Jody Allair
@jodyallair.bsky.social
Birder & naturalist who enjoys sharing his enthusiasm for nature. Director of Communications at Birds Canada, Producer of The Warblers Podcast, Guide with Eagle-eye Tours (he/him)
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Was great to participate in the launch of Conserva Aves in Panama! Here's my chat with Karla Aparicio who explains the importance of one of the sites which will be protected for birds. I'm proud that Birds Canada is part of this conservation effort! www.linkedin.com/posts/birdsc...
Every spring and fall, millions of birds migrate through Panama, where areas like Chorrera Bay provide critical sites for stopover. During his recent visit there, Birds Canada’s President & CEO… |...
Every spring and fall, millions of birds migrate through Panama, where areas like Chorrera Bay provide critical sites for stopover. During his recent visit there, Birds Canada’s President & CEO Patric...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Was great to participate in the launch of Conserva Aves in Panama! Here's my chat with Karla Aparicio who explains the importance of one of the sites which will be protected for birds. I'm proud that Birds Canada is part of this conservation effort! www.linkedin.com/posts/birdsc...
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Gripping video of the last 2 Slender-billed Curlews at www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S.... I couldn't afford to join some mates who did a trip to Morocco to see them in 1992, 2 years before they disappeared. And last week, we declared the species extinct in our update to the IUCN Red List 😢
Slender-billed Curlew Declared Extinct
IUCN confirms the loss of a once-widespread Western Palearctic wader after three decades without a verified record
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October 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Gripping video of the last 2 Slender-billed Curlews at www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S.... I couldn't afford to join some mates who did a trip to Morocco to see them in 1992, 2 years before they disappeared. And last week, we declared the species extinct in our update to the IUCN Red List 😢
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Imagine stumbling upon Black Swifts - one of Canada's rarest species - high on a mountain, above the clouds. BC Projects Coordinator Rémi Torrenta shares this story, along with Black Swift facts and monitoring season updates on the latest Warblers Podcast.
September 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Imagine stumbling upon Black Swifts - one of Canada's rarest species - high on a mountain, above the clouds. BC Projects Coordinator Rémi Torrenta shares this story, along with Black Swift facts and monitoring season updates on the latest Warblers Podcast.
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@jodyallair.bsky.social and I just returned from leading one of our most memorable pelagic boat trips ever for Eagle-Eye Tours, out of Tofino, BC. The Laysan Albatross stole the show and hung around so long that we literally had to tear ourselves away from it! #birds #pelagic #albatross #seabirds
August 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@jodyallair.bsky.social and I just returned from leading one of our most memorable pelagic boat trips ever for Eagle-Eye Tours, out of Tofino, BC. The Laysan Albatross stole the show and hung around so long that we literally had to tear ourselves away from it! #birds #pelagic #albatross #seabirds
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New Wake-up Call episode: Chestnut-collared Longspur
@jodyallair.bsky.social heads on a prairie road trip in search of this species. Listen to learn why this species belongs on your life list, & how you can help protect it. www.birdscanada.org/warblerspodc...?
#Birds #Conservation #Grasslands
@jodyallair.bsky.social heads on a prairie road trip in search of this species. Listen to learn why this species belongs on your life list, & how you can help protect it. www.birdscanada.org/warblerspodc...?
#Birds #Conservation #Grasslands
August 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
New Wake-up Call episode: Chestnut-collared Longspur
@jodyallair.bsky.social heads on a prairie road trip in search of this species. Listen to learn why this species belongs on your life list, & how you can help protect it. www.birdscanada.org/warblerspodc...?
#Birds #Conservation #Grasslands
@jodyallair.bsky.social heads on a prairie road trip in search of this species. Listen to learn why this species belongs on your life list, & how you can help protect it. www.birdscanada.org/warblerspodc...?
#Birds #Conservation #Grasslands
Found this out-of-range California Tortoiseshell in Cypress Hills Provincial Park. They’re typically found in southern BC and down into the western US. This summer we’re seeing an unprecedented irruption of this species north and east into Alberta, Saskatchewan and as far east as Ontario.
