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PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION CALLING ON THE ONTARIO GOVT TO STOP THE HUNT HERE Some birders were shocked when they heard that Sandhill Cranes would be hunted this year in Alberta. I wasn’t shocked by that because SK and MB have been doing it for 50 years. Although I am against the hunt (mainly because cranes have low birth rates and also are suffering from habitat loss), most hunters at least eat the cranes. However, Ontario just announced that they are going to allow a Double-crested Cormorant hunt (cull) from Sept 15-Dec 31st. Hunters can kill 15 Cormorants a day and no one eats cormorants. This is being touted as a way to conserve fish but that’s just not going to work for many reasons. First of all these birds mainly eat small shallow-water fish and many of the fish they consume are non-native fish which actually helps out ecosystems. Double-crested Cormorants only eat a very small percentage (<5%) of large commercial-type fish. The Govt of Ontario is stating that Cormorant ...

Liron Gertsman and I were honoured to be chosen as judges for the 2021 Birds Canada annual Calendar contest. Last year both of us had photos chosen for the 2019-2020 calendar. Birders and Photographers can submit their ethically taken photos up until August 7th for the 2021 contest and read more details about it  HERE .