Some
rare birds are making a stop in our region. K.C. Colby talks to a local
naturalist on the reason why.
KC Colby, Reporter/Videographer, CTV News Barrie
Published
Friday, October 30, 2015 5:
High
winds this week rattled windows and blew leaves off trees but it also brought
birds into the region that normally don't nest here.
Bird
watchers on Kempenfelt Bay got a special treat this week; a rarely seen species
of ducks and gulls temporarily called it home.
“We
saw two or three little gulls in the bay here, we had a great view of them,”
says York-Simcoe Naturalist Club President Doug Jagger.
Naturalist
Bob Bowles says the little gull is feasting on Kempenfelt Bay smelt.
“Their
feeding on the emerald shiners that are here in Kemoenfelt Bay, they’ll move on
down to the Niagara River and then farther south during the winter,” says
Bowles.
Some
familiar species have returned to the bay along with some very rare sightings
too.
“The
last 7 or 8 days right here on Kempenfelt Bay there’s been Pacific loon,
they’re a western bird,” says Bowles.
The
Pacific loon is a bird that breeds in Alaska and northern Canada and winters
along the pacific coast of North America. So why are they thousands of
kilometres from their normal migratory route?
“I
think it’s the weather patterns, right now we’re experiencing the aftermath of
Hurricane Patricia and she’s blown herself out here to these inland waters and
it brings a lot of sea birds that normally stay out on the main courses to
these inland lakes,” adds Bowles.
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