rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising) (02/25/88)
I'm vague on details, but I understand that jackdaws became locally
established in the Quebec City area a few years back (probably came
over on ships), and that there was at that time a concerted effort to
extirpate them so that they wouldn't become established in N.A.
The bird in CT, and a recent (2 years ago?) sighting in Toronto
suggest that that effort may have failed.
Anyone know more about this?
--Jim Rising
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Name: Jim Rising
Mail: Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1
UUCP: {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!risinggp@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190) (03/01/88)
In article <1988Feb25.145030.3736@utzoo.uucp>, rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising) writes: > I'm vague on details, but I understand that jackdaws became locally > established in the Quebec City area a few years back (probably came > over on ships), and that there was at that time a concerted effort to > extirpate them so that they wouldn't become established in N.A. > The bird in CT, and a recent (2 years ago?) sighting in Toronto > suggest that that effort may have failed. > > Anyone know more about this? Apparently, the birds are now resident on Nantucket Island. They have been shooting them in Canada, from what I understand, because they don't want them to become a crop pest. Same goes for Pennsylvania, where a colony was supposed to be establishing itself. The story about them coming over on ships is the latest resolution as to how they got here. I remember that a heated debate went on as to wether they were natural vagrants, or man assisted. Stay tuned, and the story will probably change yet again! Greg Pasquariello ihnp4!picuxa!gp