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Summer is just around the corner. The majority of migrants have already swung through our neighborhoods headed north for the summer to breed. But where exactly do they go after flying through our backyards each spring?
For many North American birds–as many as 300 species in fact–they are going to the boreal forest. Literally billions of migrants do each year, flooding the skies each evening during spring on their annual pilgrimage to North America’s great northern forest.
For the eastern population of Harlequin Duck, which spend the majority of winter along rough, rocky coastlines, this typically means the free-flowing Atlantic rivers of Quebec and Labrador. The often fast-moving, mountainous rivers that drain into the Atlantic Ocean provide pristine nesting habitat and plenty of insects and invertebrates to sustain this colorful duck throughout the summer. Harlequin Ducks received a huge boost in 2010 with the creation of Mealy Mountains National Park in Labrador, which protected a sweeping region of some of their favorite summer habitat.
Our colleague Jon Feldgajer of the Canadian Boreal Initiative recently spotted a pair of Harlequin Ducks while scoping out a potential fishing spot in Labrador. It seems like this river provides for some excellent birding opportunities in addition to fishing!If you’re a regular returner to this blog you are likely aware that while we support bird conservation in almost every instance, our particular focus and passion is the preservation of Canada’s boreal forest. This (we think) is for good reason: the boreal is one of the world’s largest and most important breeding grounds for migratory birds. Between 3 to 5 billion migrants–from raptors and waterfowl to shorebirds and songbirds–flood south out of the boreal every fall to find suitable wintering habitat. This winter habitat may be anywhere from the United States down to the southern part of South America.
But birds aren’t the only ones who live in the boreal or benefit from its protection. Mammals of all sorts of shapes and sizes call the boreal home, including bear (brown and black), moose, caribou, beaver, wolf and wolverine. There are abundant populations of freshwater fish and, somewhat infamously, lots of insects. It’s also home to more than 600 Aboriginal communities who have lived off the land for thousands of years.
Because the majority of Canada’s boreal is rural and far to the north, it can be difficult for many to visit. So whenever we get the opportunity to hear from people who reside or spend significant time in the boreal, we should listen.
That’s exactly what the Small Change Fund, a Canadian grassroots networking organization, wants us to do. They recently featured the boreal as one of their special campaigns. As part of this, they featured a special “Voices of the Boreal” teleconference with four distinguished and amazing guests to share their stories about the boreal and their work to better protect it. They also feature a special Action in the Boreal section where you can find ways to donate to or help individual causes within the boreal.
Summer is just around the corner. The majority of migrants have already swung through our neighborhoods headed north for the summer to breed. But where exactly do they go after flying through our backyards each spring?
For many North American birds–as many as 300 species in fact–they are going to the boreal forest. Literally billions of migrants do each year, flooding the skies each evening during spring on their annual pilgrimage to North America’s great northern forest.
For the eastern population of Harlequin Duck, which spend the majority of winter along rough, rocky coastlines, this typically means the free-flowing Atlantic rivers of Quebec and Labrador. The often fast-moving, mountainous rivers that drain into the Atlantic Ocean provide pristine nesting habitat and plenty of insects and invertebrates to sustain this colorful duck throughout the summer. Harlequin Ducks received a huge boost in 2010 with the creation of Mealy Mountains National Park in Labrador, which protected a sweeping region of some of their favorite summer habitat.
Our colleague Jon Feldgajer of the Canadian Boreal Initiative recently spotted a pair of Harlequin Ducks while scoping out a potential fishing spot in Labrador. It seems like this river provides for some excellent birding opportunities in addition to fishing!If you’re a regular returner to this blog you are likely aware that while we support bird conservation in almost every instance, our particular focus and passion is the preservation of Canada’s boreal forest. This (we think) is for good reason: the boreal is one of the world’s largest and most important breeding grounds for migratory birds. Between 3 to 5 billion migrants–from raptors and waterfowl to shorebirds and songbirds–flood south out of the boreal every fall to find suitable wintering habitat. This winter habitat may be anywhere from the United States down to the southern part of South America.
But birds aren’t the only ones who live in the boreal or benefit from its protection. Mammals of all sorts of shapes and sizes call the boreal home, including bear (brown and black), moose, caribou, beaver, wolf and wolverine. There are abundant populations of freshwater fish and, somewhat infamously, lots of insects. It’s also home to more than 600 Aboriginal communities who have lived off the land for thousands of years.
Because the majority of Canada’s boreal is rural and far to the north, it can be difficult for many to visit. So whenever we get the opportunity to hear from people who reside or spend significant time in the boreal, we should listen.
That’s exactly what the Small Change Fund, a Canadian grassroots networking organization, wants us to do. They recently featured the boreal as one of their special campaigns. As part of this, they featured a special “Voices of the Boreal” teleconference with four distinguished and amazing guests to share their stories about the boreal and their work to better protect it. They also feature a special Action in the Boreal section where you can find ways to donate to or help individual causes within the boreal.
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