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🌿 Report on Hike in West Vancouver Arbutus grove April 2nd, 2025

Monday, April 7, 2025 Denis Laplante

Three hikers walked from Cranleigh Dr and Bluebell Dr in West Vancouver (near Marine Dr, to avoid $25 pay parking), and walked up Nelson Creek in the general direction of the old helipad, steep in places. This hike was posted on Nature Vancouver Events Calendar with very short notice, after a report from a friend that the Manzanitas were in flower – they were glorious. There are also thousands of Arbutus in this area, but not yet in flower. We…

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Identifying Trees at English Bay

Monday, March 31, 2025 Kelly Sekhon

Submitted by Nina Shoroplova Twenty seven of us gathered in Alexandra Park, Vancouver, on the morning of Saturday, March 22, to learn about the 160-plus trees that have been planted (including a few that are native) along English Bay Beach Park and Sunset Beach Park. We admired the Heritage Red Oak,[i] perhaps planted on the first day of the new century, January 1, 1901.[ii] (Caroline took the photo at the end of the walk, which is why no one is there!)…

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Birding in Terra Nova Natural Area

Monday, March 31, 2025 Kelly Sekhon

Submitted by Jan Lowcock Everyone had an eye on the weather forecast as 21 Nature Vancouver members and guests joined Neill and Jan for a birding field trip to Terra Nova Park in Richmond on March 29. The parking lot was active from the start with a flyover of 4 Sandhill Cranes and observation of one immature and 2 adult bald eagles. Stiff winds over the water made for an interesting flight pattern and view of a Pileated Woodpecker. We…

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Nature Vancouver 2025 Annual Photo Show

Monday, March 31, 2025 Kelly Sekhon

Submitted by Adam Wang The Nature Vancouver 2025 Annual Photo Show was a spectacular celebration of nature’s beauty and the artistic talent within our community. This year’s event was nothing short of inspiring, with 147 breathtaking photographs submitted by 38 passionate members. The engagement was truly remarkable, as 48 members cast a total of 276 votes, carefully selecting their favorite images from an outstanding collection. Event Timeline and PresentationThe submission window, open from February 1 to February 28, saw an influx…

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Trip Report – Birding in Stanley Park 23.03.2025 parts 1&2

Sunday, March 23, 2025 Michelle Baudais

Stanley Park is a popular destination! Harvey and Michelle posted their March 23 walk to enews and Meetup and the Meetup slots filled in about 1/2 an hour, so we decided to run two walks on the 23rd: one in the morning and one in the afternoon. However we had no way of predicting the atmospheric river that was forecast for Sunday. Many attendees canceled and in the end only 10 hardy birders joined us under the heron rookery at…

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Nature Walk along Burnaby Lake and Brunette River

Monday, March 17, 2025 Kelly Sekhon

Trip Report by Bev Ramey On 16 March 2025, Kelly Sekhon led a group of nine on a lovely spring walk from Still Creek, along the North side trails of Burnaby Lake and down the Brunette River. We followed about ten kilometres of trails including the Brunette-Fraser Regional Greenway to Hume Park. We enjoyed sightings of several birds along the way and especially the close-up views of the rich assortment of birds at Piper Spit and the viewing tower where…

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In Memoriam – John Toochin

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Kelly Sekhon

Submitted by Peter Ward and Ken Hall It is with great sadness we report the loss of our lifelong birding friend John. John passed away on February 27th, 2025 at the age of 91. John joined the Nature Vancouver (Vancouver Natural History Society) in 1959 and was a Lifetime member. He contributed a great deal to the Birding Section of Nature Vancouver in the sixties and seventies. He led field trips to most of the key birding locations in the lower…

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Birding Field Trip: Pitt Addington Marsh March 1st

Sunday, March 2, 2025 Michelle Baudais

Trip leaders Harvey Dueck and Michelle Baudais had originally planned to lead a trip to Pitt Lake in early February, but one of the attractions was the opportunity to see Trumpeter Swans. That’s not very practical if most of the lake and marsh is frozen. So we delayed and were happy to find open water and clear skies when we arrived at the Grant Narrows parking lot on the morning of Saturday March 1st. The trip began with scope views…

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Birding Field Trip: Terra Nova 12 Feb 2025

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Michelle Baudais

The walk at Terra Nova that was scheduled for Saturday February 8th was cancelled due to icy trail conditions, but a few of us looked ahead at the forecast and saw warmer temperatures predicted for mid-week and decided to reschedule to Wednesday for those who were available. Unfortunately it wasn’t warmer! Four brave birders joined Harvey Dueck and Michelle Baudais for a beautiful sunny morning of birding, but the paths remained icy and we had to move slowly to stay…

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BC Bats Show No Sign of Infection from White-nose Syndrome – Public Asked to Report Bat Sightings

Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kelly Sekhon

Press Release from BC Community Bat Program – February 3, 2025 The BC Community Bat Programs, in collaboration with the Province of BC, are asking the public for help in the effort to detect and prevent the spread of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats. Residents are urged to report any bat activity observed in winter and any sick or dead bats found before May 31st. There have not been any bats with WNS found to date in BC, but PseudogymnoascusDestructans (Pd),…

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