Bird Friendly City Report Card
In order for your city or town to maintain its Bird Friendly City status with Nature Canada, a representative from each Bird Team must fill out the following Report Card to the best of their abilities. This helps to ensure that criteria are still being met. 

This Report Card is separate from the Certification renewal process and must be completed annually one-year post certification and each year going forward.

Please answer each question and add narrative where necessary to expand on thoughts and progress in each criteria section.

If you have any questions about the Report Card please contact: Autumn, Senior Organizer - Bird Friendly Cities at ajordan@naturecanada.ca
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Email *
What Bird Team/City/Town are you representing? *
MANDATORY CRITERIA UPDATE
Mandatory Criteria 1: Has the size of your Bird Team changed? *
Please expand on your above answer (optional): 
Mandatory Criteria 2: Has your Bird Team invited relevant Indigenous Nation(s) in your community to be involved with Bird Team events? *
Please expand on your above answer  (optional) : 
Mandatory Criteria 3: Has a Council resolution passed OR letter of support received from a high-ranking city official? *
Please expand and provide details to your response above regarding the level of Municipal support in your community. 
Mandatory Criteria 5: Has your community celebrated World Migratory Bird Day in the past year and registered on the Nature Canada Bird Day mapper?  *
SECTION 1: THREAT REDUCTION
The following questions will cover criteria 1.1-1.7.
Does your community have a no-roam bylaw or an educational campaign for the public to become aware of the negative impact of cats on local bird populations?  *
Please expand on your above answer above if you would like: 
Has your municipality developed and implemented measures to reduce window collisions through Bird Friendly Building Design/CSA? *
Additional Comments:
Is there a Light Pollution Reduction Strategy in place in your municipality? *
Additional Comments:
Does your municipality have a policy to reduce or eliminate non-essential pesticide use that directly or indirectly harms birds on public or private land? *
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Additional Comments:
Are there leash bylaws or no-go zones in key bird habitats/biodiversity hotspots? *
Additional Comments:
Please expand on any other progress or thoughts you have in regard to the Threat Reduction section of the Bird Friendly City Certification. *
SECTION 2: HABITAT PROTECTION, RESTORATION & CLIMATE RESILIENCY
    The following questions will cover criteria 2.1-2.8.
Are Natural Areas present within municipal boundaries, mapped and protected within the Municipal Plan or otherwise?  *
Additional Comments:
Does your Municipality have a strategy in place to protect biodiversity in parks and natural areas? *
Additional Comments:
Does your Municipality have a climate change adaptation strategy which includes Nature-Based Climate Solutions? *
Additional Comments:
Does your Municipality have a habitat management strategy based on ecological and climate considerations? *
Additional Comments:
Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA or KBA) is within or near your municipal boundaries? *
Additional Comments:
Municipality promotes the importance of planting native local flora on municipal lands and new developments? *
Additional Comments:
Is there a widespread community participation in at least one national or international initiative or local program that encourages increasing wildlife habitat on private land? *
Additional Comments:
Has there been implementation of a stewardship plan to increase or improve breeding or stopover habitat for bird conservation priority species from your Bird Conservation Region Plan? *
Additional Comments:
Please expand on any other progress or thoughts you have in regard to the Habitat Protection section of the Bird Friendly Certification.
SECTION 3:
These questions will cover criteria 3.1-3.10
Educational materials and curriculum are implemented in local schools or educational organizations that include and promote outdoor and biodiversity conservation in marginalized and/or under-served communities? *
Additional Comments:
If present in your community: Have local post-secondary campuses adopted practices that actively reduce threats to birds or establish habitat that benefits birds?  *
Additional Comments:
Bird Team partners (including Municipality) provide public access to resources (web links, brochures etc) that encourage and inform the public of the benefit to birds from native plant gardening or establishment of natural habitat patches on their property. *
Additional Comments:
Municipality and Bird Friendly City partners install demonstrations or displays in public areas that educate citizens on the benefits of Bird Friendly actions? *
Additional Comments:
Accessible birding locations can be found in your community that can also be accessed via public transit? *
Additional Comments:
Additional Comments:
Do local businesses in your area promote Bird Friendly Practices? *
Additional Comments:
There are active citizen science programs to monitor birds in your municipality including Christmas BirdCount, Swift Night Out, and MarshMonitoring, and Global Bird Rescue, which monitor birds on areas that include public land? *
Additional Comments:
Please expand on any other progress or thoughts you have in regard to the Community Outreach section of the Bird Friendly City Certification.
Approximately how many volunteer hours has your Bird Team contributed to this campaign over the past year?  *
Do you have any other general feedback/comments about Nature Canada's Bird Friendly City Program?
A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.
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