The sight of these two newborn goslings has raised concerns for environment experts. (Bird Friendly London Ontario/Facebook)
The sight of two fuzzy goslings waddling after their mother on a dreary Wednesday afternoon in late December put Londoners in awe, but it’s also raising concerns among environment experts.
Brian Salt, director of Wildlife Rehabilitation at Salthaven in London, Ont., said he’s been seeing a lot of strange wildlife behaviour in the last few months.
“Eastern gray squirrels in this area, at least in southwestern Ontario, have had not two litters as they normally do spring and fall, but this year they had three and I’ve never seen that before,” said Salt.
‘It’s not likely that they’ll survive’
He’s also never seen geese hatch eggs in December in the last 40 years that he’s worked as a wildlife expert. But Salt is keeping an eye on the newborn London, Ont., goslings to help them survive the winter.
“Here we are in December and we’ve got goslings that are about a week old running around at University Hospital,” said Salt. “It’s not likely that they will survive.”
Source: Geese hatching eggs in winter? Experts concerned climate change is reshaping wildlife | CBC News
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