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Category Archives: Features
Frogging season 2012 – things are hopping!
Our Amphibian Monitoring Project is in full swing for the 2012 season. Here are a few highlights and photos with a link to a photo gallery. PCAF grant renewed For the second year the Nicola Naturalists received a grant from … Continue reading
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Photos from the Harmon Interpretive Forest outing – 26 May 2012
Here are photos from the recent field outing to Harmon Interpretive Forest. For a description of this outing go to this page. Click on the thumbnails to see full-size images. Then click the links below the photo to move to … Continue reading
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Visit to the Harmon Interpretive Forest – 26 May 2012
On 26 May 2012 Nicola Naturalists visited the Harmon Interpretive Forest next to Harmon Lake in the Kane Valley. Ed Abels of the Recreation and Trails division of the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations (MFLNRO) was … Continue reading
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Shaw TV feature on the Nicola Naturalist Society and the Merritt Christmas Bird Count
The Merritt station of Shaw TV recently broadcast a short feature on our society and our Christmas Bird Count. Check it out on YouTube:
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Merritt Christmas Bird Count – 2 January 2012
Merritt’s 13th Christmas Bird Count took place on 2 January 2012 with excellent weather and a record number of participants (23 in the field and 3 feeder-watchers). Thanks to Wayne Weber who traveled up from Delta for the count and … Continue reading
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Nicola Ampibian Monitoring Project – First Progress Report
In the spring of 2011, the Nicola Naturalist Society in partnership with Biolinx Environmental Research Ltd. of Victoria, began an ambitious project to map and monitor breeding amphibians (frogs and salamanders) in the Merritt region. The Biolinx team, led by … Continue reading
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Frog monitoring adventures – Summer 2011
This has been an active and rewarding summer for the amphibian monitoring project being run jointly by the Nicola Naturalist Society and Biolinx Environmental Research Ltd. After our initial training workshop and field training sessions, about 20 NNS volunteers signed … Continue reading
Birding outing held on 11 June 2011
A group of Nicola Naturalist Society members enjoyed a birding outing in the Merritt, Hamilton Hill and Aspen Grove areas on 11 June. The goal was to improve bird identification skills by ear and by sight, rather than rack up … Continue reading
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NNS Amphibian Workshop a big success, 14-16 May 2011
The Nicola Naturalist Society held its first amphibian monitoring workshop on Saturday 14 May 2011 at the Merritt Civic Centre. A team of biologists from Biolinx Environmental Research Ltd. in Victoria (Dr. Kristiina Ovaska, Lennart Sopuck and Christian Engelstoft) gave … Continue reading
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NNS field outing on 26 June 2010
In glorious sunny weather, the new Nicola Naturalist Society held its first field excursion on Saturday 26 June. Nineteen people turned out to go birding and botanizing, including four visiting naturalists from the U.K. The group explored three areas in … Continue reading
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