About a month ago, CBC London associate producer Ryan Soulliere discovered three long-eared owls roosting in his backyard tree. They leave in the evening and return in the morning to rest for the day. Bird expert Brendon Samuels stopped by the yard to investigate further.
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The barn swallow and other aerial insectivores, birds that catch insects in flight, have seen some of the largest declines in population of all bird species in Canada. Common species like the barn swallow and chimney swift have declined to less than a quarter of their 1970 numbers. (Nick Saunders)
London, Ont. is one of the first Canadians cities to be recognized by Nature Canada for being an ally to its winged friends.
Bird populations in North America have declined by three billion over the past 50 years - nearly the population of China and India combined.