Climate change is pushing American birds further north, into Canada. Way to go Toronto Star on picking up on this!According to the Audubon Society's most recent report, warmer weather in the US has led to the range expansion of 58% of species observed in the Christmas Bird Count. These birds are moving further north into the colder weather.
This may sound crazy at first, but it really makes a lot of sense. The birds aren't equipped to deal with warmer temperatures so they move further north (into Canada) to where the temperatures are closer to the seasonal range that they are used to.
The biggest problem now is how to reverse this trend. The most obvious solution would be to reverse the temperature changes, unfortunately this is a complicated issue that isn't fully understood yet. The best solution for now is a band aid one at best: conserve the suitable habitats that currently exist and hope that the species can hold on for long enough until the temperature changes are at least halted.
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