Bird observatory on time out
Photo: Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory
Some of the birds banded throughout the 2022 season at the Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory
The Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory announced this week that it appears their operation will not have the ability to open for its fall 2023 migration season in the South Okanagan.
The yearly bird counting and banding procedure are established typically from August to mid-October out on the routes at Vaseux Lake.
Special internet created to briefly snag little migratory birds without hurting them are examined when every thirty minutes for 6 hours each early morning, and any caught birds are considered weighing, determining and, if it hasn’t already been done, banding.
The tracking procedure has actually been going on for more than twenty years, enabling scientists to track migratory bird behaviour in the location and can be a sign of the total health of the environment.
The job, which becomes part of the Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Alliance, said they have actually not had the ability to secure a master bander at this moment.
“We require that skilled hand at the helm to have a good season and bird safety. We understand much better incomes and more constant work help make positions more luring so will be dealing with little fundraising jobs,” they said in their Facebook post.
“This appears to have actually been a difficult year for more stations than our own and might simply be the outcome of an aging friend of banders at more full-time work areas retiring those recently employment opportunities triumphing over our seasonal job opportunity.”
For more details on the organization, head to their website here.