August 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Found this out-of-range California Tortoiseshell in Cypress Hills Provincial Park. They’re typically found in southern BC and down into the western US. This summer we’re seeing an unprecedented irruption of this species north and east into Alberta, Saskatchewan and as far east as Ontario.
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Looking for a starting point for listening to Songbirding? 🎶🐦🪶
Season 5: "In the Quietude" features the park lands around the cottage community of Johnson Harbour in #BrucePeninsula, #Ontario.
44 episodes cover the songs & sounds of numerous species.
It all starts with Solstice in the Quietude
Season 5: "In the Quietude" features the park lands around the cottage community of Johnson Harbour in #BrucePeninsula, #Ontario.
44 episodes cover the songs & sounds of numerous species.
It all starts with Solstice in the Quietude
Solstice in the Quietude, Part 1
It's late afternoon during the summer solstice of 2021, a time of the day when the birds are singing at a slower, more relaxed pace in the quiet soundscape of the Bruce Peninsula National Park in Onta...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Looking for a starting point for listening to Songbirding? 🎶🐦🪶
Season 5: "In the Quietude" features the park lands around the cottage community of Johnson Harbour in #BrucePeninsula, #Ontario.
44 episodes cover the songs & sounds of numerous species.
It all starts with Solstice in the Quietude
Season 5: "In the Quietude" features the park lands around the cottage community of Johnson Harbour in #BrucePeninsula, #Ontario.
44 episodes cover the songs & sounds of numerous species.
It all starts with Solstice in the Quietude
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In this Daybreak Alberta segment, Birds Canada's Jody Allair joins host Paul Karchut for a walk through a Calgary park that’s been transformed from a gravel pit to a local greenspace, now a hotspot for birds: tinyurl.com/3hr33fx6
July 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
In this Daybreak Alberta segment, Birds Canada's Jody Allair joins host Paul Karchut for a walk through a Calgary park that’s been transformed from a gravel pit to a local greenspace, now a hotspot for birds: tinyurl.com/3hr33fx6
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It’s our 350th episode! And to celebrate, we’ve brought you a super-sized This Month in Birding: www.aba.org/09-26-this-m...
June 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It’s our 350th episode! And to celebrate, we’ve brought you a super-sized This Month in Birding: www.aba.org/09-26-this-m...
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Learn everything you ever wanted to know about bird sounds! The Warblers Podcast chats with @dmennill.bsky.social, a lifelong ornithologist and expert on avian communication. How do thrushes sing? Could we monitor bird populations using sound? What's up with tropical birds duetting?
May 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about bird sounds! The Warblers Podcast chats with @dmennill.bsky.social, a lifelong ornithologist and expert on avian communication. How do thrushes sing? Could we monitor bird populations using sound? What's up with tropical birds duetting?
Today I am participating in the Birds Canada Birdathon here in southern Alberta to help raise $ to support bird conservation in Canada. A fun highlight so far was a nesting Common Goldeneye.
To donate go to: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
#birdathon2025 #birds #birdingforconservation
To donate go to: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
#birdathon2025 #birds #birdingforconservation
May 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Today I am participating in the Birds Canada Birdathon here in southern Alberta to help raise $ to support bird conservation in Canada. A fun highlight so far was a nesting Common Goldeneye.
To donate go to: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
#birdathon2025 #birds #birdingforconservation
To donate go to: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
#birdathon2025 #birds #birdingforconservation
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(3/3) Please consider a donation to my birdathon in support of Birds Canada and their work to use science to drive conservation and make the world a safer place for #birds www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
Saskajanet's Alphabet of Birds
Birds need our help. I am participating in the Birds Canada Birdathon to raise funds that will help conserve and protect Canada’s wild birds. Proceeds from the Birdathon sustain conservation programs ...
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May 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
(3/3) Please consider a donation to my birdathon in support of Birds Canada and their work to use science to drive conservation and make the world a safer place for #birds www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
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My Birdathon #AlphabetOfBirds continues!
*K* is for "Ki, kiii, kiIII, KI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KI…kee!". The loud call of a merlin as it zooms by. Merlins are tiny, fierce falcons who are well-adapted to city life where they enjoy abundant house sparrows. Have you heard a merlin? (1/3)
*K* is for "Ki, kiii, kiIII, KI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KI…kee!". The loud call of a merlin as it zooms by. Merlins are tiny, fierce falcons who are well-adapted to city life where they enjoy abundant house sparrows. Have you heard a merlin? (1/3)
May 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My Birdathon #AlphabetOfBirds continues!
