4 important bird habitats in Canada listed as 'in danger'

Urban development, resource extraction and wind turbines are threatening some of the most important bird habitats in Canada, a new report says.

Four of Canada's top bird habitats have made a list of 356 around the world that are considered "in danger," in a report by the conservation group BirdLife International:

Boundary Bay in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, one of Canada's richest sites for migratory waterbirds.

Prince Edward Point in eastern Ontario, another important area for migratory waterbirds.

N.W.T.'s Mackenzie River Delta, an important habitat for snow geese.

Lancaster Sound Polynya in Nunavut, an important habitat for a small seabird called the dovekie.

Some of those areas are not protected at all, while others are only partially protected.

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