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Squamish birders help with world's longest-running citizen science project

Squamish birders help with world's longest-running citizen science project

Squamish is well known for its annual Eagle Count. Less known is our contribution to another winter bird count and the longest-running citizen science project in the world: the Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC).
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Watch: Northern resident orcas return to rub their bellies on Sechelt beaches

Watch: Northern resident orcas return to rub their bellies on Sechelt beaches

A calf was among the A42 pod that made their annual visit to Sechelt 
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This B.C. bat species can sing

This B.C. bat species can sing

The silver-haired bat is only the second in North America discovered to produce song, a study has found.
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Furry friends and forgotten finds: Pets & Pickers continues to steal hearts in Season 3

Furry friends and forgotten finds: Pets & Pickers continues to steal hearts in Season 3

"It's a cross between two TV genres."
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Watch: Night divers capture dramatic battle between seal and octopus

Watch: Night divers capture dramatic battle between seal and octopus

The seal was biting into one of the octopus’s arms to try and pull it from a den
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Naturespeak: Whistler birds—A year in review (and where were the autumn swans?)

Naturespeak: Whistler birds—A year in review (and where were the autumn swans?)

'The year was unusual; spotty numbers of most species, yet the biodiversity was right on the long-term average of 175 species'
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Kelowna cat has staring contest with deer

Kelowna cat has staring contest with deer

"If they touch the window then she hisses and slaps at them and they jump back."
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Bear and cub sighted near Elk Lake home

Bear and cub sighted near Elk Lake home

Seen on Brookleigh Road near Hamsterly Beach; appear to be non-aggressive.
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Salmon skyline: Fish gondola takes wild coho conservation to new heights

Salmon skyline: Fish gondola takes wild coho conservation to new heights

Each fall, upwards of 25 volunteers join an expedition to a remote section of the Vancouver Island river to trap spawning coho to take back to a hatchery at Comox Lake
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Songs may help protect silver-haired bats from wind turbines

Songs may help protect silver-haired bats from wind turbines

The discovery that silver-haired bats sing is allowing bat biologists to record their locations, so they aren’t killed by wind-power development
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