Why Birds Matter

Join CWF and special guest, Dr. David Bird, to discover how you can help birds and why it is so important.  In 2019 a study involving American and Canadian scientists revealed that North America has lost almost three billion birds in the last fifty years!  Today, more than one-third of all Canadian bird species are facing decline in their populations.  Grassland species are down by 67%, aerial insectivores by 43% and shorebirds by 42%, while waterfowl and raptors enjoy a resurgence.  The obvious culprits are habitat loss and degradation, climate change and various human-made threats.  But why should we even care?   And if we do, what can we do about it?    

WHEN: October 7, 2026

TIME: 7 to 8 p.m. ET
WHERE: Zoom

Speaker

As an Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Biology at McGill University David has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and has written and/or edited more than a dozen nature books, including Birds of Canada.  David is a past-president of both the Raptor Research Foundation Inc. and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists (SCO) and has earned several awards for his research and education efforts, most recently the SCO’s Jamie Smith Memorial Mentoring Award.  Besides his innumerable public lectures and radio and television appearances, he contributes regularly to BirdWatcher’s Digest (BWD) and Canadian Wildlife magazines.