Colin Weir, Executive Director and Founder of the Alberta Birds of Prey Foundation.

By Connor Gunn

FortisAlberta gives funding and “Mosquito Terminator” to Birds of Prey Centre

Jun 24, 2021 | 2:23 PM

COALDALE, AB – At the Alberta Birds’ of Prey Centre in Coaldale, they are unveiling their newest project with the help of FortisAlberta.

The “Mosquito Terminator” is a barn swallow nesting platform designed to provide a nesting site for these
natural mosquito predators.

Employees from the FortisAlberta Lethbridge office placed the pole for the structure at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre during an unveiling event Thursday.

FortisAlberta donated $50,000 to the centre, meaning their total contributions to date are $720,000.

Employee for FortisAlberta Kelly Weatherall, designed the “Mosquito Terminator” and constructed the project, and is an avid volunteer with the Sarcee Fish and Game Association.

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Weatherall says the nesting platform for the barn swallows will not only help the birds live but also provide around-the-clock extermination of the local mosquito population.

“Bats eat thousands of mosquitos at night, barn swallows do that in the day. We’ll have them fed and working 24 hours a day.”

Below is an image of the “mosquito terminator” structure.

Mosquito Terminator structure

With the help of FortisAlberta and the Sarcee Fish and Game Association, the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre can now care for these barn swallows in a way like most habitats cannot.

The Sarcee Fish and Game Association conserves habitats for game and non-game animals to ensure hunting and fishing will be available for now and for the future.

Find more information at the Alberta Birds of Prey here.

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