We Canadians have some of the most renowned nature right in our backyards.
And this spring, we are celebrating it like never before.
Welcome to Hello Spring.
[Music] Hello everyone.
My name is Connel.
I'm a wildlife conservationist and educator living on Vancouver Island.
And I'll be your guide to all things spring.
Hello Spring is a platform to share and celebrate Canada's incredible spring.
And we want to see a glimpse of what spring looks like where you are, share your photos
and videos using the hashtag #hellospringCBC.
Each week, we'll be recapping and highlighting some of the ones that you send in for us.
After a long, cold winter, like no other it's finally time for us to say hello spring.
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What better way to start them with that glorious yellow breasted chat.
Thanks to Michael Bezener from the En'owkin centre in Penticton for sending that into
us, that is a migratory species.
So that chat has come all the way from Mexico to spend spring with us here in Canada.
As you can see, we've already been getting some amazing content and some of the footage
has been coming from our spring spy cams. These remote cameras have been set up by our cinematographers
and they're picking up all sorts of wildlife.
Spring for wildlife is packed full of activities from showing off, looking for love, feeding
hungry mouths, looking after some very cute babies and even a bit of spring cleaning.
Our spring spy cameras have been capturing all of it.
And the best thing is that just getting started, who knows what's going to walk past them in
the next few weeks.
During lockdown many of you parents might be homeschooling and have your hands full.
So I'm sure you'll be able to relate to our next family.
This is the red fox family in Quebec.
Red foxes are found right across the country and are a species that you can see in our
most rural areas.
And even in our largest cities, like the center of Toronto.
A lot of our videos this week have been coming from our team of wildlife filmmakers who have
been out in their local areas capturing spring, including this fantastic footage of Anna's
hummingbirds.
You can see the adult feeding the young and they do feed them nectar, which is what the
adult is mostly feeding on, but they'll also feed them insects.
So things like fruit flies and spiders as well. Anna's hummingbirds spend all year on
the coast of British Columbia.
So you can see them through the seasons, but spring is the best time really to see them
displaying and also to see them out with their young.
Another amazing video that we got sent in was from Cindy Procter, have a look at how
many hummingbirds Cindy got at her feeder in Lumby BC.
This unbelievable footage shows two species of hummingbirds.
You can see the Calliope hummingbirds, which have that stripey neck and the Rufous, which
are the more orangy coloured.
Hummingbirds are a really important part of ecosystem, they're vital pollinators for many
plants and a lot of native species right across the country rely specifically on hummingbirds
in order to survive.
The last species we'll be covering is our Canada geese.
We've been watching this nest all week, just waiting for those eggs to hatch. They're nesting
in Stonewall, Manitoba, and after seeing just eggs for such a long time, we finally got
to see something amazing happen.
Can you see that tiny little chick peeking out from under their mom?
And we didn't have to wait too long before it was joined by more and we were so excited
to finally see them all hatch safely.
Now remember, we want to know who's showing off where you are, what local wildlife do
you see in your area?
Who's visiting your feeders?
Let us know, share those photos and videos using that hashtag #hellospringCBC.
And here are some of the ones that we received this week.
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What a start we've had.
And it's only going to be getting busier here on Hello Spring.
We can't wait to see what things you are going to send into us.
What our spy cameras are going to pick up.
And what our wildlife filmmakers have gone out and captured this week as well, make sure
that you tune in next time, stay safe and I'll see you on the next video.
Bye.