Climate change blamed for turkey invasion
This article promises to explain the invasion of wild turkeys but, like most alterations we’re seeing in the natural world, the answer is simple: climate change.
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Blork 22:33 on 2025-01-29 Permalink
I saw a bald eagle in Longueuil a couple of days ago! (Not even kidding.)
steph 22:34 on 2025-01-29 Permalink
Pics or it didn’t happen. 🙂
Blork 00:41 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
I have one pic but by then it was too far away, and flying with its butt towards me, so you can’t tell what it was.
Kate 10:13 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
It’s fleeing Trump’s America.
CE 15:03 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
I’m in London right now and last night saw a fox walking down the street. Not sure if it’s a common sight in the city but it surprised me!
Kate 15:08 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
I listen to BBC stuff a bit, and references to urban foxes eating garbage and so on are pretty usual. They don’t have raccoons, so they have foxes.
CE 15:09 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
I kind of wondered if the fox were equivalent to seeing a racoon or skunk in Montreal.
Kate 15:17 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
I think yes, pretty much.
MarcG 16:48 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
My wife was walking by the river in Verdun a few days ago and saw 2 dogs playing together pretty far out on the ice. She looked around for their owners to suggest that maybe it was dangerous but before she knew it the “dogs” were coming straight towards her and they were foxes. One of them came kind of close and looked at her but then they both ran off. Scared the shit out of her. Lots of beavers down there again this year as well, but they’re fat and cute and only interested in eating wood.
DeWolf 17:27 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
@CE London is famous for its foxes! I think the first time I’d ever seen a fox was in a random part of London. They’re kind of weird.
DeWolf 17:31 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
Incidentally, all this talk of urban fauna reminds me of the first time an Australian friend of mine visited Montreal. He was very weirded out by the local wildlife, namely squirrels and raccoons. And he didn’t even see any turkeys.
(If you think about it objectively, many North American animals are just as strange as we imagine Australian animals to be.)
MarcG 17:35 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
It’s fun to visit Beaver Lake in the summer and watch tourists freaking out over squirrels.
Ian 21:55 on 2025-01-30 Permalink
@Blork I saw one in Ste-Anne in early winter flying over the McGill campus fields. I was driving though so no pix sadly. There’s lots of hawks but that’s the first eagle I saw.