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Field trips are open to non-members as well as members. Feel free to phone or e-mail the field trip leader or contact person ahead of time to obtain further information, directions or restrictions (e.g. dogs are not normally allowed on field trips). Registration is usually required to help manage group sizes and everyone will be asked to sign a waiver.

Ideas and suggestions for future trips are welcome. You do not need to be an expert to lead a field trip, and the trip does not need to last all day. You just need to share your favourite birding spots. Any questions, comments or suggestions, as well as all field trip reports should be directed to the Events Editor, Angie Millard. Email: fieldtripcoordinator@nsbirdsociety.ca

 

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Bank Swallows : Life History, threats,& Conservation - Heather Polowyk
Thursday, October 27, 2022, 07:00pm - 09:30pm
Bank Swallows are aerial insectivores (birds that eat insects while flying). As a group, aerial insectivores are declining at a faster rate than any other bird group in Canada. This presentation will look at the life history of Bank Swallows, including habitat, migration and breeding behaviour. We will examine Bank Swallow’s status in Canada and why they are at risk. Finally, we will discuss ways Birds Canada, and you, can help these birds recover. (Photo: Brock & Sherri Fenton)
Speaker Bio
Heather Polowyk is the Bank Swallow Conservation Coordinator for Birds Canada. She has studied forest bird species at risk, monitored the foraging behaviour of aerial insectivores over wetlands, and assisted with a captive breeding program for Loggerhead Shrikes. Heather now coordinates the Atlantic Canada Bank Swallow Working Group, a group of stakeholders working together to help conserve Bank Swallow populations.
Nova Scotia Bird Society
Thursday October 27, 2022, 7:00 PM Atlantic
Zoom Meeting ID: 869 5504 3157 Passcode: 194128