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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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LEARNING FROM THE LAND WALK TRIP REPORT – MAY 10, 2026

LEARNING FROM THE LAND WALK TRIP REPORT – MAY 10, 2026

Trip report by Joanna Chin This Learning from the Land walk, organized by Nature Vancouver as part of the Vancouver Bird Celebration, brought together 27 participants for a morning of shared listening, observation, history, and natural history at Jericho Beach. LoriAnn Bird, Ryan Regier, and Joanna Chin each brought different perspectives to the walk. LoriAnn Bird shared knowledge as an Indigenous Métis herbalist, Ryan Regier brought his knowledge of trees and local history, and Joanna Chin guided participants through bird…

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BUS TRIP TO CHEAM LAKE WETLANDS REGIONAL PARK

BUS TRIP TO CHEAM LAKE WETLANDS REGIONAL PARK

Trip report by Cynthia Crampton  On September 25th, 24 members of Nature Vancouver, travelled by a chartered bus, to spend the day at the Cheam Lake Wetlands Regional Park in Rosedale, near Chilliwack. Members of Chilliwack Nature club, Fernando and Paulina Selles who also volunteer in the park, were our guides. Another volunteer showed our group some newly hatched Turtles, which were to be released later in the Day. We all enjoyed a day of birding and exploring.

NATURE JOURNAL AND BIRDING: AN INTRODUCTION

NATURE JOURNAL AND BIRDING: AN INTRODUCTION

Report & Photos Submitted by Joanna Chin On May 25th, during the Vancouver Bird Celebration week, we had a full house with 18 participants for “Nature Journal and Birding: An Introduction” event. We met at Iona Beach Regional Park on the West side of the outer ponds. It was a beautiful sunny day with a light breeze, and we set-up our chairs in a circular formation conducive for conversations and learning from each other. I started off with a land acknowledgement…

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2023 CITY NATURE CHALLENGE – VANCOUVER AREA

2023 CITY NATURE CHALLENGE – VANCOUVER AREA

Report and Photos by John Martin April 28 2023 – May 01 2023 The City Nature Challenge is an annual event that happens simultaneously on the same dates around the world. Vancouver is now one of well over 400 cities participating worldwide with a total of 41 across Canada alone in 2023. Nature Vancouver held 4 separate walks in our regional parks during this event. The weather held out on almost all days with just a bit of rain on…

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NATURE VANCOUVER TRIP TO ADAMS RIVER

NATURE VANCOUVER TRIP TO ADAMS RIVER

Trip Report by Cynthia Crampton From October 11th to 13th, 2022, thirty-two members of Nature Vancouver participated in this trip to witness the dominant year migration of the sockeye salmon. Twenty members traveled by Enjoy the Journey chartered bus, and twelve by private vehicles. We all stayed at the Sorrento Conference Centre, on the Shuswap Lake. After reaching the Centre, some of them settled in but most of them went down to visit Shuswap Lake, on the property.   Next day –…

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THE SOUL OF THE FRASER – A DOCUMENTARY

THE SOUL OF THE FRASER – A DOCUMENTARY

Submitted by Adele Liu A local documentary producer – NERV Productions takes you on a journey of the Fraser Estuary.  See the trailer below. The full documentary will be made available free of charge on Youtube in August.  Where millions of birds and billions of fish once thrived, now mere thousands struggle to co-exist with the unregulated growth of Metro-Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. Local filmmakers Brendan Chu and Chris Jenkins explore the Fraser Estuary, the original river delta beneath…

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CITY NATURE CHALLENGE – 2022

CITY NATURE CHALLENGE – 2022

Submitted by John Martin – May 10 Update Hello: I thought I would post the results from iNaturalist for this year’s “City Nature Challenge 2022”.Here is the link. City Nature Challenge 2022: Greater Vancouver · iNaturalist Canada For the record, my user id on inaturalist is “NorthVanDad” and as you can see, I was able to post the most observations and the highest species count for this event. There were many great observations besides mine and from all accounts the city of…

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DUAL YOU LOVE ME? LOVE DARTS AND PULMONATE SNAILS

DUAL YOU LOVE ME? LOVE DARTS AND PULMONATE SNAILS

Submitted by Caroline Penn A chance encounter with a Pacific Sideband Snail on a hiking trail on the slopes of Mt. Tuam on Salt Spring Island this fall led me to learn about the intriguing reproductive details of these snails. Much like the Cupid (or Eros) of ancient mythology, these snails make use of a love dart during their mating ritual, which enhances their reproductive outcome. The Sideband snail, Genus Monadenia, is already unique in that it is a pulmonate…

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