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An adult male yellow-breasted chat is shown in this undated photograph on lands protected in collaboration between the En owkin Centre and Penticton Indian Band with support from Enviroment and Climate Change Canada. (Canadian Press/HO, A. Michael Bezener/ En owkin Centre 2020 )
Rare yellow birds need wild roses to survive in British Columbia: researcher - Canada News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
by Hina Alam, The Canadian Press
Posted May 9, 2021 5:00 am ADT
Last Updated May 9, 2021 at 5:09 am ADT
VANCOUVER A little yellow bird’s rescue from the brink of extinction in British Columbia hinges on an oft-overlooked wild flower in the province’s Okanagan region, according to one Canadian government researcher.
The importance of local wild roses emerged over a nearly 20-year experiment concentrating on the yellow-breasted chat, a tiny bird whose characteristics and precarious status have preoccupied scientists for decades.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the population at one breeding site on the grounds of the Okanagan Valley’s En’owkin Centre stood at just one pair.