Our activities include Hiking, Nature Walks, Birding, Bat Monitoring, Botanizing, Education and Outreach, Conservation and Monthly Meetings featuring informative guest speakers.
Non-members are welcome to participate in these activities as a way to preview our club and meet our friendly members prior to joining our group.
Burke Mountain Naturalists (BMN) was formed in 1989 by local residents interested in enjoying nature, encouraging nature awareness, and conserving local green spaces.
We are a club based in Coquitlam, BC, with a focus on the enjoyment and awareness of nature through activities and education.
Whether you are starting your exploration of nature in the Tri-Cities area (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam) or are an experienced naturalist, we invite you to join us. Meet people who share your interests such as hiking, walking, birding, nature appreciation, and conservation.
Come as a guest and drop in to one of our monthly meetings, or participate in an scheduled activity,to learn more about us.
Here’s a chance to participate in an online bird census of wintering birds in your backyard (or anywhere else). For at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count simply tally the numbers and kinds of birds you see. Submit each days’ checklist online. To register and for information, see gbbc.birdcount.org. The GBBC is led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society with Canadian partner, Bird Studies Canada.
The Port Moody Ecological Society’s annual general meeting takes place at 7 p.m. in the Port Moody Recreation Complex (300 Ioco Rd.) in the upstairs multi-purpose room. Refreshments will be served.
Following the brief AGM, guest speaker Leander McCabe will present a slideshow on ‘The Fraser River Slide at Big Bar – Challenges, Solutions, Results’.
Leander (Lee) is a project engineer with Fisheries & Oceans Canada. He and several other Lower Mainland DFO technicians played a major role in working with the catastrophic slide that almost cut the flow of water down the Fraser. Lee’s presentation will cover the strategies taken to work through these issues.
Another day of cleaning and maintaining nest boxes. Please contact BurkeMtnNats@gmail.com to sign up. Dress for the weather and bring work gloves. Bring a lunch or snack. No washrooms. We have to enter and leave the park together through the locked gate. Meet in the Quarry Rd parking lot, and we will carpool in from there.
Our last half-day of cleaning and maintaining nest boxes. Please contact BurkeMtnNats@gmail.com to sign up. Dress for the weather and bring work gloves. Meet in the Quarry Rd parking lot.
This is a presentation sponsored by the City of Coquitlam. Registration (659377) is required.
Come out and enjoy an evening of slides while learning about local places to hike and how to be prepared. Do you know what ten essential items you should have in your pack? Ian McArthur will present slides of hikes in Coquitlam and other local areas. This presentation is geared for the novice and intermediate hiker, but experienced hikers will learn about some favourite hikes and some hidden gems our local mountains have to offer.
Please contact Ian (604.939. 4039) for more info.
Have a look at the City of Coquitlam website coquitlam.ca/outdoors
Register or for information at 604-927-4386
Join Gay Mitchell and Jeff Rudd in exploring the natural history of the portion of Coquitlam River Park on the east side of the Coquitlam River. Dress for the weather, bring water, a snack, binoculars if you have them, and your favourite field guides. The walk will be at a slow pace, with little or no elevation gain. Meet at the parking area on Shaughnessy, approximately 0.5 km north of Lincoln. Susan Lundahl lives nearby and will be our ‘local guide’. If you plan on coming please email Gay.
Dr. Rob McGregor, Director of the Institute of Urban Ecology at Douglas College will be our guest presenter on “What Ground Beetles Can Tell Us”. Dr. McGregor will describe his research on ground beetles and explain how BMN members can participate in a citizen-science research project taking place in the TriCities. Training provided!
PLEASE NOTE: This meeting is held on a Tuesday evening. Due to Lenten services held at King of Life Lutheran Church, we have to switch our club meetings this month and next month only to the Tuesday preceding our usual Thursday evening date.
Join Gay Mitchell and Jeff Rudd in exploring Colony Farm and the Coquitlam River. We will walk the river to the Fraser, west to the Port Mann Bridge, then on a fairly new trail back to the cars. Dress for the weather, bring water, a snack, binoculars if you have them, and your favourite field guides. The walk will be at a slow pace, with little or no elevation gain. Meet at the Colony Farm parking area near the Community Gardens. If you plan on coming please email Gay.
Want some physical exercise in the fresh air, AND do some good for wildlife? Friday the 13th in March is Bad Luck for Weeds Day at Como Lake.
When: Friday, March 13th from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.
What to bring: closed-toed shoes, “gardening” clothes, rain gear, water bottle, sunhat, sunglasses, sun screen and your enthusiasm! (If you have a favourite pair of gardening gloves, loppers or small pruning shears, please bring them.)
Parking: Plenty of free parking in the north parking lot of Como Lake on Gatensbury Street.
What the City of Coquitlam will provide: acknowledgement of risk and photo release forms, hand held snips and loppers, shovels, gloves (gardening and leather), first aid supplies, water and snacks.
Where: 730 Gatensbury Street, Como Lake, Coquitlam, BC
Please send an email to burkemtnnats@gmail.com to RSVP so we have an idea of numbers of people coming.
BMN members and non-members are welcome.
Join Gay Mitchell and Jeff Rudd in exploring Como Lake. Dress for the weather, bring water, a snack, binoculars if you have them, and your favourite field guides. The walk will be at a slow pace, with little or no elevation gain. Meet at the parking area at the south end of Como Lake off Gatensbury. Liz Thunstrom will be our ‘local guide’. If you plan on coming please email Gay.
Program dates:
Sun. April 5, 9am to noon
Sun. April 19, 9am to 1pm
Sun. April 26, 9am to 2pm
Please contact Ian (604.939. 4039) for more info.
Have a look at the City of Coquitlam website coquitlam.ca/outdoors
Register or for information at 604-927-4386
This is a hike sponsored by the City of Coquitlam. Registration (659379) and signed waiver form is required.
This trip will travel through the lush upper section of Miller Ravine while taking time to enjoy nature. The group will then descend into the steep forested area of the Chines before regaining elevation to make a loop back to the starting point. On a clear evening, great views of the mountains to the north can be seen. Roundtrip distance is 4 km with a cumulative elevation gain of 130 m. Meet at 6:00 pm. Return approximately 8:00 pm.
Please contact Ian (604.939. 4039) for more info.
Have a look at the City of Coquitlam website coquitlam.ca/outdoors
Register or for information at 604-927-4386
This is a presentation sponsored by the City of Coquitlam. Information on registration to be announced soon.
Come out and enjoy an evening of slides while learning about local places to hike and how to be prepared. Do you know what ten essential items you should have in your pack? Ian McArthur will present slides of hikes in Coquitlam and other local areas. This presentation is geared for the novice and intermediate hiker, but experienced hikers will learn about some favourite hikes and some hidden gems our local mountains have to offer.
Please contact Ian (604.939. 4039) for more info.
Have a look at the City of Coquitlam website coquitlam.ca/outdoors
Register or for information at 604-927-4386
