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Grazed pasture was the only surveyed landscape where the threatened Sprague’s pipit was found.
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Regen ag bird study finds ‘islands of biodiversity’

Diverse production translated to diverse bird species, including at-risk species

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A bird survey on operations that use regenerative farm practices has provided information on where different bird species are staking their claims. The limited study, spearheaded by the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association, provincial government and Manitoba Important Bird Areas program, counted bird populations on four farms in western Manitoba, all from different sectors. The
File photo of young birds on a Canadian broiler operation. (Elena Bionysheva-Abramova/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

High-path avian flu pops back up in Saskatchewan, Alberta

Canada keeps sights on 'country-level freedom' from virus

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Even after 21 months of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases in Canada — including three new cases in domestic birds so far this month — Canada’s “stamping out” policy for the virus remains in effect. Canada’s active caseload of the virus now comes down to just eight of the 325 premises affected since December 2021.
File photo of chicks on a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Animal health body backs bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic

Vaccination should focus on free-range birds, WOAH chief says

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Paris | Reuters — Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said. The severity of the current outbreak of avian influenza, commonly
“Increasingly, as we focus on the soil health benefits of regenerative agriculture practices, more and more producers are getting interested in some of the benchmarks on their farms.” – Lawrence Knockaert, MFGA.
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For the birds

Regen ag farms to measure impact of practices on bird populations

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Four farms linked to the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association will be counting birds this summer. The new study, a joint brainchild between the MFGA, Manitoba Wildlife Branch and Manitoba Important Bird Area, will gauge bird populations on dairy, beef, grain and mixed farms that are also proponents of regenerative agriculture. All the farms belong
Bindi the burrowing owl is an ambassador for the Manitoba Burrowing Owl Recovery Program.
Farmit Manitoba

Bringing back the burrowing owl

The program dedicated to restoring burrowing owls to Manitoba isn’t giving up

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This is as big as they get.” Standing in one of several arenas repurposed for Brandon’s Royal Manitoba Winter Fair this March, Jessica Riach was obviously getting used to repeating some version of this statement. On her arm perched Bindi, a four-year-old fully grown burrowing owl, standing shorter than a hardcover book. The pair were
A sharp-tailed grouse dances on a cultivated field.
Farmit Manitoba

Discovering our avian Prairie dancers

Sharp-tailed grouse spring displays are a natural spectacle that mostly goes unnoticed

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There’s a timeless performance waiting for dance enthusiasts at this time of year. The performers are as strikingly adorned as they would be in a major ballet company, if a bit more camera shy. The stage is the natural landscape of the Prairies, and the audience is anyone ambitious enough to get up at 3
A great gray owl comes to a lure as Jim Duncan readies the capture net.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

The man who fishes for owls

Decades of dedication to owl research and education has become a cornerstone of one family’s life

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James (Jim) Duncan’s email address – owlodessy – pretty much sums up his life. Few folks have been tied to a bird the way great gray owls have defined him and his family. Now in his retirement years–though hardly retired–he still lives his self-described “owl lifestyle.” His academic expertise is recognized globally and he has
Birds settle in the birdhouse on Linda Maendel’s property this spring.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Summer of the swallows

The ups and downs of bird watching, from nest to fledgling

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In our front yard, there is an old barn. It’s a little smaller than its full-scale cousins that still smatter Manitoba’s landscape. This one is in a tree. Small changes to a long-abandoned birdhouse was all it took to attract new feathered residents. A remnant of a school project from bygone years, the barn’s red
A white breasted nuthatch — otherwise known as the ‘upside down bird’.
Farmit Manitoba

Help keep count at your bird feeder

If you like birds, you can use your hobby to become a citizen scientist

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Project FeederWatch is an interesting and useful winter activity for bird enthusiasts. If bird-watching and/or feeding is one of your hobbies, consider helping a scientific project at the same time. The citizen-science research project is operated by Bird Studies Canada and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It runs from Nov. 1 through April 30 and
Screengrab of turkeys on display at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, from a 2017 promotional video. (CWA video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

Saskatchewan, Ontario ban birds at events

Bans back on as fall migratory season underway, avian flu cases stack up

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At least two provinces now have bans in place on birds being brought to fall ag fairs and other such events, as cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza pick up again in Canada’s domestic birds. Ontario — which had such a ban in place this spring — reinstated it effective Sept. 23 through to Oct.

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