Happy World Wildlife Day! The results of your Canadian species votes
World Wildlife Day (Logo by CITES Secretariat)
Happy World Wildlife Day! In anticipation of this day, we have been asking our followers to vote for their favourite species in three categories — birds, mammals and reptiles and amphibians. Thank you to all who participated enthusiastically on the blog and on social media, where we heard about which species are special to you! We were also delighted to hear that some people loved all the species equally because they are all interconnected to one another and all hold a unique place in nature.
Make every day your own World Wildlife Day! By continuing to be fascinated by all wildlife species, this appreciation may help promote the importance of protecting their habitat in perpetuity.
Bird category: Burrowing owl
Congratulations to the burrowing owl for taking first place in this vote. Second place goes to the piping plover, who beat the dark-eyed junco by only seven votes!
Burrowing owls (Photo by Don Dabbs)
Mammals category: Canada lynx
The Canada lynx will sit on the throne of victory on this occasion but it might be a close three-way tie, since both the gray fox or moose were only about 40 votes away from first place at the time of publication!
The Canada lynx is a nationally endangered species, and it is provincially endangered in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (Photo by Mike Dembeck)
Reptiles and amphibians category: Blanding’s turtle
It must be that permanent sunshine of a smile on the Blanding’s turtle’s face that drew in the winning votes. Its other two competitors (the gray treefrog and four-toed salamander) will be ready for a rematch now that they’ve been better known by NCC’s followers!
Blanding's turtle, Frontenac Arch Natural Area, Ontario (Photo by Ryan M. Bolton)
