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Caterpillars to Butterflies Spring 2016 Caterpillars to Butterflies Following the successful releases last spring of over The caterpillars have arrived at the 300 Taylor’s checkerspots Greater Vancouver Zoo to begin the on Denman Island, British next step at restoring the butterflies Columbia, we knew our con- to their native spaces. servation breeding program of this endangered pollinator Already this spring, we’ve released required more space. So, in nearly 1,300 conservation-bred early April, our team trans- Taylor’s checkerspot caterpillars into ported the checkerspot cater- restored habitat. pillars by ferry from Denman Island to Greater Vancouver Zoo, where they were trans- ferred to their new breeding facilities. Once widespread in areas of Vancouver Island and sur- rounding islands of B.C, as well as areas of Puget Sound, Washington and Oregon, the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly appeared to have been permanently lost from Canada, until 2005 when it was observed on Denman Island. By 2014 fewer than 25 wild sightings were reported and it was feared that the butterfly population was on the brink of dying out. Determined not to waste this lucky second chance to save the Taylor’s checkerspot, a group of local volunteers, provincial authorities and Wildlife Preservation Canada teamed up to take action. Once relocated to the zoo, the caterpillars have become butterflies, and will begin breeding. The eggs that result will grow another generation of Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies, ready to build the dangerously low numbers in the wild. Learn more about our work to save these and other at-risk pollinators. Follow us at wildlifepreservation.ca Tracking the Canada’s Pollinators, Shrike New Noahs snakes & swallows Wildlife Preservation Canada WILDLIFE PRESERVATION CANADA Letter from the Executive Director Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Some days I’m just not sure how to feel about my job. Established in 1985, Wildlife Preservation Canada is a non- As you see here, the beauty and variety of the species we To save a shrike, you have to track a shrike profit charitable organisation dedicated work with is stunning, and the enthusiasm of our people to saving critically endangered wildlife Figuring out where Ontario shrikes go species from extinction. is uplifting. Yet the very fact that Wildlife Preservation when they migrate and how they get there Canada must exist; that the work we do is so essential, is is a high priority for eastern loggerhead Founder sobering. And there’s no quick fix to the problem. Long shrike recovery, since evidence suggests Gerald M. Durrell OBE after I’ve left this job - indeed, long after I’m gone - this work will continue to be that the main challenges to survival occur President Ian Glen needed. during migration and on the wintering Vice-President Yet, I am optimistic. The techniques we use are proven to work. Some species, grounds. This year we will be focused on Chris Boynton such as the swift fox, no longer need our help, and others will surely turn the using radio tags to track shrikes, using the Secretary Motus system. Pinar Ozyetis corner as well. Every year, our scientists learn something new, and refine their Treasurer techniques. They will continue to get better at what they do. And hopefully The Motus Wildlife Tracking System is a Shripal Doshi you, and the rest of the small army that stands behind them, will not lose faith. growing network of radio telemetry towers Board of Trustees Future generations won’t take nature for granted, as most humans (including, designed to detect animal movements. Christopher Boynton perhaps, some of us) historically did. They’ll have even more knowledge, plus One of the major benefits of radio tags is Jay Bryant better technology, going for them. Let’s make sure we leave them as much as we that birds do not have to be recaptured for Shripal Doshi Species Conservation Biologist Hazel Wheeler, shown here, Ian Glen can to work with. data collection, which is required for some John Grandy leads Wildlife Preservation Canada’s efforts to save the eastern other types of tags. Each tagged bird has Douglas Hart loggerhead shrike, a unique songbird which hunts like a hawk. Stephanie McLarty a unique signal that is automatically picked H. Alec B. Monro Though once plentiful from Manitoba to Quebec, its numbers up by Motus, so that real time data can be Pinar Ozyetis Randal Heide have plummeted to only a few dozen in the wild in just a handful Bridget Stutchbury, PhD. collected on any bird that passes a tower. of locations in Manitoba and Ontario. Honourary Trustees Don’t miss out! Get all the news from the field on our teams’ Louise Gervais In fact, we have already collected data on Kathryn B.P. Dempster efforts to save endangered species. Sign up for our newsletter the movements of six shrikes released last fall! All were released from our Napanee field site (owned by the Graham F. Hallward and follow the blogs at www.wildlifepreservation.ca. Nature Conservancy of Canada), and