Day 6: Six Geese a Laying
Snow Geese are one of the most abundant species of waterfowl in North America. Once protected in the early 1900s…
Day 5: Five Gold Rings!
Bird banding (or ringing) has been an important tool in monitoring wild bird populations for over a century (with reports…
Day 4: Four Calling Birds
Many birds vacate the Canadian Prairies before the frigid winter sets in, but there are many tough little residents and…
Day 3: Three French Hens
French hens aren’t wild birds but are an important reminder of the interface between domestic animals and wildlife. Avian influenza,…
Day 2: Two Turtle Doves
No matter where you live in Canada, doves are likely a part of your daily life. Urban or rural, Rock…
Day 1: A Partridge in a Pear Tree
The Grey Partridge, or Hungarian Partridge, was introduced to Canada in the early 1900s, and now makes its home mostly…
Observing the impacts of plastic in Canadian wildlife
I am a wildlife pathologist, and (as I see it) it is the job of my profession to identify trends…
Déposition de cristaux d’oxalate de calcium dans les reins
L’activité principale du RCSF est d’effectuer des nécropsies (autopsies) sur des animaux sauvages afin de déterminer la cause de leur…
Calcium oxalate crystals in the kidneys.
As wildlife pathologists one of our goals is to determine the cause of death of wild animals submitted for necropsy.…
Why it is important that more people are doing plastic pollution research, but in a coordinated fashion!
In 2007, when I started finding plastic pollution in the stomachs of Arctic seabirds as I was conducting diet studies…