Community Science
Community science helps Albertans learn more about the flora and fauna that share our cities, parks, and wild places. By taking part, people can support local conservation, build a stronger personal connection to nature, and help protect birds for future generations across Calgary and beyond.
Merlin
Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you identify and learn bird songs by listening to the birds around you and suggesting real‑time matches. It acts as a gateway to community science, building a strong foundation for Calgarians who are just starting out in bird‑watching and want to get involved in local projects and data‑sharing.
The Calgary Urban Species Response Team (CUSRT)
The Calgary Urban Species Response Team (CURST) is a local volunteer group that documents bird and bat collisions with buildings, raises awareness, and helps Calgarians reduce risks to urban wildlife through community‑science surveys and outreach.
Nature Calgary
Nature Calgary is a local volunteer group that helps Calgarians connect with nature through events like the City Nature Challenge Calgary, where participants across Calgary document plants, animals, and birds using iNaturalist to create valuable community‑science data for the city.
eBird
eBird is a global science platform that lets you record bird sightings, track local species, and contribute data used by scientists and conservationists to monitor bird populations and guide habitat protection in the city.
Calgary Area NestBox Monitors Society (CANMS)
The Calgary Area NestBox Monitors Society (CANMS) is a volunteer‑run community‑science group that installs, monitors, and bands nestboxes for native cavity‑nesting birds such as mountain bluebirds and tree swallows, helping to track populations and support conservation across southern Alberta.
The Citizen Science Alberta Community of Practice (CitSci Alberta)
The Citizen Science Alberta Community of Practice (CitSci Alberta) is a province‑wide network that connects people and organizations doing community science, helping to share ideas, resources, and best practices to strengthen projects just like these.
iNaturalist
iNaturalist is a free app and website that lets Calgarians photograph and share plants, animals, and fungi, then turn those observations into valuable community‑science data used by researchers and conservation groups across the city and beyond.
Calgary Bird Banding Society (CBBS)
The Calgary Bird Banding Society (CBBS) is a volunteer‑run group that conducts scientific bird‑banding studies—especially migration monitoring at Inglewood Bird Observatory—to track songbird populations and support bird conservation in and around Calgary.