{"id":24341,"date":"2024-12-01T19:09:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T03:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=24341"},"modified":"2024-12-01T19:09:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T03:09:59","slug":"2024-december-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=24341","title":{"rendered":"2024 December 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 December 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Ian Cooper writes:\u00a0 Here is a selection of pictures from my pre-dawn photoshoot at *Colquitz River Park and the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal last night. It was <em>very<\/em>\u00a0cool out. Once again, there was frost on the Selkirk Trestle. \u00a0Luckily, I was wearing multiple layers and had packed a toque. \u00a0I was originally expecting to get rained on as per the forecast, but it was actually clear out.\u00a0When I arrived at Colquitz River park around 4 a.m., I saw stars through the bare tree branches, including the constellation Orion. By the time I left the 9 km marker in View Royal, it was after 7:30 a.m. The ride back, in daylight, with a couple of stops, took an hour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24335 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112894charvest-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112894charvest-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112894charvest-983x1024.jpg 983w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112894charvest-768x800.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112894charvest.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/>*Harvestman \u00a0<em>Protolophus <\/em>sp<em>.<\/em>\u00a0(Opiliones: Protolophidae)\u00a0\u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24336 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112904clinyph-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112904clinyph-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112904clinyph-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112904clinyph-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112904clinyph.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/>*Male <em>Neriene digna<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0(Ara.: Linyphiidae)\u00a0\u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24337 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112909cs-spider-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112909cs-spider-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112909cs-spider-1024x921.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112909cs-spider-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112909cs-spider.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/>*Small spider (Ara.: Linyphiidae &#8211; Erigoniinae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24339 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112942cs-isopod-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112942cs-isopod-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112942cs-isopod-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112942cs-isopod-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112942cs-isopod.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/>*Common Striped Woodlouse <em>Philoscia muscorum<\/em>\u00a0(Isopoda: Oniscidae)\u00a0\u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24340 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112967c-slug-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112967c-slug-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112967c-slug-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112967c-slug-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112967c-slug.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/>#Yellow-Bordered Taildropper \u00a0<em>Prophysaon foliolatum<\/em>\u00a0(Pul.: Arionidae)\u00a0\u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24338 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112931cs-cat-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112931cs-cat-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112931cs-cat-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112931cs-cat-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11112931cs-cat.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/>*Unidentified noctuid caterpillar \u00a0(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0\u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 December 1 \u00a0 Ian Cooper writes:\u00a0 Here is a selection of pictures from my pre-dawn photoshoot at *Colquitz River Park and the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal last night. It was very\u00a0cool out. Once again, there was frost on the Selkirk Trestle. \u00a0Luckily, I was wearing multiple layers and had packed a toque. 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