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Tuesday Birding
Tuesday Birding
October 2, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corner of Bowker Ave. and Bowker Place, Victoria
TUESDAY BIRDING Meets every Tuesday at the foot of Bowker Ave on the waterfront (off Beach Drive) at 9:00 a.m., rain or shine. Birding activities take place at various locations around Greater Victoria.
For more information call Bill Dancer at 250-721-5273 or Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or 250-721-0634. Novice and experienced VNHS members all welcome.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
October 3, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada
Every Wednesday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Bring your binoculars and walking shoes and meet in the parking lot for this informal and informative walk around the lake area. Walks are generally led by Victoria Natural History Society members. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is at 3873 Swan Lake Road, off Ralph Street. Note that the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Store in Shelbourne Plaza posts the bird reports from the Sunday walk.
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Saturday Birding - Panama Flats
Saturday Birding - Panama Flats
October 6, 2018 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Panama Flats, Roy Rd, Victoria, BC V8Z 2T7, Canada
The VNHS Saturday Morning Birding Group will go to Panama Flats this Sat Oct 6. Rick Schortinghuis will be your leader. Meet at 8:00 am. There will be some birds on the water plus a number of sparrows around the edges. Meet at the small parking lot near the playground. Turn off Interurban Road at Hyacinth and follow the road to the end. For more details, contact Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or 250-721-0634.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
October 7, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada
Every Wednesday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Bring your binoculars and walking shoes and meet in the parking lot for this informal and informative walk around the lake area. Walks are generally led by Victoria Natural History Society members. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is at 3873 Swan Lake Road, off Ralph Street. Note that the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Store in Shelbourne Plaza posts the bird reports from the Sunday walk.
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Monthly Butterfly Outing
Monthly Butterfly Outing
October 7, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Mount Tolmie Park, 3486-, 3492 Mayfair Dr, Victoria, BC V8P 4P9, Canada
FIELD TRIP (LEVEL 2)
Join Gordon Hart on the last of the season’s monthly Butterfly events. Each outing is intended to help us learn more about our local butterflies. This outing is weather dependent. It needs to be warm and sunny to make it worthwhile. We will start at the top of Mount Tolmie (off Cedar Hill Cross Rd). Meet at 1:00 p.m. in the lot by the reservoir where we will have an initial look for butterflies and then decide where to go from there.
Contact Gordon at (250) 721-1264 or butterflies@vicnhs.bc.ca for more information.
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Tuesday Birding
Tuesday Birding
October 9, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corner of Bowker Ave. and Bowker Place, Victoria
TUESDAY BIRDING Meets every Tuesday at the foot of Bowker Ave on the waterfront (off Beach Drive) at 9:00 a.m., rain or shine. Birding activities take place at various locations around Greater Victoria.
For more information call Bill Dancer at 250-721-5273 or Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or 250-721-0634. Novice and experienced VNHS members all welcome.
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NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT
NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT
October 9, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Fraser Building, Fraser Bldg, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
In the deep past lie the answers to who we are and where we came from.
Thirty-five thousand years ago, our ancestors created striking works of art on cave walls that reveal inquisitive minds in close observation of a world of natural abundance, a northern Serengeti of megafauna now lost to extinction. Writer Sid Tafler will share insights and images of this legacy of a long-lost world, when Ice Age hunters depicted these animals deep inside the darkest places on earth, often with stunning life-like realism achieved through advanced craft and technique.
We meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 159 of the Fraser Building, UVic. Everyone welcome. Please feel free to bring a friend. Note: UVic parking is $3.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
October 10, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada
Every Wednesday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Bring your binoculars and walking shoes and meet in the parking lot for this informal and informative walk around the lake area. Walks are generally led by Victoria Natural History Society members. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is at 3873 Swan Lake Road, off Ralph Street. Note that the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Store in Shelbourne Plaza posts the bird reports from the Sunday walk.
