The latest issue of BC Birding, our newsmagazine, is now available in the Members Area. There are two online versions: a light version for quick download, and a higher-resolution version for printing. A printed edition will be mailed to hard-copy subscribers as soon as possible.

In this packed 50-page edition you’ll find BCFO news including details of the Tumbler Ridge AGM and upcoming BCFO trips; some surprising CBC reports; the latest from the Young Birders Program; six remarkable Avian Encounters; Ecuador and Kalahari trip reports; six Briefings; regular columns including the first Gone Pishing; five Special Reports; and nine pages of tables in the Lister’s Corner. Beware, though: nature is several times shown red in tooth and talon.

The latest issue of BC Birding, our news magazine, is now available in the Members Area.

Between the covers you’ll find trip reports from around the province; the latest news from the Young Birders Program; Avian Encounters, including the search of the elusive “White Mountain Pigeon”, and in Briefings, the latest discoveries about that remarkable product of evolution, the avian brain.

The latest issue of BC Birding, our news magazine, is now available in the Members Area.

The September edition is a birder’s cornucopia: book reviews, reports of fabulous birding trips in BC and further afield, updates from the Young Birders Program, the next set of ornithological Briefings, plus the continuing The Reflective Birder series are all to be found for your enjoyment. And like the outstanding cover photo above, there’s more great photography inside too.

The latest issue of BC Birding, our news magazine, is now available in the Members Area.

As usual you’ll find this latest issue stuffed full of interesting articles and information: the Young Birders Program, the next sets of Avian Encounters and ornithological Briefings, plus a feature on avoiding bird collisions with buildings, and our continuing The Reflective Birder series.

Turns out that March 2016 is a bumper month for BCFO publications.

The latest issues of BC Birding, our news magazine, and the BCFO journal, British Columbia Birds, are now available in the Members Area.

Inside both publications you’ll find a wealth of topics, both current and historical. In the journal, cooperative breeding by Bald Eagles is described, the full story of the Red-flanked Bluetail discovery is told, and the 2015 full report of the BC Bird Records Committee will be found along with a wide range of other articles. In the news magazine, there are trip reports, both local and international, reports from our Young Birders, avian briefings, and the 2015 Lister’s Corner Report 0f our members’ lists for BC, and around the world.

March marks the release of full details of this year’s AGM in Cranbrook and the Southern Alberta Extension trips. For public information follow these links: AGM and Conference, and the Prairie Potholes Extensions.

The December edition of BC Birding welcomes our new editor, Clive Keen.

Following in the footsteps of our recently retired editor, June Ryder, you’ll find Clive has maintained the same high standards for our newsmagazine. Thank you, June for your tremendous service to BCFO. Congratulations Clive, on a great first edition.

Between the covers you’ll find a call for your listing reports, the announcement of next year’s Two-day Field Trips for Members, plus trip reports from visits to the Sooke Hawkwatch, a week in the Chilcotin, and some Costa Rica birding. The usual collection of fascinating articles on various avian topics ranging from summaries from the ornithological literature to observations at backyard feeders are there for your enjoyment under the Members tab above.