February 18, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Me (Jeff Wells) looking for birds on the coast of British Columbia during December.
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative
It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about that...
February 9, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Beyond the furthest reach of highways, electric lines, and suburbs and farms that tend to dominate southern Manitoba and Ontario lies a 43,000 square kilometer (16,600 square miles—about the size of...
February 7, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Bohemian Waxwings in Canada's boreal forest.
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative
This year, the UN’s International Year of the Forests, provides us with an opportunity to take a...
January 24, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
We at BSI just wanted to let you know that the Ontario breeding bird atlas has finally arrived in French!:
January 12, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
5,000 Red-winged Blackbirds mysteriously died in Arkansas on New Year’s weekend, the first of several mysterious mass bird deaths around the world.
Credit: Ashley Hockenberry
There have been...
January 4, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
This past year flew by fast!
Credit: Garth Lenz
Well, 2010 has officially flown by and now we have a brand new year to look forward to and inspire us to better our lives and environment.
December 22, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Peatlands in Canada's boreal forest.
Credit: Garth Lenz
Peatlands, those luxuriantly moss-capped, squishy, vast open spaces in the boreal underlain with yards-thick layers of undecomposed plant...
December 8, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
American Pipit
Credit: Jeff Wells
This is a long overdue blog installment about the birds that I observed on my trip to the George River of northern Quebec from August 8-13, 2010.
After seven hours...
December 1, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Woodland Caribou
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative
I was fortunate to be able to attend the 2010 North American Caribou Workshop in Manitoba back in October. While I’m usually...
