Introducing Kitchener's Bird Friendly Team
The Kitchener Bird Team is comprised of community members from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo Region Nature, Birds Canada, Feather Friendly, rare Charitable Research Reserve and invested citizens. We work with dedicated staff from the City of Kitchener and gained a successful certification as a Nature Canada’s Bird Friendly City in November of 2024!
An open invitation is extended for other interested parties in Kitchener to join the Bird Team and bring their expertise and enthusiasm to making our city bird friendly. Please reach out to us anytime at birdfriendlykitchener@gmail.com
The Kitchener Bird Team has also been voted in as a subcommittee of Waterloo Region Nature (WRN). Kitchener’s Bird Team will be reporting twice yearly to WRN. WRN hosts our team and Bird Friendly Cities content through its website and we will be cooperating on promoting related activities.
The Bird Team meets regularly and works cooperatively.
What does Kitchener's Bird Friendly Team do?
Our mission
- Addressing and mitigating key threats to birds in Kitchener
- Protecting and restoring natural habitat and increasing climate resiliency Kitchener
- Conducting community outreach and education
Bird Friendly Kitchener’s principles include
- A shared responsibility.
- Safe, inclusive, and accessible environment for discussion and decision-making.
- Proactive, innovative, and goal-orientated.
- Building relationships to achieve mandate.
- Engaging the public towards personal and collective action.
- Bringing forward meaningful change that includes multiple levels of society (individual, civil society, institutional, business and the municipal government).
- Acknowledging and working alongside Indigenous communities, the stewards of our natural environment.
- Working towards a city that balances nature, wildlife and people.