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><channel><title>Island Nature&#187; Central Vancouver Island</title> <atom:link href="http://islandnature.ca/category/central-vancouver-island/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://islandnature.ca</link> <description>Nature Writing and Photography on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:43:18 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator><itunes:summary>Nature Writing and Photography on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada</itunes:summary> <itunes:author>Island Nature</itunes:author> <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit> <itunes:image href="http://islandnature.ca/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/itunes_default.jpg" /> <itunes:subtitle>Nature Writing and Photography on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada</itunes:subtitle> <itunes:keywords>Nature, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Birding, Botany</itunes:keywords> <image><title>Island Nature&#187; Central Vancouver Island</title> <url>http://islandnature.ca/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg</url><link>http://islandnature.ca/category/destinations/central-vancouver-island/</link> </image> <itunes:category text="Education" /> <item><title>Surreal Somass Estuary</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/02/surreal-somass-estuary/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/02/surreal-somass-estuary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:42:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Estuaries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Port Alberni]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sewage Lagoon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Somass Estuary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Somass River]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7323</guid> <description><![CDATA[The forecast was pretty good and I decided to check out an area that I haven&#8217;t birded before: the Somass Estuary in Port Alberni, on Vancouver Island. Sandy McRuer of Rainbird Excursions wrote up a post describing the estuary and how to get there and I figured that it might be good for some winter [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/02/surreal-somass-estuary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pipers Lagoon Park</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/pipers-lagoon-park/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/pipers-lagoon-park/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:28:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garry Oak Meadows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garry Oak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanaimo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Sanicle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pipers Lagoon Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shack Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spreading Stonecrop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7305</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was in Nanaimo this Friday and decided to take the &#8220;scenic route&#8221; through the suburbs along Hammond Bay Road when heading back up-Island. This area of Nanaimo is heavily developed, but fortunately there is a small city park that makes the drive worthwhile. Pipers Lagoon Park is about 8 hectares in size and includes [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/pipers-lagoon-park/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Searching for Salmon</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/searching-for-salmon/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/searching-for-salmon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:58:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Big Qualicum River Hatchery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Big Qualicum River Regional Trail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chum Salmon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Coho Salmon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oncorhynchus keta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oncorhynchus kisutch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Salmon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spawning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7192</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you want to experience the awe inspiring spectacle of a salmon run, consider making a trip up to the hatchery on the Big Qualicum River in the next week or so. I headed down island and checked out the Big Qualicum River Hatchery and was amazed at the number of Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)  [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/searching-for-salmon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Exploring Enos Lake</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/exploring-enos-lake/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/exploring-enos-lake/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:50:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Amphibians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wetlands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alisma plantago-aquatica]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brasenia schreberi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dragonflies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Enos Lake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Enos Lake Stickleback]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyla regilla]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanoose Bay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Tree Frogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ponds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Water-plantain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Watershield]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=6692</guid> <description><![CDATA[After a hot couple of hours on Notch Hill we drove a short distance back along Fairwinds Road to the trail head for Enos Lake. There&#8217;s a network of trails around a series of ponds and ultimately Enos Lake itself which makes for easy walking. We found the trails to be a little confusing and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/exploring-enos-lake/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Notch Hill</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/notch-hill/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/notch-hill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:49:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garry Oak Meadows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arbutus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arbutus menziesii]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garry Oak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Meadows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanoose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanoose Bay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Notch Hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quercus garryana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satureja douglasii]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yerba Buena]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=6680</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jocie and I had a rare day without the kids and took full advantage of being able to explore an area that we haven&#8217;t visited before. After dropping the kids off at day care we packed a couple of water bottles, some lunch and headed south towards Nanoose Bay. The weather was definitely iffy and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/notch-hill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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