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Saturday Birding
Saturday Birding
April 3, 2021 @ 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.
The walk this week may be held or may be cancelled due to COVID restrictions. 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
April 4, 2021 @ 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.
The walk this week may be held or may be cancelled due to COVID restrictions. For more details, contact Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or 250-721-0634.
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Tuesday Birding
Tuesday Birding
April 6, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corner of Bowker Ave. and Bowker Place, Victoria
Meets every Tuesday, one block south of the foot of Bowker Ave on the waterfront (off Beach Drive) at 9:00 am, or at the foot of Bowker Ave at 9:30 am, rain or shine. Birding activities take place at various locations around Greater Victoria. Novice and experienced VNHS members all welcome. For more information call Bill Dancer at 250-721-5273 or Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or 250-721-0634.
The walk this week may be held or may be cancelled due to COVID restrictions. 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
April 7, 2021 @ 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.
The walk this week may be held or may be cancelled due to COVID restrictions. For more details, contact Agnes Lynn at thelynns at shaw.ca or 250-721-0634.
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Saturday Birding
Saturday Birding
April 10, 2021 @ 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.
The walk this week may be held or may be cancelled due to COVID restrictions. 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
April 11, 2021 @ 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
April 13, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corner of Bowker Ave. and Bowker Place, Victoria
TUESDAY BIRDING Meets every Tuesday, one block south of the foot of Bowker Ave on the waterfront (off Beach Drive) at 9:00 a.m., or at the foot of Bowker Ave at 9:30 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: iNaturalist Project
Natural History Night: iNaturalist Project
April 13, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Via Zoom
To join us, please register in advance for this meeting by entering this link in your browser and following the instructions: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpc-ChrTgqE9SJXYKQo7ycE1anKPx9teih After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing a URL link and a passcode which you enter at the time of the talk.
NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT
The BC Parks iNaturalist Project: Using Community Science to Inform Conservation
iNaturalist is the largest community science platform in the world, and it’s growing exponentially. John Reynolds and Brian Starzomski will explore the ways in which community science projects such as iNaturalist can be used to learn about biodiversity, emphasizing its use in documenting species in BC’s provincial park system. They will also consider how iNaturalist and other community science platforms are informing conservation assessments, with an emphasis on Canadian species at risk.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
April 14, 2021 @ 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
Saturday Birding
April 17, 2021 @ 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
April 18, 2021 @ 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
April 20, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corner of Bowker Ave. and Bowker Place, Victoria
TUESDAY BIRDING Meets every Tuesday, one block south of the foot of Bowker Ave on the waterfront (off Beach Drive) at 9:00 a.m., or at the foot of Bowker Ave at 9:30 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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Botany Night: Taking a closer look at eelgrass
Botany Night: Taking a closer look at eelgrass
April 20, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
On Zoom
You are invited to a Botany Night Zoom meeting.
When: Apr 20, 2021 07:30 PM
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkf-uvrjwiHtY7dISNPXMrQbVeeRJkSLC-
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Title: Taking a closer look at eelgrass
Speakers: Elaine Humphrey and Mark Webber
When sailing off Sidney Island last summer, a piece of eelgrass floated by. Taking a closer look with a scanning electron microscope it turns out to be the eelgrass that keeps on giving. A whole community lives attached to the eelgrass and every time we look at it, we find another species, particularly of diatoms. Mark Webber and Elaine Humphrey are part of an ongoing collaboration with UBC and the Institute for Multidisciplinary Ecological Research in the Salish Sea (www.IMERSS.org) looking at the community that lives on eelgrass.
We will examine eelgrass live under the scanning electron microscope and see what we find. A few people will be able to operate the microscope remotely. If you’d like a chance at this, please email james.miskelly@gmail.com for more information.
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Swan Lake Bird Walks
Swan Lake Bird Walks
April 21, 2021 @ 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
Saturday Birding
April 24, 2021 @ 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
April 25, 2021 @ 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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Marine Night: Saving Coral Reefs
Marine Night: Saving Coral Reefs
April 26, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
On Line via Zoom
To join us, please register by entering this link in your browser and following the instructions.
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtdu6ppjIpHNNaK4uiu7Lqy8jhGb-yJUBi
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing a URL link and a passcode which you enter at the time of the talk.
Note: You must register with this link. The link provided for the Fall series no longer applies.
MARINE NIGHT
Brilliance in their Darkest Hour—Incredible Innovations that Might Save the World’s Most Threatened Ecosystem, Coral Reefs.
Daisy Buzzoni will present an overview of the threats to the future of tropical coral reefs as we know them, and how our lives are affected by corals in perhaps some unexpected ways. Due to the urgency of the situation, scientists all over the world are trialing a wide assortment of innovative techniques to extend the life expectancy of the world’s coral reefs. From making clouds with jet engines to cryopreserving sperm: we’ll explore some of these exciting advances. Daisy Buzzoni is a PhD student in Dr. Julia Baum's lab at Uvic.
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Tuesday Birding
Tuesday Birding
April 27, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corner of Bowker Ave. and Bowker Place, Victoria
TUESDAY BIRDING Meets every Tuesday, one block south of the foot of Bowker Ave on the waterfront (off Beach Drive) at 9:00 a.m., or at the foot of Bowker Ave at 9:30 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
April 28, 2021 @ 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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Birder's Night: Birds of New Zealand
Birder's Night: Birds of New Zealand
April 28, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Via Zoom
To join us, please register in advance for this meeting by entering this link in your browser and following the instructions: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vdOmtrT0oHdVQSrc9Fm_I_LPnWbFSnCxJ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please make a note of the passcode when you register. News and announcements at 7:30 followed by the presentation. Come early to socialize!
BIRDERS’ NIGHT
Birds of New Zealand
In 2015 naturalist and wildlife photographer Michael Ashbee left his home in Victoria for a four-year stint on the other side of the planet—New Zealand. Over the course of this time, he immersed himself in the islands’ unique ecosystem, focusing primarily on the avifauna. Join us as he showcases some of his favourite images and relives his encounters of New Zealand birds-including the discovery of a bird never previously seen in the country.
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