have travelled both east and west around the Great Lakes. Why did some Anson R. McKim William Noble shrikes take the long way around? Where will they end up? These are just two of the questions we hope to Richard Fyfe, OC The Legacy of Carl Jones answer as more data are collected. Thomas C. Sears Professor Carl Jones, an Eleanor R. Clitheroe W. Paterson Ferns inspiration to many of our Wildlife Preservation Canada is lead- Stephen T. Molson Canada’s New Noahs over ing the conservation breeding and William E. Stavert the years, has just been release program in Ontario to save Lee Durrell, PhD. awarded the 2016 Indian- the shrike. Our partners, Mountsberg Executive Director apolis Prize, a prestigious Raptor Centre, Toronto Zoo, African Lion Randal Heide biennial conservation award. Safari and the Smithsonian Conserva- Currently the Chief Scientist of our sister organization, the Durrell tion Biology Institute, house breeding Wildlife Conservation Trust, and also Scientific Director of the Mauri- pairs producing fledglings for release Contact us at: tian Wildlife Foundation, he has demonstrated that there is always hope; to the wild. Evidence has shown that Wildlife Preservation Canada that species can be pulled back from the brink even if there are only a these conservation-bred birds learn to RR #5, 5420 Highway 6 North Guelph, ON N1H 6J2 few individuals left. He made this hope a reality, saving several species hunt, migrate and return to the traditional Tel: 519-836-9314 from extinction, including the pink pigeon and echo parakeet. Carl truly breeding area. 1-800-956-6608 [email protected] pioneered and demonstrated the success of conservation breeding and ENDANGERED wildlifepreservation.ca reintroduction techniques - techniques our recovery teams are using (Reg. #89171 0535 RP0001) here in Canada today. Wildlife Preservation Canada - 2 - - 3 - Massasauga Rattlesnake It’s spring - welcome bumble bees to your garden! Off to a great start Marking, releasing and recapturing • Build a bee house. Provide a box (not cedar) about the size of a milk carton. Fill the box The massasauga rattlesnake has the Massasauga rattlesnake pro- with nest tubes purchased from a garden centre or make your own. Paint the box a vibrant been eliminated from much of vides vital information to guide the colour with exterior, zero-VOC paint and hang in a sheltered location. Provide moist clay its original range in Ontario, recovery program. nearby for the bees to use as construction material. Be patient... it may take time for them to leaving only a few isolated popu- Field technician move in! lations. We have two recovery Mike Bagnall (left) • Plant a vibrant garden with native flowers to attract native bumble bees. teams working on different and field biologist • Make sure you plant a variety of flowers that bloom throughout the year. strategies in these areas studying Eric Jolin (right) • Avoid pesticides different strategies but with the with the first same result in mind - saving this Ojibway Plants that attract bees unique at-risk snake. Massasauga of the season. The critically endangered • Service Berry • Hyssop • Bee balm Ojibway Prairie Remnants mas- • Dogwood • Sunflower • Phlox sasaugas are at risk of imminent • Wild strawberry • Bergamot • Cardinal flower extinction. Our recovery team • Wild geranium • Black-eyed Susan • Coneflower there is carefully capturing • Violet • Goldenrod • Joe Pye weed individual snakes, recording data and implanting small Further north along the Georgian Bay shoreline, our other microchips, similar to those used for dogs and cats, to track Native Pollinators massasauga team is now monitoring snakes as they emerge their movements. The team is also reducing the danger of from hibernation, and will be trying to learn how to success- Growing bumble bee colonies road mortality by installing fences that safely funnel snakes, fully translocate them out of the way of development. Our To address the crisis of disappearing wild bees, While it can take up to a month or so to get from turtles, and other wildlife through culverts to the other side past research has shown that adults are extremely committed Wildlife Preservation Canada is establishing breeding eggs to workers, Pollinator Recovery Biologist Vic- of the road. to their preferred hibernation site. colonies of yellow-banded bumble bees at a specially toria MacPhail reports, “ I am very heartened by designed facility in partnership with York University the success we have been seeing already. We should Bank, barn, cliff and tree swallows in Toronto. hopefully have our first workers in the next couple of Disappearing birds of the Maritimes weeks.” Surveys for queens took place in early spring, before Swallows, and other aerial insecti- they began colonies in the wild. The queens are Once breeding colonies producing mated queens are vores (birds that feed almost exclu- brought to the breeding facilities, where they are established, queens can be released in the fall to qual- sively on flying insects while in flight) already laying eggs.
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