Migratory Bird Day: Aerial Insectivores and Insects

Celebrate migratory birds with this online presentation about Aerial Insectivores. Learn why this group of birds is the most in decline in Canada, how to identify them, and what to do to help them. This webinar is part of the City of Surrey’s Environmental Extravaganza and the Vancouver Bird Celebration.
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Aerial insectivores are birds that feed exclusively on insects while flying and include the swifts, swallows, flycatchers, and nightjars (nighthawks and whip-poor-wills). Much appreciated by bird lovers, this group of birds also provides essential and free natural pest control services to farmers and communities.
This group of birds is experiencing steeper population declines than any other in Canada, according to the 2019 State of Canada’s Birds report. They face ‘death by a thousand cuts’: loss of habitat to industrial, agriculture, forestry, and urban land use; pesticides decimating insect populations; and the devastating impacts of climate change.
Learn more about aerial insectivores and what we do to conserve them: www.birdscanad...