BECO is a non-profit organization that uses ecological research to advance the conservation of birds in Ontario.
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August 2024 — Read about our field research in this recent issue of BECO News.
May 2024 — The Beef Farmers of Ontario publishes an article by BECO about grassland bird stewardship on farms in the spring issue of Ontario Beef magazine.
April 2024 — Learn about grassland birds at risk and conservation actions to increase nest success in our new grassland bird fact sheet.
November 2023 — BECO celebrates 10 years! Read about our recent achievements in our 5-year retrospective report.
August 2023 — BECO attends the 2023 joint meeting of the American Ornithological Society and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists/Société des ornithologistes du Canada, presenting a poster on stewardship for nesting grasshopper sparrows on farms in Ontario.
February 2023 — BECO’s research on grassland birds in the Grey Dufferin Community Pasture published in The Canadian Field-Naturalist.
February 2023 — Learn more about the secretive Grasshopper Sparrow in our newly created Grasshopper Sparrow fact sheet.
February 2022 — BECO’s research on worldwide bird population declines published in Ibis and featured in Wiley’s Research Headlines, EurekAlert!, and by The Wildlife Society. Read more about this research in a post by lead author, Xuan Zhang, on the BOU blog.
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