Monthly Archives: June 2013

From frogs to tadpoles – it’s all happening now. Frogging 2013.

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Alan Burger

The Nicola Naturalists are active in our third year of mapping and monitoring amphibians in the Nicola Valley area around Merritt. Our season started with a visit by our professional herpetologist partners from Biolinx Environmental Research of Victoria. They led … Continue reading →

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Nicola Naturalists grasslands birding adds data to IBA – 2 June 2013

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Alan Burger

The Nicola Naturalist Society’s outing to the grasslands near Merritt on 2nd June was primarily a fun birding trip, but we also added data to help monitor the Douglas Lakes Plateau Important Bird Area (IBA). We kept a full tally … Continue reading →

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Black-bellied Plover an unexpected visitor to the Douglas Lake Plateau – 2 June 2013

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Alan Burger

On 2 June 2013 a Nicola Naturalist Society outing discovered a Black-bellied Plover in breeding plumage on one of the shallow saline ponds on the Douglas Lake Plateau, next to Minnie Lake Road, west of Merritt. This is not a … Continue reading →

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