Kids, Parents and Teachers from Bowen Island's Island Discovery Learning Community explore a local clay deposit with geologist and mayor Bob Turner:
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
2011 Outings!
As you may have noticed in your mailboxes, the year's outings are planned and awaiting our enthusiastic footsteps! We've also posted them here, (link in the right-hand column of this blog).
The outings consist of some of the annual favourites, such as the camping trip, Low Tide Sea Creatures Day, and Bowfest Ask-An-Expert, as well as a few new things, like a trip to Mud Lake, the Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Christina Islet, and also the weekly Nature Club (F)unschool! We hope to see you for many of these exciting events!
The outings consist of some of the annual favourites, such as the camping trip, Low Tide Sea Creatures Day, and Bowfest Ask-An-Expert, as well as a few new things, like a trip to Mud Lake, the Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Christina Islet, and also the weekly Nature Club (F)unschool! We hope to see you for many of these exciting events!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Christmas Bird Count Stats
Christmas Bird Count Results | ||
for Bowen Island - Dec.28/2010 | ||
Species | Seen on Count Day | Seen During Count Week |
Canada Goose | 11 | 0 |
Mallard | 9 | 0 |
Greater Scaup | 7 | 0 |
Surf Scoter | 3501 | 0 |
Black Scoter | 10 | 1 |
Bufflehead | 26 | 0 |
Common Goldeneye | 24 | 0 |
Barrow's Goldeneye | 162 | 0 |
Hooded Merganser | 4 | 0 |
Common Merganser | 4 | 0 |
Red-breasted Merganser | 1 | 0 |
Duck sp. | 18 | 0 |
Common Loon | 1 | 1 |
grebe spp. | 1 | 0 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 6 | 0 |
Pelagic Cormorant | 11 | 0 |
cormorant spp. | 1 | 0 |
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) | 5 | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 25 | 1 |
Blad Eagle - Immature | 11 | 0 |
Accipiter sp. | 1 | 0 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 2 | 0 |
Merlin | 1 | 0 |
Black Oystercatcher | 1 | 0 |
Black Turnstone | 0 | 1 |
Surfbird | 35 | 0 |
Bonaparte's Gull | 11 | 0 |
Mew Gull | 177 | 0 |
Thayer's Gull | 0 | 1 |
Glaucous-winged Gull | 148 | 0 |
gull spp. | 49 | 0 |
Marbled Murrelet | 4 | 0 |
Barred Owl | 0 | 1 |
Anna's Hummingbird | 8 | 0 |
Belted Kingfisher | 3 | 0 |
Downy Woodpecker | 2 | 0 |
Hairy Woodpecker | 1 | 0 |
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker | 33 | 0 |
Pileated Woodpecker | 2 | 2 |
Woodpecker spp. | 1 | 0 |
Steller's Jay | 39 | 0 |
Northwestern Crow | 144 | 0 |
Common Raven | 49 | 0 |
Black-capped Chickadee | 96 | 0 |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee | 94 | 0 |
chickadee sp. | 9 | 0 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | 14 | 0 |
Brown Creeper | 4 | 0 |
Bewick's Wren | 1 | 0 |
Winter Wren | 52 | 0 |
American Dipper | 1 | 0 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 259 | 0 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 5 | 0 |
kinglet sp. | 3 | 0 |
American Robin | 2 | 0 |
Varied Thrush | 52 | 0 |
European Starling | 22 | 0 |
Townsend's Warbler | 1 | 0 |
Spotted Towhee | 75 | 0 |
Fox Sparrow | 20 | 0 |
Song Sparrow | 58 | 0 |
White-crowned Sparrow | 1 | 0 |
sparrow spp. | 12 | 0 |
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco | 271 | 0 |
Dark-eyed (Slate) Junco | 1 | 0 |
Purple Finch | 0 | 1 |
House Finch | 9 | 0 |
Pine Siskin | 36 | 0 |
TOTAL | 5647 | 10 |
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Have You Seen any Frogs, Newts, or Salamanders, recently?
Greg Ferguson is undertaking a project this spring and summer to document the presence, distribution, and composition of amphibian species on Bowen Island. He will also be documenting sightings of introduced amphibians and reptiles (e.g., snakes, lizards, and turtles). Data collected will be compiled and made available to stakeholders involved in the project. Information uses may include future amphibian monitoring and management projects, conservation-based land-use management (e.g., habitat enhancement and restoration), and long-term maintenance of Bowen Island’s habitats and species. All these uses combine to help make Bowen Island a more sustainable environment and community.
Images:
Top: Pacific Chorus Frog
Bottom: egg cluster of Red-Legged Frog, Blue-listed, and considered Vulnerable
Also see BC Frogwatch, provided by B.C.'s Ministry of Environment:
Images:
Top: Pacific Chorus Frog
Bottom: egg cluster of Red-Legged Frog, Blue-listed, and considered Vulnerable
- Download the sighting form: Bowen Island Amphibian Sighting Record Form.doc and submit directly to Greg at bowenislandamphibian@gmail.com.
- If you have any questions or would like to talk further about having your property surveyed for amphibians, please contact Greg Ferguson at 604-349-4760.
Also see BC Frogwatch, provided by B.C.'s Ministry of Environment:
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
What is Nature Worth?
Hello Bowen Nature Clubbers,
With all the current discussion abounding amongst us about Bowen's natural
heritage, we thought the following 3 min. short video provides some
interesting facts and information about how we value the benefits of nature.
Enjoy!
A very informative .pdf about our own local Nature Capital Project is available for download, here:
Natural Capital in BC's Lower Mainland: Valuing the benefits from nature
With all the current discussion abounding amongst us about Bowen's natural
heritage, we thought the following 3 min. short video provides some
interesting facts and information about how we value the benefits of nature.
Enjoy!
A very informative .pdf about our own local Nature Capital Project is available for download, here:
Natural Capital in BC's Lower Mainland: Valuing the benefits from nature
Sunday, January 23, 2011
National Park Survey
Council's national park advisory committee has put a survey online regarding the National Park proposal. It's quick and easy, so hopefully people will take a moment to fill it out:
http://www.bowenparkinfo.ca/NPCAC/Welcome.html
http://www.bowenparkinfo.ca/NPCAC/Welcome.html
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