I run a fishing Guide…

I run a fishing Guide business out of Toronto for the last 3 years and have fished around Toronto for the last 30 years. The cormorants are constantly expanding there range and colonies along the Humber River in Toronto. I have witnessed more and more birds sitting in all the deep pools and dams along the Humber River feeding there the whole season as well as starting to colonize the surrounding trees. Fishing the lake we witness packs of birds by the thousands that work like a well oiled machine diving along the Toronto island waterfront feeding on fish. The birds at the back of the pack will fly to the front creating a line that moves along consuming whatever is in reach. These lines of birds can be a mile plus long!! The lake has changed over the years with different accessible bait fish (alewife) to cormorants and lack of predators to keep them in check (bald eagles). Balance is needed to create a environment that all species of birds and fish can thrive in.