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Recognizing World Migratory Bird Day

This World Migratory Bird Day, J.D. Irving, Limited is recognizing the role that it plays in maintaining biodiversity in the working forest.

When the forest is your office, there's a responsibility to maintain the important ecosystems that wildlife call home. Part of the way J.D. Irving, Limited does this is through partnerships with environmental and community groups as well as universities. These relationships allow for the identification, conservation and study of local flora and fauna.

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J.D. Irving, Limited partnered with scientists at National Resources Canada, Carleton University and the Canadian Wildlife Service in 2016 for a five-year songbird habitat research project in the Black Brook district of northern New Brunswick, which focused in part on Canada warbler and olive-sided flycatchers. These two species are listed as species of Special Concern under COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada). 

For the Canada warbler in particular, the features of the Black Brook area are consistent with their typical habitat. These birds are frequently found in mixedwood but also softwood areas. 

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Initial research shows that there is an important amount of habitat for these two species in the managed forests of Black Brook and that these species (and many others) are flexible in their habitat selection. Why is this important? It means that managed forests support abundant habitat for two songbird species of concern.

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