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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=6238</guid> <description><![CDATA[Guest post by Marcie Callewaert The Somenos Marsh is a renowned bird watching location just north of Duncan, British Columbia. It is home to hundreds of bird species who are year-round residents, and many that just stop by on their migration path. Besides birds; muskrats, beaver and river otter also reside here. The Somenos Marsh [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/05/a-morning-in-the-marsh/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
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=6205</guid> <description><![CDATA[Organizers of a wildlife census in Metchosin, a district on the southern tip of British Columbia’s Vancouver Island, are counting results from the reports of fifty taxonomic experts, participants in Metchosin’s April 30th BioBlitz. The local BioBlitz, like hundreds of others that have been conducted around the globe in the last year, took a 24-hour [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/05/metchosins-bioblitz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cattle Point Round-up</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/03/cattle-point-round-up/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/03/cattle-point-round-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:58:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shorebirds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aphriza virgata]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arenaria melanocephala]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Black Turnstone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cattle Point]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sturnella neglecta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Surfbird]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Urban Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Western Meadowlark]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=5894</guid> <description><![CDATA[We made a short stop at Cattle Point during our weekend in Victoria, British Columbia &#8211; both kids were asleep in the car so I was able to nip out for a quick walkabout while Jocie supervised. Cattle Point is usually pretty good for unusual birds and earlier in March a number of Rock Sandpipers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/03/cattle-point-round-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Birding Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/03/birding-swan-lake-nature-sanctuary/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/03/birding-swan-lake-nature-sanctuary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:20:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Walks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Swan Lake/Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Urban Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=5879</guid> <description><![CDATA[When I used to live in Victoria Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary was one of the places that I birded regularly. It&#8217;s got a wide range of habitat (lake, cattails, shrubs, older forest, open fields) which usually produces a variety of birds. A trail loops around the lake and it can be completed with a minimum [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/03/birding-swan-lake-nature-sanctuary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>One of these Wigeons is not like the Others</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/03/one-of-these-wigeons-is-not-like-the-others/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/03/one-of-these-wigeons-is-not-like-the-others/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:13:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Waterfowl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Wigeon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anas americana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anas penelope]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beacon Hill Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ducks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eurasian Wigeon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Urban Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category><guid
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