2022 City Nature Challenge April 29 - May 2
Started in 2016 as a competition between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the City Nature Challenge (CNC) has grown into an international event, motivating people around the world to find and document
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terry carr
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Virtual Bird Monitoring and Banding Workshop
The Vancouver Avian Research Centre is pleased to offer our acclaimed Virtual Bird Monitoring and Banding Workshop: * May 7-8 This program is perfect for people with little to no bird banding
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Derek Matthews
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Re: Surrey's City Nature Challenge, April 29-May 2!
Thank you, Derek, that is kind of you to say, and appreciated! Pamela Sent: April 19, 2022 3:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Surrey's City Nature Challenge, April 29-May 2!
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Pamela Zevit
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Re: Surrey's City Nature Challenge, April 29-May 2!
Thanks Pamela ¨C It really is so good to see cities like the City of Surrey working to conserve biodiversity like this. We all know the environmental issues facing our birds and other wildlife in
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Derek Matthews
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Surrey's City Nature Challenge, April 29-May 2!
Hello everyone! We are excited to be heading into our 3rd annual City Nature
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Pamela Zevit
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Whooper Swan in the Yukon
Check out the article, including a photo: https://www.yukon-news.com/life/whooper-swan-far-from-home-spotted-in-the-yukon/ keith taylor victoria bc
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pat.mary.taylor
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Newest Birds of Vancouver Island
This book can be viewed in PDF form at the links below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F34HPP5GGQfTzeDGj0IJpDFb9OT18Sl2/view?usp=sharing above passerines
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pat.mary.taylor
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Re: Small raptor (possibly Merlin) calling in White Rock yesterday evening
Thanks Mahara, then it might be the same bird as I saw because I saw it in the same area. wrote: -- Nikhil Patwardhan
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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Re: Keeping bird baths hygienic
Thanks Daniel and Derek Derek, the video is amazing, it helps me get an idea about what I could do. Many thanks. Nikhil wrote:
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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Re: Keeping bird baths hygienic
Sorry Nikhil ¨C that was an older video and much longer ¨C this is the one I meant to point you to from June last year! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqJ8Ijg2uc0 Derek Sent: April 9, 2022 4:27 PM
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Derek Matthews
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Re: Keeping bird baths hygienic
Hi Nikhil, The only real solution is to have running fresh water. We have a number of water features in our garden specifically designed for birds, and each has circulating water that is fed by a drip
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Derek Matthews
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Re: Small raptor (possibly Merlin) calling in White Rock yesterday evening
Hi, One of our White Rock and Surrey Naturalists has one in her backyard, near Maple and Kent between 14th and 15th. Mahara
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Mahara Sinclaire
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Re: Keeping bird baths hygienic
Nikhil¡. my mom used to have the same problem with her bird bath. The birds would always make a mess. I think a bath with flowing water (like a fountain) eases the problem somewhat but only a
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Daniel Bastaja
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Re: Small raptor (possibly Merlin) calling in White Rock yesterday evening
Hi Nikhil, I see that Merlin fairly often while walking in my neighbourhood... sometimes around Baker View Park and to the streets east of it. As someone mentioned they are nesting in the area.
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Mike Newey
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Keeping bird baths hygienic
I recently have started maintaining a bird bath in the backyard that's attracting a lot of juncos, a few pine siskins, and rarely a black squirrel or chickadee. The juncos love to bathe especially on
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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Re: Small raptor (possibly Merlin) calling in White Rock yesterday evening
Thanks everyone, I'll keep an eye out for it whenever I go that way again.
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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Re: Small raptor (possibly Merlin) calling in White Rock yesterday evening
Hi Nikhil, The call is indeed that of a Merlin and, at this time of year, I believe that this is a ¡°territorial¡± call. I live in South Surrey and, adjacent to my home, there is a grove of tall
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ian@...
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Re: Small raptor (possibly Merlin) calling in White Rock yesterday evening
I agree with Dan, Nikhil. We had Merlins nesting in what looked like an old Crow¡¯s nest high up in the conifers at the back of our place at the top of the north shore, and they were constantly
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Derek Matthews
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Re: Small raptor (possibly Merlin) calling in White Rock yesterday evening
Sounds like a Merlin Nikhil. It may have a nest nearby in the tall conifers. That¡¯s why it is hanging around and being so vocal. My brother out in Maple Ridge has a lot of very tall conifers in his
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Daniel Bastaja
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Small raptor (possibly Merlin) calling in White Rock yesterday evening
Yesterday evening while on a walk, around 6:00 pm I saw a small falcon land atop a very tall conifer in White Rock some distance away. There were some high-pitched sounds coming from the general
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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