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Saturday Birding - Sidney - All Buffleheads Day
Saturday Birding - Sidney - All Buffleheads Day
October 13, 2018 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 2300 Canoe Cove Rd, North Saanich, BC V8L 3X9, Canada
FIELD TRIP (LEVEL 2)
The VNHS Saturday Birding Group will be going to check out the waterfront areas north of Sidney this Saturday October 13. Since October 13 & 14 will celebrate All Buffleheads Day, we are going in search of the return of the Bufflehead who generally return to this area on or about October 15 every year. Of course there will be lots of other birds on and off the water to see as well. Meet at 8:00 am at the end of Surfside Place in Sidney. To reach Surfside, from Beacon go left on 3rd, right on Beaufort, right on to Surfside. We hope to link up with the ceremony organized by the Friends of Shoal Harbour for All Buffleheads Day at 9:30 am at the Ardwell Beach Access and then check out a couple more spots after that. See more details for the All Bufflehead Day event at www.shoalharbour.com . For more information, contact Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or call 250-721-0634.
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Juan de Fuca Pelagic Birding
Juan de Fuca Pelagic Birding
October 13, 2018 @ 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
1002 Wharf St, Victoria, BC V8W 3Z3, Canada
FIELD TRIP (LEVEL 1)
Juan de Fuca Pelagic Birding
See September 30 trip for details. Please book as soon as possible, by Oct 4 at the latest.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
October 14, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada
Every Wednesday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Bring your binoculars and walking shoes and meet in the parking lot for this informal and informative walk around the lake area. Walks are generally led by Victoria Natural History Society members. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is at 3873 Swan Lake Road, off Ralph Street. Note that the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Store in Shelbourne Plaza posts the bird reports from the Sunday walk.
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Tuesday Birding
Tuesday Birding
October 16, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corner of Bowker Ave. and Bowker Place, Victoria
TUESDAY BIRDING Meets every Tuesday at the foot of Bowker Ave on the waterfront (off Beach Drive) at 9:00 a.m., rain or shine. Birding activities take place at various locations around Greater Victoria.
For more information call Bill Dancer at 250-721-5273 or Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or 250-721-0634. Novice and experienced VNHS members all welcome.
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Theobroma cacao – A Botanical history.
Theobroma cacao – A Botanical history.
October 16, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature House
BOTANY NIGHT
Join David Mincey of Victoria’s own “The Chocolate Project” for an engaging and delicious look at the tropical tree which gives us chocolate. We’ll examine the growth habits, pollination, propagation and cultivation of this most interesting tree. Then, we’ll follow the complex path from harvesting ripe cacao to turning it into chocolate. We will also examine the role of cacao in societies from the early Mesoamerican through to the present day. And of course, there will be some chocolate to taste!
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature House, 7:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
October 17, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada
Every Wednesday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Bring your binoculars and walking shoes and meet in the parking lot for this informal and informative walk around the lake area. Walks are generally led by Victoria Natural History Society members. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is at 3873 Swan Lake Road, off Ralph Street. Note that the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Store in Shelbourne Plaza posts the bird reports from the Sunday walk.
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Birding at Viaduct Flats
Birding at Viaduct Flats
October 20, 2018 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Interurban and Viaduct, Victoria
FIELD TRIP (LEVEL 2)
Come join the VNHS Saturday Birding Group at Viaduct Flats. Some birds will be back enjoying this area by now after the quiet summer season. As well as good birds on the water, there should be lots in the surrounding woods.
Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the viewing platform. This is near the intersection of Interurban and Viaduct. Contact Agnes at thelynns at shaw.ca or (250) 721-0634 for more information.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
October 21, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada
Every Wednesday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Bring your binoculars and walking shoes and meet in the parking lot for this informal and informative walk around the lake area. Walks are generally led by Victoria Natural History Society members. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is at 3873 Swan Lake Road, off Ralph Street. Note that the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Store in Shelbourne Plaza posts the bird reports from the Sunday walk.
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Tuesday Birding
Tuesday Birding
October 23, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corner of Bowker Ave. and Bowker Place, Victoria
TUESDAY BIRDING Meets every Tuesday at the foot of Bowker Ave on the waterfront (off Beach Drive) at 9:00 a.m., rain or shine. Birding activities take place at various locations around Greater Victoria.
