[All] Invasive species in Waterloo

[Lanteigne]

Hi folks
This bird is on the loose in Columbia Forest subdivision in Waterloo Ontario. My daughter spotted it at 12:10pm Today May 4 2021 and called me on her phone. It was on Royal Fern walking on the sidewalk and it took the trail between Royal Fern to Buttetnut Ave and headed to Columbia Forest Blvd where I got this photo and filmed the bird. It crossed the Blvd. towards the storm management pond area. I came home to identify it and saw it was a Chukar Partridge. 


Chukar Partridge from the Middle East. Sightings of the bird happening in other areas of Canada too as noted in this news article: How a bird native to the Middle East landed in a Mill Woods parking lot | CBC News 
  
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How a bird native to the Middle East landed in a Mill Woods parking lot | CBC News
 
A mysterious bird appeared in a strip mall parking lot in Mill Woods and citizen ornithologists cracked the case.
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The concern I have is for the endangered species of ESPA 19 especially endangered  mole salamanders and amphibians. The bird is strong like a rooster. Partridge size. 
Canada allows small numbers of the birds to be released on private property for hunting and my view that’s not a good practice at all. When birds like this are roaming about in ESPAs that’s a serious risk to our local species and the water they protect.
 I have seen activity of releasing species to kill Jefferson Salamanders before. They did that already. Pond habitats for around Hamilton Ontario were stocked with Koi and later poisoned. by Hamilton Conservation staff.  https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/na0413-rr-salamanders
The whole route of Line 10 crossed Jefferson habitat and they didn’t do any EA at all. They planned on one property, they switched the route to the Hydro Corridor after I flagged the fact they lacked legal buffer between other oil and gas lines. They switched to Hydro Corridor in Flamboro and never did a new EA. No critical habitat mapping at all. The whole mess was a section 58 order pre approved by Harper long before the hearing. It was like an MZO at the federal level. That was how all of the pipelines were approved when Harper was in power from Line 9 on. 
This bird eats whatever it can catch. It’s heartbreaking for me to have to relay this after what my family sacrificed to save ESPA and the recharge. The salamanders helped me to protect it and now I fear they are at risk again. 
I close with photos regarding Line 10 salamander issues. 
Lulu 






















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