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><channel><title>Island Nature&#187; Events</title> <atom:link href="http://islandnature.ca/category/events/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>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:28:18 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</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; Events</title> <url>http://islandnature.ca/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg</url><link>http://islandnature.ca/category/events/</link> </image> <itunes:category text="Education" /> <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
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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> <item><title>Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count 2011</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/nanaimo-christmas-bird-count-2011/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/nanaimo-christmas-bird-count-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:32:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christmas Bird Count]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Duke Point]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Holden Creek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jack Point Trail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanaimo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanaimo Estuary Conservation Area]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7223</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was up at around 5:30 this morning and, after a quick breakfast, was on the road and heading south to Nanaimo for the city&#8217;s 2011 Christmas Bird Count. I have to admit that I wasn&#8217;t too optimistic about the weather  but I was pleasantly surprised to see clear skies and stars when I loaded [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/nanaimo-christmas-bird-count-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Red-tailed Hawks</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/red-tailed-hawks/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/red-tailed-hawks/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:57:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hawks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buteo jamaicensis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ralph River Campground]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raptors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Red-tailed Hawk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Strathcona Provincial Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=6768</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was up at Strathcona Provincial Park this weekend helping out with the Friends of Strathcona Park Wilderness Festival and had the good fortune to get a closer look at a Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis). Scarlet is a Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society ambassador and is present at many local events, giving visitors a chance to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/red-tailed-hawks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Metchosin&#8217;s BioBlitz</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/05/metchosins-bioblitz/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/05/metchosins-bioblitz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 23:31:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Odds and Ends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BioBlitz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blue-Grey Taildropper Slug]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Metchosin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Western Bluebird]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yellow Montane Violet]]></category><guid
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