Research shows that forestry practices in the Maritimes have degraded the habitat of forest birds, causing their populations to decline, CHMA reported last week.
That research was based partly on “bird point-count data,” in the Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas.
It's published by Bird Studies Canada, which is based in Sackville, and relies on “large numbers of volunteer birdwatchers that contribute their time and skills to the gathering of data.”
For more on this, CHMA spoke to a bird expert who participated in gathering that data, wildlife biologist Greg Campbell, from the Canadian Wildlife Services.