The SCO-SOC is an organization of Canada's ornithological community.

We administer awards, produce two publications, and provide interconnection with other professional ornithological societies.

We produce a tri-annual newsletter: Picoides.

Our professional journal is Avian Conservation and Ecology.  The journal is peer-reviewed, electronic, and entirely open-access.  It is published jointly with Bird Studies Canada.

Avian Conservation and Ecology welcomes any submission related to the conservation and ecology of birds in Canada and worldwide.

NEWS

• The latest issue of the Picoides (25(1)) is now available here.  It contains an important message about the future of the SCO-SOC and the recent proposal for a "Society for Ornithology".

• Abstract submission and registration for the NAOC-V is now open. Abstract submission deadline is 29 February.  Early bird registration ends 15 May. 

• The latest issue (vol 6, iss 2) of ACE-ECO has been published (click here).  It contains numerous research articles, a forum article, and an editorial.  Click on the cover image below to access the representative article by Gaston and Descamps about population change in Ancient Murrelets.

• The 2011 annual meeting was held 4-6 August 2011 in Moncton, NB.  The detailed program and book of abstracts is still available by clicking here.