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NV NATIONAL BIG BACKYARD BIOBLITZ 2026 REPORT

NV NATIONAL BIG BACKYARD BIOBLITZ 2026 REPORT

Report from John Martin Congratulations to all those who participated in the sixth annual Big Backyard BioBlitz. You made a big contribution to community science across Canada A whopping 11,000+ BioBlitzers across the country made this year’s event a wild success! Together, you shared 63,000+ photos and audio recordings, including 6,000+ unique species observations. In British Columbia, this includes 119 different types of birds and 589 different types of insects. All that data creates a snapshot of nature in British…

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SKETCHING SONGBIRDS: NATURE JOURNALING AT IONA BANDING STATION – MAY 17, 2026

SKETCHING SONGBIRDS: NATURE JOURNALING AT IONA BANDING STATION – MAY 17, 2026

Report by Joanna Chin Seventeen participants gathered at the Iona Beach Regional Park banding station for this joint WildResearch and Nature Vancouver event co-led by Neill Vanhinsberg and Joanna Chin as part of the Vancouver Bird Celebration. Weather started partly cloudy at approximately 12°C and warmed to around 16°C by the end of the session. Participants met in the parking lot, where Neill passed around the sign-up sheet and loaner binoculars before the group walked together toward the banding station….

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INATURALIST CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2026 REPORT

INATURALIST CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2026 REPORT

from John Martin Thanks for your commitment to organizing and participating in this year’s iNaturalist City Nature Challenge. It looks like we had over 40 Canadian cities participating this year and 754 cities world-wide participated! That’s solid representation for Canada once again with our local project being the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD). From April 24–27 2026, over 106,350 people across 754 cities, 61 countries, and 6 continents stepped outside and noticed the nature around them. Together, they made over…

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QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK BIRD SURVEYS

QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK BIRD SURVEYS

Submitted by Rémi Torrenta After the attractions projects that got approved earlier this Spring at Queen Elizabeth Park, Birds Canada has launched a volunteer survey project that will assess the impacts of development on the avifauna of the park (by comparing birds before, during and after development). The standardized survey protocol consists of 5-min stationary surveys at 9 locations within the park.   The instructions to participate are available from THIS LINK. Data is collected on the NatureCounts app (it’s pretty simple and…

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2025 VANCOUVER CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT

2025 VANCOUVER CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT

Report by Michelle Baudais The weather for the 69th Annual Vancouver Christmas Bird count was cool (6-7C) and overcast, with a few scattered showers and moderate winds of 10-25 km/h. Our team of 218 volunteers counted a total of 119 species on count day, including 47,772 American Crows and 4376 American Wigeon (more than double last year’s number). More than 99,000 individual birds were counted in total. Notable rarities found were a Tufted Duck, a White-faced/Glossy Ibis, and a Harris’s…

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NATURE VANCOUVER CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT – CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2025

NATURE VANCOUVER CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT – CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2025

Have Fun and Support Nature at the same time! Are you looking for a good reason to get outdoors that also helps nature and is fun for everyone? There is a great challenge for you and it’s easy and free to do. The City Nature Challenge 2025 is an opportunity for individuals or groups to spend time outdoors, make observations of nature and document them in a way that allows others to get a better understanding of biodiversity in the Vancouver area….

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2024 VANCOUVER CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT

2024 VANCOUVER CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT

Report by Peter Candido The 2024 Vancouver Christmas Bird Count took place on Saturday December 14th.  On count day a powerful windstorm swept over the Vancouver area with gusts up to 100 kph. This severely affected observation conditions, particularly in areas near the water. Heavy wave action made visibility of birds on the water extremely difficult, and coverage of Area Y (English Bay) by boat was not possible.  This explains the low numbers of sea ducks, cormorants, grebes and loons on the count. Coverage of forested…

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CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2024

CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2024

April 26-29 Have Fun and Support Nature at the same time! Are you looking for a good reason to get outdoors that also helps nature and is fun for everyone? There is a great challenge for you and it’s easy and free to do. The City Nature Challenge 2024 is an opportunity for individuals or groups to spend time outdoors, make observations of nature and document them in a way that allows others to get a better understanding of biodiversity wherever they…

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FALSE CREEK OYSTER QUADRAT SURVEY # 1 & 2

FALSE CREEK OYSTER QUADRAT SURVEY # 1 & 2

Charleson Park, July 16th & 30th Report by Janet Snell & Marjo Vierros The second phase of the False Creek Oyster survey has begun with the intention of providing more detailed information about the oyster beds in False Creek that we had previously surveyed using iNaturalist. Two separate quadrat surveys were held at Charleson Park with the help of many able volunteers.  From one of our Quadrat Survey team leaders, Marjo Vierros, a marine biologist, here is an excerpt from…

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FALSE CREEK OYSTER SURVEY #6

FALSE CREEK OYSTER SURVEY #6

David Lam Park West and Around the Corner Text and photos by Janet Snell On a sunny Monday, July 3rd, another iNaturalist oyster survey was carried out at David Lam Park (West) with nine volunteers. We were continuing the survey begun two weeks earlier and continued west along the rocky shoreline of the park. The beach at the innermost location is composed of large and small cobbles at a shallow slope which flattens out at the lowest inter-tidal level where…

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