June 2021 edition of BC Birding now available

The June 2021 edition of BC Birding is now available in the Members Only section. (You will be emailed the URL if you’ve forgotten the password.)

Included are:

  • BCFO updates
  • Insights into birding in China, Quebec, the East Kootenays, and Vernon
  • The story of Adam Dhalla’s new cellphone birding game
  • The travails of the Prince George curlews
  • More evidence of ancient birds in the Peace Region
  • Plus some great photos, four briefings and all the other usual items

Print subscribers ($12 annually allows you to read the magazine in traditional form) will receive their copy through the post in due course.

Fraser River Delta – New Study Published

Publicly Available Now

Dunlin in winter on Boundary Bay

BCFO is pleased to announce and make available to the public a Special Issue (vol 32) of British Columbia Birds devoted entirely to: The status, ecology and conservation of internationally important bird populations on the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, Canada.

Select the link below to view or download a copy.

https://bcbirds.bcfo.ca/special-issue/

BCFO members should note that you will shortly receive an email with the new password for the Members area and a link to Volume 31 of British Columbia Birds.

March 2021 edition of BC Birding now available

The March 2021 edition of BC Birding is now available in the Members Only section. (You will be emailed the URL if you’ve forgotten the password.)

Included are:

  • Complete listing tables for 2020
  • A great idea for covid birding (see Gone Pishing)
  • Wise words on leucism and on Salmonella
  • Fossil bird tracking as an extreme sport
  • Four Birders’ Briefings
  • Trip reports from home and abroad
  • The first ID tune-up
  • And lots more

Print subscribers ($12 annually allows you to read the magazine in traditional form) will receive their copy through the post in due course.

IMPORTANT NOTE. Details on the planned Smithers conference are included, but the decision to go ahead or cancel have NOT as yet been taken. Updates will be provided on the website and by email.

December 2020 BC Birding Now Available

The December 2020 edition of BC Birding is now available in the Members Only section (you will be emailed the URL if you’ve forgotten the password). This is a particularly rich edition including items on:

  • Upcoming BCFO Zoom presentations
  • Birding during COVID times
  • Bagging that rarity
  • Nest watching: Barn Swallows and Ospreys
  • Birding in The Congo
  • Northwest Crows and Green-winged Teal
  • Tracking Pleistocene Birds
  • Mexico as a winter birding destination

Plus all the usual features and some superb photography.  Print subscribers ($12 annually allows you to read the magazine in traditional form) will receive their copy through the post in due course.

September 2020 Edition of BC Birding Now Available

The latest edition of the quarterly newsmagazine is now available online in the Members section of this website. (If you’ve forgotten the password, the direct link will be emailed to all members shortly.)

This 36-page edition includes:

  • BCFO news
  • Thoughts on rare sightings
  • Reasons to visit the Creston Valley
  • Birding at Portugal’s Targus estuary
  • Abundant great photographs from members
  • –And all the usual columns and features

Print subscribers ($12 annually allows you to read the magazine in traditional form) will receive their copy through the post in due course.

June 2020 Edition of BC Birding Now Available

The latest edition of the quarterly newsmagazine is now available online in the Members section of this website. (If you’ve forgotten the password, the direct link will be emailed to all members shortly.)

This 32-page edition includes:

  • The latest installment of Curlewmania
  • Reports of birding in Costa Rica, The Algarve and New Zealand’s subarctic islands
  • A tale of finding, at last, a Boreal Owl
  • A new feature: Bird Photographers’ Corner
  • Some initial annual reports, to whet the appetite for the Zoom AGM on June 25 (details are included)
  • All the usual features and some surprises

Print subscribers ($12 annually allows you to read the magazine in traditional form) will receive their copy through the post in due course.