The
killdeer, a protected bird that weighs less than five ounces, laid eggs in area
where the main stage will be for Ottawa’s Bluesfest
Ashifa Kassam in Toronto
Tue
26 Jun 2018 18.04 BSTLast modified on Tue 26 Jun 201819.15 BST
A
diminutive bird known for its shrill, high pitched call is threatening to
derail one of Canada’s biggest music festivals after it built a nest in the
same location as the main stage was slated to be erected.
The
first hint of trouble for Ottawa’s Bluesfest, an outdoor festival that draws
some 300,000 people each year in the nation’s capital, came last week after
workers at the site stumbled across an agitated killdeer, a brown and white
bird that weighs less than five ounces.
The
bird – which enjoys protected status in Canada –
had laid four speckled eggs on a cobblestone patch, effectively claiming the
main stage area as its nesting grounds.
“This
is one of the most challenging problems we’ve been presented with, but we feel
we can work through this,” said Mark Monahan, the executive director of the
festival, which is due to start on 5 July. “Anything that disrupts the schedule
has a major effect, so we’re taking it very seriously.”
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