When we started out it seemed like a good idea to provide a
little info on birds (and other wildlife) we have seen or heard about in the
Port Rowan/Long point area. From time to
time, we’d slip a little reference in to Wood B & B. Like this http://www.bbcanada.com/13914.html
Earlier this week, we read that a hunting season for Snow Geese
and Ross’s Geese was going to start in Alberta.
Apparently, hunters will be able to bag up to fifty a
day. (We aren’t hunters here so forgive
us if “bag” is not the right word.)
It seems that these birds are in such abundance now that
they are destroying their own habitat. We
have always understood that one of the main concerns for birds and other
wildlife is the destruction of habitat. We are more accustomed to us (humankind)
being the offender when it comes to habitat destruction.
But, let’s get back to the idea of a small focus change for this
blog. These birds are “our birds” as they represent two of the nearly 400
species counted at Long Point/Port Rowan over the years. For that reason, it
seems appropriate to keep track of how species like these are doing when
they’re not “visiting” us. Let’s see how
it goes.
Last fall Canadian Geographic had a story on this
subject. You can read it here. http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/oct13/ross_geese_nunavut.asp
Time to check the feeders.
It’s cold down here.
