Ferruginous hawks nest on artificial platform in southern-Alberta
Heidi Echavarria- 0
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There are many strategies we can adopt to help conserve wildlife. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is celebrating a successful conservation effort involving a pair of ferruginous hawks, one of Alberta’s most threatened birds of prey. A pair of these hawks has successfully raised young on a nesting platform installed on a power pole located about 70 kilometers south of Lethbridge.
The platform was set up by Fortis Alberta in collaboration with NCC.
Sean Feagan, the Communications Manager with NCC, Alberta Region, says although the artificial platform was installed back in 2018, the patient wait was worth it, marking a successful conservation effort. He says this initiative also helps reduce bird electrocutions and the resulting power outages.
Feagan says ferruginous hawk numbers in Alberta have declined since the early 1990s, largely due to habitat loss. But this successful nest shows with the right partnerships and conservation efforts, their recovery is possible.
