Zoom presentations for BCFO Members will take place on the third Wednesday of the month, from January to April and from September to November.
Presentations currently scheduled:
18 February 2026 – Society of Crows – Dr. Robert Butler. NOTE: This presentation will NOT be recorded.
18 March 2026 – 25 years of coastal waterbird trends in British Columbia, and drivers of population changes – Rémi Torrenta, Birds Canada
15 April 2026 – Marbled Murrelets – Sonya Pastran, ECCC; and Birds as Pollinators in Garry Oak Ecosystems – Emily Hamant, Cornell Birds
16 Sept 2026 – Soaring Beyond Boundaries: Climate, Habitat, Geography and the Range Extension of the Turkey Vulture – Cara Herrington
18 Nov 2026 – The birdlife & fauna of Ibera National Park, Argentina, & the global value of this critical bog and wetland – Timothy Jackson & Leslie Cook
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Past presentations
BCFO Youtube Channel ( links to individual recordings below, where available)
21 January 2026 – “Confessions of a Seabird Addict” – Michael Force. This presentation was NOT recorded.
15 October 2025 – A New Vancouver Island Big Year Record – Liam Ragan
17 September 2025 – Seabird Conservation in Newfoundland – Tori Burt and Bobby Blackmore
16 April 2025 – Coastal Screech-owl Populations in BC – Toby St. Clair
19 March 2025 – Some Beautiful Birds of Brazil – Ron Long
19 February 2025 – Hoo’s Watching Who? Nesting & Hunting Habits of Great Horned Owls in Southern Saskatchewan – Tory Hartley-Cox
15 January 2025 – Red Dirt, Blue Skies & Birds – Birding in Australia – John Gordon
20 November 2024 – Birding in Ethiopia – Tom Plath. No recording available
16 October 2024 – Birds Canada Motus Wildlife Tracking System – Amie MacDonald & Kianna Leung.
18 September 2024 – Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago – Suzanne Beauchesne
17 April 2024 – Canada Jays East & West: Are they different species? – Dan Strickland. No recording available
20 March 2024 – Understanding role of feather moult in the winter lives of our migratory songbirds – Shae Turner. No recording available
21 February 2024 – Veracruz River of Raptors – Zinthia Vasquez & Pilar Gonzalez. No recording available
17 January 2024 – African Birdlife – Timothy Jackson
15 November 2023 – American Dippers – John Elliott. No recording available
18 October 2023 – Ruffed Grouse: the highs and lows of working on a difficult bird – Andrew Iwaniuk. No recording available
20 September 2023 – Ecuadorian Birding Adventure – Ted Goshulak. No recording available
19 April 2023 – Gulls of Southern Vancouver Island – Andrew Jacobs. No recording available
15 March 2023 – BC Long-billed Curlew Study – David Bradley. No recording available
15 February 2023 – The Great Basin of west/central USA – Lee Harding. No recording available
18 January 2023 – Birding Panama – Gary Davidson. No recording available
16 November 2022 – Birding the Philippines – Endangered Endemics – Peter Candido. No recording available
19 October 2022 – Costa Rica – Should it be on your bucket list? – Clive Keen. No recording available
21 September 2022 – Human Caused Bird Mortality. Collection of bird carcasses – final year 2022 – Tara Imlay. No recording available
20 April 2022 – Birding Paradise – New Guinea – Peter Candido. No recording available
16 March 2022 – UK Birding from West Coast to East Coast – John Gordon. No recording available
16 February 2022 – Important Bird Areas program – Liam Ragan. No recording available
19 January 2022 – Namibia –Tom Plath. No recording available
17 November 2021 – Endangered Williamson’s Sapsucker, Les Gyug. No recording available
20 October 2021 – Argentina, Lee Harding. No recording available
15 September 2021 – Botswana/Okavango Delta, Kevin Neill. No recording available
10 March 2021 – Antarctic Birds, Alan Burger. No link available
17 February 2021 – Peruvian Birding Adventure, Larry Cowan. No link available
13 January 2021 – Birding Exploration of Australia from Cape York to Tasmania , Gary Davidson. No link available