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Squamish birders help with world's longest-running citizen science project

Squamish birders help with world's longest-running citizen science project

Squamish is well known for its annual Eagle Count. Less known is our contribution to another winter bird count and the longest-running citizen science project in the world: the Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC).
Watch: Northern resident orcas return to rub their bellies on Sechelt beaches

Watch: Northern resident orcas return to rub their bellies on Sechelt beaches

A calf was among the A42 pod that made their annual visit to Sechelt 
This B.C. bat species can sing

This B.C. bat species can sing

The silver-haired bat is only the second in North America discovered to produce song, a study has found.
Furry friends and forgotten finds: Pets & Pickers continues to steal hearts in Season 3

Furry friends and forgotten finds: Pets & Pickers continues to steal hearts in Season 3

"It's a cross between two TV genres."
Watch: Night divers capture dramatic battle between seal and octopus

Watch: Night divers capture dramatic battle between seal and octopus

The seal was biting into one of the octopus’s arms to try and pull it from a den
Kelowna cat has staring contest with deer

Kelowna cat has staring contest with deer

"If they touch the window then she hisses and slaps at them and they jump back."
Bear and cub sighted near Elk Lake home

Bear and cub sighted near Elk Lake home

Seen on Brookleigh Road near Hamsterly Beach; appear to be non-aggressive.
Salmon skyline: Fish gondola takes wild coho conservation to new heights

Salmon skyline: Fish gondola takes wild coho conservation to new heights

Each fall, upwards of 25 volunteers join an expedition to a remote section of the Vancouver Island river to trap spawning coho to take back to a hatchery at Comox Lake
Songs may help protect silver-haired bats from wind turbines

Songs may help protect silver-haired bats from wind turbines

The discovery that silver-haired bats sing is allowing bat biologists to record their locations, so they aren’t killed by wind-power development
Marine rescue team plucks bunny from boat in iced-over East Sooke cove

Marine rescue team plucks bunny from boat in iced-over East Sooke cove

The owner had left the rabbit behind on the cruiser moored in Anderson Cove, then became stuck in the ice