Doublecrested Cormorant Humber Bay Park (Toronto, Canada) 2005
The double-crested cormorant is a native bird to Ontario. Cormorants were almost wiped out by the insecticide DDT in the 1950s and '60s. Their historic comeback in Ontario has led many to.
What to do with cormorants? Ontario says shoot them Cottage Life
Ontario's new cormorant hunt is welcome news to anglers, hunters, and recreational boaters, as well as shoreline property owners. But for the hunt to have any real impact on mitigating the ecological mess caused by high concentrations of these fish-devouring birds, there needs to be buy-in from hunters.
Ontario government opens 'fall harvest' on cormorant — Lindsay Advocate
In July 2020, Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry announced the controversial hunt, allowing hunters with an outdoors card and small game licence to kill up to 15 birds a day from.
Ontario announces annual doublecrested cormorant fall hunting season
Ontario's government has passed a new hunting regulation that will allow hunters who hold small game permits - that's approximately 197,000 hunters - to kill up to 15 cormorants a day. The new hunting season will run from September 15 to December 31 - a total of 111 days.
Great Cormorant by R Thew BirdGuides
STATEMENT: Bird Studies Canada (BSC) expresses its deep concern regarding the proposal to establish a hunting season for the Double-crested Cormorant in Ontario through amendment to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and supporting regulations. As a science-based conservation organization, with decades of experience monitoring bird.
Doublecrested Cormorant Bird Photography Ornithology
The cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae) is a family of predominantly black birds with hooked, laterally compressed bills, naked, coloured skin on the throat and noticeably stiff tail feathers. Highly adapted to an aquatic environment (eg, all toes are connected by a web), cormorants are awkward on land.
Lake Ontario Cormorants Birds in forums
In Ontario, it's open season on cormorants. But is the hunt based on science? By Emma McIntosh | News, Politics | August 13th 2020 Many people don't like double-crested cormorants, but scientists and advocates say the birds have been unfairly maligned. Photo courtesy Gail Fraser Climate journalism is urgent.
Avithera Great Cormorant
A Facebook page dedicated to Ontario cormorant hunters, shows some are concerned about mistaking these birds for other species. (Ontario Cormorant Hunters/Facebook) Hobson is urging the OFAH to change course, and request that the provincial government end the cull. On its website, the OFAH describes itself as an organization with a "passion.
DoubleCrested Cormorant Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
Ontario's Newest Game Bird: Should We Be Hunting Cormorants? — Subarctic Angling On July 30th, 2020, the Ontario government passed into law a new hunting season for a species that has long been seen as a nuisance to…
Doublecrested Cormorant in Burlington, Ontario. Birds of Ontario
Cormorant hunt lacks scientific basis, 51 experts say in open letter to Ontario minister. The group has already managed to get some concessions from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
Lake Ontario cormorants gobble round gobies, fewer sport fish, study
On Sept. 15, Ontario allowed a hunt of the large fish-eating birds, after the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry concluded the cormorants were harming fish stocks and damaging natural.
Those Incredible Cormorants Bird Canada
Cormorants have been vilified for centuries. A European settler in 1634 objected that cormorants "destroy abundance of small fish." Consider the numbers: If a thousand small game hunters achieved the daily bag limit of 15 birds per day for 10 days, this would eliminate the entire breeding population of cormorants in Ontario.
Cormorant Hunt Proposed in Ontario Door County Pulse
History Fact Sheet Double-crested Cormorants in Ontario History Double-crested Cormorants are not new to Ontario; they are known to have been a resident of Lake of the Woods since 1798. The earliest nesting record for cormorants in Ontario is from Black Bay in Lake Superior in 1920.
Great Cormorant by R Thew BirdGuides
A double-crested cormorant surfaces after catching dinner. The Ontario ministry of natural resources and forestry announced a 'fall harvest' of cormorants this year. A hunter with a small game.
Pictures and information on Doublecrested Cormorant
The daily bag limit is 15 birds under the authority of your small game licence. See the MNRF's decision notice for full details, at www.ero.ontario.ca/notice/013-4124
Proposal to establish a hunting season for doublecrested cormorants in
The cormorant is a striking, dark bird that perches on rocks and cliffs. They live in large colonies across the continent. They're seen negatively by many of their human neighbours, but some.
