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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7531</guid> <description><![CDATA[Earlier in April, Jocie and I spent an enjoyable day without the kids revisiting Comox Lake Bluffs Ecological Reserve. The last time we hiked out to this ecological reserve was in May, 2008 with Comox Valley Nature (note the year on the web page is incorrect). Alden was just coming up to age 1 at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/04/comox-lake-bluffs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Wildflowers on the Canyon View Trail</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/04/wildflowers-on-the-canyon-view-trail/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/04/wildflowers-on-the-canyon-view-trail/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:36:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[BC Parks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Botany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flowers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Campbell River]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Canyon View Trail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elk Falls Provincial Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oval-leaved Blueberry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Bleeding Heart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pink Fawn Lily]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Skunk Cabbage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Slender Toothwort]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Western Trillium]]></category> <category><![CDATA[White Fawn Lily]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wildflowers]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7478</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is the time of year on Vancouver Island to get down to local riverside trails and check out the spring wildflower bloom. One of my favourite places to walk is the the Canyon View Trail in Campbell River. We usually start this moderate 6 km loop trail at the John Hart Generation Station and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/04/wildflowers-on-the-canyon-view-trail/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>An Estuary Walk</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/04/an-estuary-walk/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/04/an-estuary-walk/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:50:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jocie Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environmental Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Estuaries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Natural History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Courtenay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Royston]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trent River]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7457</guid> <description><![CDATA[I am looking at Google Earth, following the coast south of Courtenay and I find myself staring at a river, the Trent, as it snakes down to the ocean, opening into a fan-like delta that forms a prominent bump on the coastline. Even from this bird’s eye view, I’m stuck by the estuary’s beauty—a geographic [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/04/an-estuary-walk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Let Sleeping Lions Lie</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/03/let-sleeping-lions-lie/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/03/let-sleeping-lions-lie/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:10:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mammals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Mammals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[California Sea Lions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fanny Bay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wildlife Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zalophus californianus]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7440</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you have a chance, pull over at the Government Wharf in Fanny Bay and enjoy the show. The floats just off the dock are a regular haul out for California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and are usually far enough away that the sea lions can sleep in peace while on lookers can watch without [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/03/let-sleeping-lions-lie/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dunes at Wickaninnish Beach</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/03/dunes-at-wickaninnish-beach/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/03/dunes-at-wickaninnish-beach/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:12:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dunes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Rim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Parks Canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Rim National Park Reserve]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wickaninnish Beach]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wickaninnish Beach Dunes]]></category><guid
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