Ways you can make a difference

Your home and yard:

Keep cats safe and save bird lives
Cats and birds enrich our lives, lets make our city a better place for both. 

Create a nature friendly yard 
​Thanks to Melissa Penney for providing this YouTube link to her presentation. 

Reduce window strikes 
Suggestions for your windows as well as house and yard plant placement.

Participate in Citizen Science projects:
Citizen science is the practice of public participation and collaboration in scientific research to increase scientific knowledge. Through citizen science, people share and contribute to data monitoring and collection programs. 

• Edmonton Christmas Bird Count, December by the Edmonton Nature Club (ENC)
• Edmonton Area May Bird Count, May, on eBird by  the Edmonton Nature Club
• Metro Edmonton BiodiverCity Challenge, June, on iNaturalist
• City Nature Challenge, (international) April, on iNaturalist
• ​Great Backyard Bird Count, (international) February by Birds Canada et al.​
• Global Big Day (Of Birding), May and October, on eBird  by Cornell, Audubon, Birds Canada et al.

Note some of these links are for specific project years, you may need to look for the current year.

​Join a local nature group:
The Edmonton Nature Club
The ENC encourages and provides opportunities for members and the public to come explore, learn about and enjoy the natural world. 
Nature Alberta
Across the province, natural history clubs and their members are engaging Albertans in the conservation and appreciation of this natural heritage. Nature Alberta represents a network of these natural history organizations in Alberta.