Here are a couple links to articles defending non-native species. Perhaps we’ve gone overboard when we consider that all non-native species are bad for the environment and must be removed.
All photos were taken in Hyde Park (Chicago) during the last few weeks. Habitat destruction at Wooded Isle photos are at the end of this post
Bohemian waxwing
Bohemian waxwing
male and female white-winged scoter
Female red-breasted merganser with a few white-winged scoters
moonrise over Lake MIchigan
sunrise over Lake Michigan
mystery track with 2 inch red ball for scale
common merganser showing off red foot
lots of healthy trees cut down
middle of the wooded isle
near Osaka Garden
lots of very old, very big trees were cut down, dogs for scale
wood chips from all the trees cut down, dog for scale
Poplar trees cut down from bobolink meadow
brush cut down, lots of habitat for nesting birds removed
Young oak tree–all replacement trees are going to be 3 inches wide
red oshier dogwood taken out too. Don’t know why it was on the hit list, native and not invasive
