March 14, 2012 | Dr. Jeff Wells
BSI friend Gary Stewart recently forwarded along some beautiful images his wife Bette was able to snag of some Bohemian Waxwings outside their home in Alberta. As you can tell by the photos, they...
February 22, 2012 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Today the public comment period for the Canadian federal government’s woodland caribou recovery strategy ended. Woodland caribou populations have been spiraling downward for decades, prompting...
February 16, 2012 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Today one of our Canadian partner organizations, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), delivered more than 32,000 signatures to Canadian parliament asking them to better protect the...
February 2, 2012 | Dr. Jeff Wells
While many were excited to see Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, rise out of his hole facing his own shadow this morning (it looks like we’ll have 6 more weeks of...
January 27, 2012 | Dr. Jeff Wells
One of North America’s most striking yet enigmatic birds, the Snowy Owl, has been anything but elusive so far this winter in many places around the United States, as reported by the New York Times...
January 23, 2012 | Dr. Jeff Wells
While the majority of North American media has been focused on a few high-profile stories over the past few weeks, an amazing and uplifting story has quietly emerged behind the scenes in Manitoba and...
January 9, 2012 | Dr. Jeff Wells
The holiday season has come and passed. Some of us find ourselves with a few extra presents, many of us find ourselves with a few extra pounds. Whatever it is we’ve gained this winter, it seems as...
December 22, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Audubon has a way to make the birds a little less angry this year
Borrowed from: Geekalerts.com website
While this question is typically posed to children to determine what sorts of presents they...
December 9, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Attawapiskat First Nation office
Credit: Paul Lantz
We thought it important to bring to your attention a troubling crisis in the far north of Canada. We’ve blogged numerous times in the past about...
December 7, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
With the holiday season well underway we thought you might enjoy these terrific waxwing photos our colleague, Valerie Courtois of the Canadian Boreal Initiative, took from her yard way up north in...
