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Wednesday, July 27, 1988

Canadian wie Service understanding of the complex re- CANADA ‘A’ CANADA ‘E? EANADA
ornithologist who passes red- lationship between parent herons, .
winged blackbirds in. marshes in- — the nesting site and the type of BOTTOM BONELESS IRL O iN. BULK - CANADA ‘A’
stead of office towers on his way _ food the nestlings eat. ; BEEF IRLOI BUL BONELESS BEEF
to work each morning. ‘During the day, the tides are ROUND SIRLOIN TIP ; WEINERS EYE of ROUND
And because his desk faces a low so, the lunch counter is open ROAST STEAK. ROASTS Reg. or BBQ Steak or Roast
scene that resembles a photog- at the ecl grass beds,’’ says But- 99 99 — 49
raph from. a back-to-nature ~ ler, ‘‘While the males are sitling 1 a | goe 2
retreat. on the eggs during the day, the fe- 4.39 kg Ib. 6.59 kg Ib. 5.49: kg - Ib. 2.18 kg ' lb. 6.37 kg

_ about the herons from all this ob-

~~ sub- species of great blue herons »

~. opposed to.‘ “migrant.”

-. whole. year, feeding on fish from

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Rob Buticr looks like a happy
man. It may be because he is a

site,’ Butler warns. ‘‘The nest-
lings get pretty excited and you
may get hit in the process.”’
Butler’s studics over the past
two years have resulted in a new

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Not only is butler houses at the
Alaksen National Wildlife Arca,
Delta, in the previous estate of »
George Reifel, he also spends a
lot of time on Sidney Island.

There, he . watches about 77 -
pairs of great blue herons in the:
spring, summer and fall.

What has. Buller discovered -

males are feeding at the counter.

‘‘They bring back small fish

from the shallow waters and there
_ is open-season back at the nest
where the nestlings compete for
the fish. They get pretty aggres- -
sive in their attempts to grab ‘the
tiny fish Mom brings home.”’

After about 10 days, the parents
begin to feed away from ecl grass
beds to find larger. prey to bring
back to the nest. These larger fish
are shared: more co-operatively
than when. the..new-born babies.
were scrambling ‘to get enough to
eat. Butler ‘speculates thatthe =

ve change to. larger. fish - is’ the.
‘parents’ ‘attempt ‘to curb. the :ag-.”
' metres of their nesting sites year- gression that forces about half the
round. Because: they stay for the..~ nestlings out of the. nest. before
‘they reach maturity.
local waters, their eggs are the “The: Jarger. nesilings that’ do.
perfect: subjects ‘for dioxin: samp- survive in the’ nest: are: probably
ling, the controversial by-product. . better suited tosurvive later in the |
“of anti-sapstain chemical produc- year,” says Butler. ‘The real
tion. “food: crunch comes in October. -
“Butler and his crew y watch ‘the and November. when fish . are. .
“herons. from: the time they are scarce and the herons feed on

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he now. knows that the coastal. ~

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hatched, 10 their first’ forays out
of the nest, on to the precarious.
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‘about 30. per cent survive, and.

finally to adulthood. Some of the
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at the nestling stage.

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“You'd better wear a rain jack-
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"Sidney girl

Two Sidney track and field”
athletes are the best in the pro-

vince after they captured, first

~ small rodents. in. meadows and’.

ditches. This is the time in the life
“cycle when mortality is highest.""

herons encounter in all stages of

their. ‘lives, many colonics. in 7

Georgia Stait-.are flourishing.
Herons are partial to warmth and

~ don’t take well to sudden dips in

tempcrature.
«Consequently, populations have

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