Sudbury bird watcher Chris Blomme has had a lifelong adventure in studying the behaviour of our fine feathered friends
Enjoying nature and getting outdoors is something that a lot of Northerners do in various ways. Bird watchers — also known as birders — are among them. In virtually any social group or organization you might come across in the North, you are bound to meet a person who is an avid bird watcher.
"We were living with an elderly couple that were very prone to wildlife and they kept a feeder going, and they showed us what a feeder was. I got to see a creature called the Northern Flicker,” Blomme said. “At that time, it was called the Yellow Shafted Flicker, a type of woodpecker. Very bright yellow feathers, very dynamic when it flies, white rough patch when it flies away from you.
"You know, the birds move through the areas and we get an opportunity to see them,” he said. “If you wanted a site-specific example, trumpeter swans will show up during the winter locally in Sudbury, and you won't find them almost anywhere else except in southern Ontario in the winter. And that's because there's a small area where there's open water, and they can spend the winter here.
He added that it is not difficult to become a birder. He said there is a Facebook group in Sudbury that has more than a 1,000 members who share photos and stories of their adventures. Blomme said people can start by becoming what he called “backyard birders” — all a person would need is a bird feeder and seeds. People who become more interested might opt to buy binoculars or a fancy camera.
The Merlin app is free and was created by the Ornithology Lab of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He said he found it "surprising" that a lot of hikers will distract themselves when they're out in nature.
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