For more information call Bill Dancer at 250-721-5273 or Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or 250-721-0634. Novice and experienced VNHS members all welcome.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
October 24, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada
Every Wednesday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Bring your binoculars and walking shoes and meet in the parking lot for this informal and informative walk around the lake area. Walks are generally led by Victoria Natural History Society members. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is at 3873 Swan Lake Road, off Ralph Street. Note that the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Store in Shelbourne Plaza posts the bird reports from the Sunday walk.
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Birds on the Edge
Birds on the Edge
October 24, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Fraser Building, Fraser Bldg, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
BIRDERS’ NIGHT
Bruce Whittington, author, naturalist, and founder of the Habitat Acquisition Trust, is returning to Victoria for October’s Birders’ Night. Bruce’s talk will focus on how birds negotiate the thin edge to survival on the western edge of our continent, and on how many species are sadly ‘on the edge’ in other ways.
We meet in Room 159 of the Fraser Building, UVic at 7:30 p.m. Come early to socialize! Presentation begins after VNHS announcements and coffee. Everyone is welcome. Note: UVic parking is $3.
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Saturday Birding
Saturday Birding
October 27, 2018 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Victoria, BC, Canada
Meets every Saturday morning, usually at 8:00 a.m., rain or shine. Check here on the Thursday/Friday before to find out the week’s time and location. Novice and experienced VNHS members all welcome. Non-members can participate up to three times, after which they are expected to join the Society.
For more details or to find out time & location if it is not described here, contact Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or 250-721-0634.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
October 28, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada
Every Wednesday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Bring your binoculars and walking shoes and meet in the parking lot for this informal and informative walk around the lake area. Walks are generally led by Victoria Natural History Society members. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is at 3873 Swan Lake Road, off Ralph Street. Note that the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Store in Shelbourne Plaza posts the bird reports from the Sunday walk.
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SVIMS Annual Wild Mushroom Show
SVIMS Annual Wild Mushroom Show
October 28, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
5238 Cordova Bay Rd, Victoria, BC V8Y 2H9, Canada
FIELD TRIP (LEVEL 1)
SVIMS Annual Wild Mushroom Show – non-VNHS Event
You may wish to attend the South Vancouver Island Mycological Society Annual Wild Mushroom Show. Location is at the Cordova Bay 55+ facility at 5238 Cordova Bay Rd (next to Cordova Bay Elementary School). There is lots of close parking. View edible, incredible and dangerous fungi. There will be speaker presentations throughout the day. Also probably mushroom growing kits and mushroom books for sale. Bring your mushrooms to be identified by friendly and knowledgeable experts.
Admission by donation. Open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. More details at www.svims.ca .
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Marine Night: First Nations' clam gardens
Marine Night: First Nations' clam gardens
October 29, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Fraser Building, Fraser Bldg, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
MARINE NIGHT
Fish and motile invertebrates of First Nations' clam gardens
Morgan Black is a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria and a Hakai Scholar studying the ecology and biodi-versity of ancient clam gardens. These are structures in the inter-tidal zone where rocks were piled strategically at the low tide mark to create a wall or terrace that changed the slope and composition of the beach. The conditions created were more suitable for clams to grow, and then be harvested. Clam gardens are at least hundreds, if not a few thousand years old. Habitats modified by humans are extensive the world over, and yet their effects on the local ecology are often poorly understood. Clam gardens provide a unique example of a long-standing human-caused habitat modification, and therefore an excellent opportunity to research the effects on the plants and animals that live there.
Program begins at 7:30 p.m. in Room 159 of the Fraser Building, UVic. Everyone is welcome. Note: UVic parking is $3.
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Tuesday Birding
Tuesday Birding
October 30, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corner of Bowker Ave. and Bowker Place, Victoria
TUESDAY BIRDING Meets every Tuesday at the foot of Bowker Ave on the waterfront (off Beach Drive) at 9:00 a.m., rain or shine. Birding activities take place at various locations around Greater Victoria.
For more information call Bill Dancer at 250-721-5273 or Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or 250-721-0634. Novice and experienced VNHS members all welcome.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
October 31, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada
Every Wednesday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Bring your binoculars and walking shoes and meet in the parking lot for this informal and informative walk around the lake area. Walks are generally led by Victoria Natural History Society members. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is at 3873 Swan Lake Road, off Ralph Street. Note that the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Store in Shelbourne Plaza posts the bird reports from the Sunday walk.
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