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Uxbridge celebrates World Migratory Bird Day

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by Barbara Samuels


UXBRIDGE: It was a landmark occasion for the Township and its migratory bird population. By proclaiming May 11th, 2024 as World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) in Uxbridge, the community became one of the newest members of a global movement to protect these birds and their habitat.

The Uxbridge Bird Friendly Team led the celebration. WMBD’s theme this year: Protect Insects to Protect Birds. In collaboration with North Durham Nature, the Bird Team showcased the theme with a guided walk, through a local farm, where twenty participants, including counsellors Gord Shreeves and Todd Snooks, had a chance to observe the critical insect/bird relationship firsthand.

The Team’s speakers included Kim Baker, Derek Connelly and Carly Davenport. The farm was chosen because the fields of this 100-acre property are left undisturbed, during the breeding cycle of several migratory at-risk species.

“It comes as close as we can get, under the circumstances, to a grassland ecosystem,” explained Team founder Carly Davenport. “So you’ve provided habitat for insects, and for the at-risk species [which] depend on them for breeding and feeding their young, like bobolinks and eastern meadowlarks.” Both were on view during the walk.

A massive decline in insect populations has, in turn, triggered a decline in the number of these migratory birds. Environments, like the one on display during the walk, support both the bugs and the birds, and are just one way of reversing these catastrophic losses. Ms. Davenport pointed out, individuals can make a difference, by planting native flowers, shrubs and trees to provide habitat, and ditching cosmetic pesticides and herbicides.

Distressed homeowners know all too well, bird-window collisions also take a toll on migratory birds. Bird Team member, and Executive Director of the Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Canada, Michael Mesure said, bird-building collisions kill over 25,000,000 birds a year in this country, and are a critical threat to these creatures.

“[The] Good news is, people can do something about it,” noted Mr. Mesure. “Special window treatments, like the Feather Friendly DIY, help reduce collisions by over 85 percent. You can also make a big difference by turning off unnecessary nighttime lighting, during spring and fall migrations. It confuses migrating birds and can increase bird-building collisions.”

The Bird Friendly Uxbridge Team is a group of local volunteers, working to have Uxbridge Township certified as a Bird Friendly City.

Both WMBD, in Uxbridge, and Lights Out Uxbridge, a pledge drive to reduce bird-building collisions, are initiatives designed to win certification from Nature Canada and protect Uxbridge’s avian community.

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