*K* is for "Ki, kiii, kiIII, KI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KI…kee!". The loud call of a merlin as it zooms by. Merlins are tiny, fierce falcons who are well-adapted to city life where they enjoy abundant house sparrows. Have you heard a merlin? (1/3)
*K* is for "Ki, kiii, kiIII, KI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KI…kee!". The loud call of a merlin as it zooms by. Merlins are tiny, fierce falcons who are well-adapted to city life where they enjoy abundant house sparrows. Have you heard a merlin? (1/3)
On May 23rd I will be taking part in the Birds Canada Birdathon here in southern Alberta to help raise $ to support bird conservation in Canada. Please consider donating using the link below.
#birdathon2025 #birds #birdingforconservation
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#birdathon2025 #birds #birdingforconservation
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May 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
On May 23rd I will be taking part in the Birds Canada Birdathon here in southern Alberta to help raise $ to support bird conservation in Canada. Please consider donating using the link below.
#birdathon2025 #birds #birdingforconservation
www.canadahelps.org/me/ngYdTdj
#birdathon2025 #birds #birdingforconservation
www.canadahelps.org/me/ngYdTdj
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Great news for grassland birds! Six new sites in Alberta & Saskatchewan have been identified as Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA).
Learn more about these new KBAs in our latest media release: tinyurl.com/4zv9nwbz
Learn more about these new KBAs in our latest media release: tinyurl.com/4zv9nwbz
New Key Biodiversity Areas Highlight Critical Prairie Habitat for Species at Risk
April 9, 2025 - Calgary, Alberta. The recognition of six new Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in southeast Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan is a critical step for the conservation of species
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April 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Great news for grassland birds! Six new sites in Alberta & Saskatchewan have been identified as Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA).
Learn more about these new KBAs in our latest media release: tinyurl.com/4zv9nwbz
Learn more about these new KBAs in our latest media release: tinyurl.com/4zv9nwbz
I was on CTV Edmonton Morning this week talking about spring migration and actions people can take to help birds at this time of year. @birdscanada.bsky.social #birds
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Is climate change impacting bird migration?
Jody Allair of Birds Canada talks about bird migration in Alberta and how it has been impacted by climate change.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I was on CTV Edmonton Morning this week talking about spring migration and actions people can take to help birds at this time of year. @birdscanada.bsky.social #birds
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Birdathon 2025 is live, with proceeds to Birds Canada. I'm thrilled to be participating this year, and I've found an excuse to dress up. Introducing... the Mystery Bird Challenge! See if you can guess all 9 bird species (no spoilers in the comments please). Here is Day 1. youtu.be/XqJT3xdlf8Y
Birdathon DAY 1
YouTube video by Patrick Nadeau
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March 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Birdathon 2025 is live, with proceeds to Birds Canada. I'm thrilled to be participating this year, and I've found an excuse to dress up. Introducing... the Mystery Bird Challenge! See if you can guess all 9 bird species (no spoilers in the comments please). Here is Day 1. youtu.be/XqJT3xdlf8Y
I recently wrote an article to help people get acquainted with the Chestnut-collared Longspur, Birds Canada’s 2025 Avian Ambassador. #birds
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Searching for the Chestnut-collared Longspur: Visiting the Grassland Home of Our 2025 Avian Ambassador
Each spring, one of Canada’s most spectacular natural sights can be witnessed in the shortgrass prairies at dawn—the Chestnut-collared Longspur’s captivating display flight. This once-common grassland...
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March 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I recently wrote an article to help people get acquainted with the Chestnut-collared Longspur, Birds Canada’s 2025 Avian Ambassador. #birds
www.birdscanada.org/searching-fo...
www.birdscanada.org/searching-fo...
