Nature Calgary is looking for a volunteer Marketing Coordinator

Nature Calgary is a community of Calgarians that promotes the preservation of natural habitats, provides educational opportunities, and supports the collection of natural history observations.   What you will be doing We are seeking a volunteer to join our board...

Great Backyard Bird Count – Feb. 15-18

The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a joint partnership between Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, with Bird Studies Canada as the official Canadian partner. The GBBC is an annual four-day event that engages birdwatchers of all ages across North America...

The “Canada Jay” for Canada’s National Bird

By David M. Bird, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Ornithology at McGill University There are movements afoot in Canada to select a National Bird. Currently we have the maple as our official tree and for better or worse, the beaver as our official mammal. So why not an...

Dates for 2018 Christmas Bird Counts

With December around the corner, it is time again for the annual Christmas Bird Counts. More information about the Calgary Christmas Bird Count is below. The dates for the 2018 Christmas Bird Counts in Southern Alberta are: Sat Dec 15 Banff-Canmore Sun Dec 16...

Nature Calgary was at the Rock ‘n’ Fossil Road Show

Board member JP Gravel attended the 2018 Rock ‘n’ Fossil Road Show on behalf of Nature Calgary.  Robert MacNaughton, a research scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada, wrote this about the event: The 2018 Rock ‘n’ Fossil Road Show was a...