{"id":28479,"date":"2023-01-13T16:49:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T20:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=28479"},"modified":"2023-01-13T16:54:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T20:54:00","slug":"rare-birds-very-far-beyond-usual-northern-limits%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/rare-birds-very-far-beyond-usual-northern-limits%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare birds \u2018very far\u2019 beyond usual northern limits\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Egret.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28484\" width=\"821\" height=\"547\"\/><figcaption><em>The Great White Egret is found across South America year-round, and they range widely across Central and North America, reaching as far north as Canada, but they normally go south in the winter. Photo: Alain Clavette<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bird enthusiasts are bewildered by two rare feathered specimens that have taken up residence in Sackville.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Great White Egret has been hunting for fish among the cattails of the water retention pond for weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majestic heron-like bird is found across South America year-round, and it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Great_Egret\/maps-range?fbclid=IwAR2kVZIzlVrN3FBwdtg1filrZ_QX-LBIKd-Ovh5YlQ0rTeRkNacq0aPf4_4#:~:text=Most%20Great%20Egrets%20move%20south,may%20not%20migrate%20at%20all\">ranges widely<\/a> across Central and North America, reaching as far north as Quebec and New Brunswick.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tantramar would normally be far beyond its northern limit at this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Listen to the report that aired on Thursday, January 12, 2023 on CHMA:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CI_Tantramar-Report-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other unusual avian is a Green-tailed Towhee, a kind of sparrow normally found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Green-tailed_Towhee\/overview\">Mexico and the southwest United States<\/a> and known by its rust-coloured crown and yellow-green wings and tail.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been spotted for weeks near the Tantramar Wetlands Centre, behind the high school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both of the so-called \u201cvagrant birds\u201d are far beyond their normal range, but <a href=\"https:\/\/ebird.org\/alert\/rba\/CA-NB-WE\">sightings have been reported<\/a> as recently as Thursday on the website eBird Canada.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on this story, CHMA reached out to some local bird experts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beth MacDonald is a lab instructor in the biology department of Mount Allison University, where she also teaches ornithology, the study of birds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Birds often land in the wrong part of the world after getting blown off course by a storm, and young birds are susceptible to flying off in the wrong direction, she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sparrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28483\" width=\"841\" height=\"561\"\/><figcaption><em>A Green-tailed Towhee, a kind of sparrow normally found in Mexico and the southwest United States, pictured in Sackville. Photo: Alain Clavette<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The climate crisis is causing myriad changes to the natural world, including the northward expansion of ranges, but that phenomenon can\u2019t necessarily explain a lone Egret.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor a single bird, it&#8217;s hard to know exactly what brought that individual here,\u201d MacDonald said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Egret appears to have found an excellent source of fish, and it may have sensed the winter would be mild, said Moncton-based ornithologist and broadcaster Alain Clavette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that photographers should avoid going too close, since the Egret may burn precious energy by taking flight. \u201cIt&#8217;s putting pressure on this bird.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s less worried about the survival of the Towhee, a \u201cbig hearty bird,\u201d especially now that people have provided it with a source of seeds to eat.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bird was initially hard to spot, but it\u2019s becoming less shy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;s getting used to seeing people around and doesn&#8217;t see people as threats,\u201d he said, noting that many people are snapping photos of the rare creature.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLots of pictures, a lot of good pictures,\u201d he said. \u201cI&#8217;m trying to restrain myself to go back. 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