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Dick Cannings: "There are only half the number of meadowlarks than there were thirty years ago. But it is agriculture, not urban development, that is the biggest threat to grasslands."
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Dick Cannings

Dick Cannings, who writes as Richard J. Cannings, is a biologist and bird advocate. Two of his previous titles are The Rockies: A Natural History, and The Birds of the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia along with R.A. Cannings and S.G. Cannings. Dick Cannings is also the openline birding expert on "B.C. Almanac," hosted by Mark Forsythe, on CBC Radio One. He reads the first chapter, Western Meadowlark, from his new book An Enchantment of Birds.

Show #30
Dick Cannings starts at approximately the 45-minute mark.


In this brief segment, below, we talk about the Brown Pelican that came to Kootenay Lake, the first sighting in the interior of B.C. He also explains eBird, the Cornell University online database for birds, a resource for birders, beginner or proficient, across North America.


Show #33
Dick Cannings starts at the 30-minute mark.

enchantment of birds