. International attention is a key part of conserving the Canadian Boreal because of the volume of trade between the U.S. and Canada. Resource development in the Boreal is largely being spurred by American consumption. The U.S. is the leading importer of Canadian wood products as well as oil and gas. Presently trees being logged in the Boreal are primarily pulped and turned into disposable products such as toilet tissue, junk mail, and catalogs. Check us out at www.borealbirds.org
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Five Surprising Facts About Boreal Bird Conservation

Bay-breasted WarblerCredit: Jeff NadlerThe following statements and statistics have been pulled from Jeff Well's incredible book Birder's Conservation Handbook: 100 North American Birds at Risk. It's ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:41:00 GMT

Carbon-Eating Forests

This week here in Maine we had a major push of Boreal migrants through the state. On Wednesday night a friend and I listened as nocturnal calls of southbound migrants rang out from above the house at ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:50:00 GMT

A Quest

Some of you may remember the quest by artist Susan Beebe to paint, sculpt, or otherwise artistically depict all 300 of the regularly occurring Boreal birds. She has labored several years on this amazi...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:52:00 GMT

Two Surpises

A paper by Erin Bayne and colleagues reports on an amazing study that demonstrated for one of the first times, that industrial noise by itself, can cause a decrease in the density of birds near the so...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:01:00 GMT

A Phenomenal Year

Credit: Bird Year Do you remember your sophomore year in high school? It sort of fades in with all the others, doesnt it? Malkolm Boothroyds sophomore year, however, is one even I wont forget. ...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:59:00 GMT

Boreal Blogosphere

There has been a lot of celebration going around the blogosphere about Premier McGuinty's recent announcement that Ontario will protect 225,000 square kilometers (55 million acres) of Boreal forest. C...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:02:00 GMT

Tell Premier Dalton McGuinty Thank You

A record number of viewers read Jeff's blog earlier this week, which thanked Ontario's Premier Dalton McGuinty for his bold and decisive action to protect the Boreal Forest.  It was a t...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:00:00 GMT

300 million birds say Thanks

Dear Premier McGuinty, I don't know if you have ever heard the soft flutely song of a Swainson's Thrush but try to imagine three million of them singing at once. That's the sound emanating into the sk...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:59:00 GMT

The Last Frontier?

I wasn't sure that Eddie would be joining me today (Monday, June 23) for early morning bird surveys and sound recording as he didn't stir until I was out of the tent. The early mornings, late nights, ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:52:00 GMT

Portaging Pain

I heard Per and Tim when they woke up at 4 AM for a hoped-for sunrise (Saturday, June 21) but it was still cloudy so they went back to bed. A few minutes after they quieted (4:20 AM to be exact) a Son...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:11:00 GMT