Rescue group in B.C. captures wrong way warbler that should be wintering far to the south | 24CA News

A tiny warbler noticed flying in a Vancouver parking storage will not be solely on the incorrect facet of the nation, it is on the incorrect continent for this time of 12 months.

The Wildlife Rescue Association says the chook was noticed in Vancouver on Nov. 30 close to Vancouver’s Riverfront Park earlier than it “fell off the radar” on Dec. 4. It was noticed two days later in a parking storage and captured with out incident out of concern for its well being. 

“These birds are normally found around Costa Rica and Panama at this time of year,” mentioned affiliation supervisor Jackie McQuillan. “We can all imagine that as chilly as it is outside, this bird was struggling a little bit.”

McQuillan mentioned the chook’s vibrant plumage made it stand out amid Vancouver’s panorama. 

“They look like a little ball of sunshine, to be quite honest,” she mentioned. “They’re a brilliant colour of yellow, and at this time of year when there’s not a lot of leaves on the trees and such, they really do stand out.”

It’s solely the eleventh time the brilliant yellow chook has been noticed in B.C., and McQuillan says the species would usually migrate in summer season to Quebec and Ontario.

The chook, which is an endangered species, must be in South America or across the Gulf of Mexico proper now.

McQuillan says they are not positive how the chook acquired right here, however they wish to watch out how they launch it and imagine it would wrestle to outlive a protracted aircraft journey to its wintering grounds.

Instead, she says they suppose it will be greatest to overwinter the chook of their centre, then launch it to affix a flock of native warblers once they return within the spring.