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An illustration of a pigeon, seen through the lens of binoculars, while another bird flies away
Society

Why Everyone You Know Is Suddenly a Birder

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 - by Julia Zarankin

A pandemic pastime has grown into something deeper

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A Canada goose smoking and drinking with human friends
Environment / March/April 2023

How to Make Peace with Canada Geese

February 6, 2023February 8, 2023 - by Tom Jokinen

We’ve been at war with the angry birds for centuries. Are they an invasive species, or are we?

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Image of a peafowl family tree set against a blue sky and clouds.
July/August 2022 / Society

Ruffled Feathers: How Feral Peacocks Divided a Small Town

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 - by Lyndsie Bourgon

The birds were beloved. But they also chased garbage trucks, scratched cars, and feasted on vegetable patches

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Illustration of a pigeon flying over farmland.
December 2021 / Science

The Pigeon Puzzle: How Do They Figure Out Their Impossibly Long Routes Home?

November 19, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Trevor Popoff

You might consider them flying rats, but their odysseys stump scientists

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Environment

The Decade in Environment

December 19, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From natural disasters and extreme weather to the last tree left standing in a forest, these are the environment conversations that helped define Canada

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birds flying in front of glass building
Environment / January/February 2018

Our Obsession with Glass Is Killing Birds

December 15, 2017July 4, 2022 - by Moira Farr

We’ve designed our buildings with shiny, transparent, or mirrored ­surfaces that hundreds crash into day ­after day

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Photograph by Gary J. Wege
Society

Do We Really Need a National Bird?

September 27, 2016July 4, 2022 - by Harry Wilson

The controversy over Canada’s first avian symbol rages on

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Illustration by Katty Maurey
April 2016

A Roost of One’s Own

March 16, 2016July 16, 2020 - by Calum Marsh

Gentrification and the legal rights of pigeons

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illustration of man in forest
Poetry / September 2015

Yield

August 20, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Michael Crummey

My wife is in the field, scouting a proposed route for transmission towers, sent ahead of the engineers through bird habitat earmarked to funnel Labrador’s bridled electrical yield across bog …

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High Park, Toronto
Science

Early Bird

June 15, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Alex Tesar

Listening to the dawn chorus of Toronto’s avian superhighway

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As the executive director, I am frequently asked this question. These days, I reply: “The Walrus was made for this moment.” From on-again, off-again trade news and negotiations to a new prime minister, we are committed to Canada’s conversations. We launched six regional bureaus earlier this year to ensure comprehensive coverage across this great country of ours. But we can’t do this alone. As a non-profit newsroom, this work isn’t possible without our readers’ support. If you believe in Canada’s stories, support our paywall-free journalism with a donation today.

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