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This is such a fun episode of the #WarblersPodcast! Really great field stories and good hype up for the final year of the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas. Check it out:
#birding #atlas3 #breedingbirdsurvey
#birding #atlas3 #breedingbirdsurvey
Point Counts and Missing Pots: The Adventures of Bird Atlassing
Podcast Episode · The Warblers by Birds Canada · 2025-03-03 · 46m
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March 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is such a fun episode of the #WarblersPodcast! Really great field stories and good hype up for the final year of the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas. Check it out:
#birding #atlas3 #breedingbirdsurvey
#birding #atlas3 #breedingbirdsurvey
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February brings an all-star lineup to This Month in Birding, with long-time friends Jody Allair, Nick Lund, and Jordan Rutter joining host Nate Swick to talk about all manner of birdy topics. www.aba.org/09-09-this-m...
09-09: This Month in Birding - February 2025 - American Birding Association
February brings an all-star lineup to This Month in Birding, with long-time friends Jody Allair, Nick Lund, and Jordan Rutter joining us to talk about all manner of birdy topics. The panel discuss the...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
February brings an all-star lineup to This Month in Birding, with long-time friends Jody Allair, Nick Lund, and Jordan Rutter joining host Nate Swick to talk about all manner of birdy topics. www.aba.org/09-09-this-m...
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It's no secret that I love #Christmasbirdcounts and this past season was one for the memory books. Háw’aa (thank you in Haida) to my hosts Margo Hearne and my new friends at @haidanation.bsky.social for your generosity. @birdscanada.bsky.social @audubon.org
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Birding at the Edge of the World: Haida Gwaii's Christmas Bird Counts - Birds Canada | Oiseaux Canada
Celebrating forty years of tradition, Yousif Attia recounts his trip to Haida Gwaii and explores their rich history, unique species, and generous people who made this Christmas Bird Count so special.
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February 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
It's no secret that I love #Christmasbirdcounts and this past season was one for the memory books. Háw’aa (thank you in Haida) to my hosts Margo Hearne and my new friends at @haidanation.bsky.social for your generosity. @birdscanada.bsky.social @audubon.org
www.birdscanada.org/birding-at-t...
www.birdscanada.org/birding-at-t...
I recently joined Paul Karchuk on CBC's Daybreak Alberta to discuss the owls that call Alberta home.
Tune in to hear my take on owl irruptions, species declines, adaptations, and responsible birding practices.
Listen to the full segment on CBC Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #birds
Tune in to hear my take on owl irruptions, species declines, adaptations, and responsible birding practices.
Listen to the full segment on CBC Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #birds
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January 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I recently joined Paul Karchuk on CBC's Daybreak Alberta to discuss the owls that call Alberta home.
Tune in to hear my take on owl irruptions, species declines, adaptations, and responsible birding practices.
Listen to the full segment on CBC Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #birds
Tune in to hear my take on owl irruptions, species declines, adaptations, and responsible birding practices.
Listen to the full segment on CBC Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #birds
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Good news for vultures in Asia! 🌟
India’s government has taken another significant step for vulture conservation by banning Nimesulide – a veterinary drug proven to be toxic to these majestic birds. 🦅
Discover more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/01...
India’s government has taken another significant step for vulture conservation by banning Nimesulide – a veterinary drug proven to be toxic to these majestic birds. 🦅
Discover more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/01...
Vulture conservation in India boosted by additional veterinary drug ban
In a highly significant step forward for vulture conservation, India’s government has banned the use of Nimesulide – a widely used veterinary painkiller that’s highly toxic to these threatened birds.
www.birdlife.org
January 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Good news for vultures in Asia! 🌟
India’s government has taken another significant step for vulture conservation by banning Nimesulide – a veterinary drug proven to be toxic to these majestic birds. 🦅
Discover more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/01...
India’s government has taken another significant step for vulture conservation by banning Nimesulide – a veterinary drug proven to be toxic to these majestic birds. 🦅
Discover more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/01...
Another memorable Dinosaur Park #christmasbirdcount. Highlights included a pair of Golden Eagles hunting in the canyon, Prairie Falcon, numerous Porcupines and Coyotes, incredible sun-dogs, and for the second year in a row a Common Grackle (pictured here). #birds
December 29, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Another memorable Dinosaur Park #christmasbirdcount. Highlights included a pair of Golden Eagles hunting in the canyon, Prairie Falcon, numerous Porcupines and Coyotes, incredible sun-dogs, and for the second year in a row a Common Grackle (pictured here). #birds