Toronto Field Naturalists

Richmond Hill is hosting a bird day that includes the screening of "Wings over Water", a film narrated by Michael Keaton.

Bird lovers, this one's for you! Join us, City of Markham and City of Vaughan for a free screening of Wings Over Water, plus bird-themed trivia, birding booths, popcorn and more.

📅 Sunday, October 4
🕑 2 to 4 p.m.
📍 Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts (RHCPA)
🔗 RichmondHill.ca/Birds

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Help Keep Tommy Thompson Park Wild Tommy Thompson Park is one of Toronto’s best places to experience nature and see wildlife. Let’s make sure it stays that way. The City of Toronto and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) are developing a Visitor Experience Plan (VEP) for Tommy Thompson Park. The plan is intended to m...

Coming up on Tuesday September 22– please join us for a fantastic webinar all about enjoying birds you can see this fall around cottages and second homes!

Hosted in partnership with our friends at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Ontario Nature, we’ll learn about tools for tracking bird migration, the types of birds you can find in habitats in rural areas, and techniques for making glass around cottages and second homes safe for birds.

We’ll also be giving away FREE PRIZES from Feather Friendly Bird Collision Deterrent Markers to lucky winners in the audience.

Make sure to register today to reserve your spot!
https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x7YhiQBtTd22eoHRT6Aweg #/registration

Please share this widely with individuals or groups who may be interested.

Our panelists include:
Dr. Adriaan Dokter (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) is a research associate on the BirdCast project team. Adriaan studies the seasonal migrations of birds, from the continental-scale movements of species to the fine-scale behavior of individuals flying through the atmosphere. His research uses weather radar networks as well as individual tags to address questions in migration ecology, including when and where birds migrate, when and where birds die within the annual cycle, and how shifting patterns in mortality and recruitment of young birds cause bird abundances to change. He also develops software tools for biologists using weather radar as a tool in their research. Adriaan holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics in Amsterdam.

Andrés Jiménez Monge (Ontario Nature) is a Costa Rican-Canadian biologist with 15+ years of experience in conservation, philanthropy and environmental innovation. He has led land stewardship at Ducks Unlimited Canada in Ontario, managed a national conservation portfolio at the Weston Family Foundation, and created Ontario’s first Indigenous-led bird guide at Birds Canada. He holds a MES from York University with an emphasis in Business and Sustainability from the Schulich School of Business. Andrés enjoys nature-finding with his kids and is learning Anishinaabe Mowin.

Michael Mesure (FLAP Canada) is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Fatal Light Awareness Program. Michael has worked tirelessly for over 30 years to address bird collisions with buildings, bringing attention to the reflective light issue that impacts over 1 billion birds across North America every year. Michael focuses on solutions to help mitigate the challenges of bird migrations in built environments. He advocates for bird protection at various levels of government, as well as consults with industry professionals and NGOs across the globe on developing bird-friendly building standards. His time is spent partnership-building and enabling collaborations to promote bird conservation and contributing content to ornithological-focused research.

Walking off-trail can destroy wildlife habitat and food.

We encourage TFN members to stop by and say hello!