This piece was originally published in Canada’s National Observer and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. This morning, my 79-year-old dad was out in the winter dark shoveling a path through a half-foot of fresh snow to ensure his hummingbird feeders were full of fresh, sugary liquid by dawn’s first light. And it wasn’t the first time. He’s one of a legion of residents across southwestern British Columbia and Vancouver Island on a crusade to ensure resident Anna’s hummingbirds don’t perish in the unusually cold weather gripping…
