Promoting nature awareness and appreciation in
Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, BC and beyond.
by Victoria Otton If you are feeling the urge to learn more about bees, but don’t know where to begin, let me help you. I’m new to this myself and am happy to share some of my bees-for-beginners tips. The best piece of advice I received is this: Start by learning how to recognize the…
by Lori Austin I had just finished watching a Zoom presentation, “Communing with Bees”, presented by the Native Bee Society of BC one July afternoon. The topic was beginner macrophotography. Coincidentally, immediately following the session, I heard a bee buzzing loudly around our open, screened kitchen window. I took a look outside – didn’t see…
by Judy Taylor-Atkinson and Jim Atkinson July 13 was an exciting day for the observers of the Port Moody Great Blue Heron colony. But not as exciting as it was for the birds. This was the day of lift-off for the majority of the 16 juveniles raised in the colony this year. After weeks of…
by Nancy Furness Trees have 350 million years of experience in looking after our planet and over time humans and trees have developed a beautiful relationship. Trees provide us with food, oxygen and many other useful products, while we produce carbon dioxide and water which trees use in the process of photosynthesis. We could not…