PIBO Garden Party a Huge Success
On October 2, noted philanthropist Salah Bachir and artist Jacob Yerex hosted a PIBO fundraising event at their home in Paris, Ontario. The four-hour garden party and art tour
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Study shows that Birds Boost Mental Health
Researchers at King’s College London have found that daily encounters with birds improves the mood of people with depression….
PIBO Launches Changemakers Birding Club
On July 30, PIBO, in conjunction with Women’s Enterprise Skills Training of Windsor Inc. (WEST), launched Changemakers Birding Club, a birding club for young women.
Lights Out Windsor! May 14, 2022
PIBO is launching a new initiative to address the problem of light pollution and window collisions in the city of Windsor. Called Lights Out Windsor!, the project will distribute 200 FeatherFriendly window-tape kits to small businesses that pledge to reduce light pollution by turning off their store lights at night. Reducing light pollution is one of …
The Botham Cup, May 6, 2022
For 24 hours beginning at noon on Friday, May 6, teams of birders will compete for the coveted Botham Cup on Pelee Island.
New Life for Old Binoculars
In March, PIBO launched the Graeme Gibson Prismáticos Project, an outreach program in which we collect previously-loved binoculars and distribute them
Eagles in Trouble Again
A study published in Science in February found that North American eagles are being seriously impacted by lead poisoning. Up to 50 percent of the birds sampled had high levels of lead in their organs, enough to slow population growth by 3.8 percent in Bald eagles and 0.8 percent in Golden eagles. The Bald eagle …
Song Sparrows Remember
A study published in January found that male Song sparrows sing a repertoire of up to 12 two-second songs in sets lasting about 30 minutes – repeating a single song many times in a row within each set. During the next set, the males repeat the same 12 songs, but this time, vary the length …
