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Natural History Links

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Our Links

VNHS Member Videos now on YouTube

Interesting Articles

Eat and Be Eaten! by Lianna Zanette and Michael Clinchy
Take the Nature Challenge

Member's Links

Bruce Whittington
Marie O'Shaughnessy
Derrick Ditchburn (General)(Insects)

Naturalist Organizations

Friends of Ecological Reserves
Habitat Acquisition Trust
Esquimalt Lagoon Stewardship Initiative
VNHS is a partner in this coalition of 18 agencies working to protect Esquimalt Lagoon.
Native Plant Society of BC
Vancouver Natural History Society
Nature BC (formerly Federation of BC Naturalists)
Garry Oak Preservation Society
Rocky Point Bird Observatory
Conservation Connection
(A site developed by HAT with profiles of over 90 conservation organizations in the CRD)
Friends of Beacon Hill Park Society
Swan Lake / Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary
Freeman King Visitor Centre - Goldstream Park
Nature Canada (Formerly Canadian Nature Federation)
Important Bird Areas Program
BC Land Trust Alliance
Wild Arc - Rehabilitation for injured and orphaned wildlife

BUGS!

www.bugguide.net

www.whatsthatbug.com


Local Interest

History of Beacon Hill Park
The BC Field Ornithologists
gif Birding Hotspots

The Vancouver Island Barn Owl Inventory


Commercial Links

(Inclusion in this section does not indicate endorsement by the Victoria Natural History Society. These links have been recommended by members of VNHS as sites which may be of interest to other members.)

Birding in BC
Virtual Birder
Birding at About.com
Birds Central
The birds community

Vancouver Island Birds
Mike Yip's fantastic photo site

A Big Year for Little Birds:

Hummingbirds by Ernst Franzgrote

Contact him at patagona@shoreham.net for more information.

 


Birding List Serve and E-groups

The following are suggested e-mail groups for on-line information, sighting reports, and a variety of birding topics. For subscription info, visit the links below. However, for those who do not like to receive a lot of e-mail, all of these groups have web-based access for archived postings.

Vancouver Island Birds Bulletin Board
(Provides reports and general birding for Vancouver Island - moderated).
BCBIRDINGVANISLAND
(Provides reports and general birding for Vancouver Island - unmoderated).
BCVANBIRDS
(This list is for the discussion of birding issues in and around Vancouver).
BCINTBIRD
(This list is for the discussion of birding issues for BC interior).
BCPROVBIRDING
(Provides reports and general birding info for entire province. Usually reserved for rarities or regionally significant sightings so one does not have to report to all four BC groups).
YBC BIRDS Yukon Bird Club newsletter.
Send a subscription request to Cameron Eckert: ceckert@yknet.yk
BIRCHAT
(Oldest chat group in North America, providing a forum for general bird topics on a continent-wide basis).
BIRDBAND
(Bird banding info from across North America)
Birding on the Net
Tweeters
(Pacific Northwest Birding)

eBird Canada
(keep and share your bird lists)

 

 

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