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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7340</guid> <description><![CDATA[Like most naturalists I&#8217;ve got a couple of backyard feeders and enjoy keeping a rough tally of the species that come and go. It&#8217;s always interesting when something a little unusual turns up, but the regulars make for entertaining viewing. Bushtits come through at least two times a week following some sort of urban feeding [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/02/great-backyard-bird-count-february-17-to-20/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Tsolum Celebrates Another Year in the Right Direction</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/the-tsolum-celebrates-another-year-in-the-right-direction/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/the-tsolum-celebrates-another-year-in-the-right-direction/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:12:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Environmental Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Courtenay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tsolum River]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tsolum River Restoration Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7285</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Tsolum River Restoration Society is celebrating a positive year of conservation and restoration work in the Tsolum River watershed, Comox Valley, British Columbia. Water quality continues to improve, our understanding fish is improving and we have  small improvements in pink and coho salmon and cutthroat trout numbers.  In addition we have been active with [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/the-tsolum-celebrates-another-year-in-the-right-direction/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Campbell River Christmas Bird Count &#8211; January 2, 2012</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/campbell-river-christmas-bird-count-january-2-2012/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/campbell-river-christmas-bird-count-january-2-2012/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:12:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Black Oystercatcher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brandt's Cormorant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Campbell River]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christmas Bird Count]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Double-crested Cormorant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pelagic Cormorant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7235</guid> <description><![CDATA[Another early morning and I was on my way north to Campbell River to do my second (and last) Christmas Bird Count of the 2011/12 count period. I didn&#8217;t do the Campbell River count last year (substituting it with the Nanaimo CBC) and, since I was able to do the Comox count this year, I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/campbell-river-christmas-bird-count-january-2-2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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