Promoting nature awareness and appreciation in
Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, BC and beyond.
BMN has a new trifold brochure that describes all you need to know to have a successful nest box in your yard this spring. “How to build a chickadee nest box”:/assets/bmn/doc/ChixNestbox.pdf was written by BMN master bird box builder, Kiyoshi Takahashi and contains info he’s learned over the years about what makes a nest box…
Can’t swing a quick birding trip to Texas this spring? Don’t worry, you can watch Texas birds coming to a feeding station at the “Sabal Palm Sanctuary”:http://sabalpalmsanctuary.org/ from the comfort of your own home (or office!). Click “here”:http://sabalpalmsanctuary.org/feedercam/ to watch the live “feeder cam”, and be prepared to not get anything else done today.
Watch the 6 minute film on the `Plight of the Barn Swallow’, made by the Vancouver Avian Research Centre in collaboration with the Wilderness Committee to promote the fact that BC has no Endangered Species legislation. The video can be viewed on YouTube via the link on the “VARC homepage”:http://www.birdvancouver.com/ or by clicking “here”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q232CCazdqM.
Once again, BMN showed how to keep the _fun_ in fundraising. Our December silent auction — together with the bake, book, and seasonal greenery sales — raised $1,910.94. This will be donated to the “Critter Care Wildlife Society”:http://www.crittercarewildlife.org/index.php in Langley, with a very small portion being held back to support the operating costs of our…
The provincial government’s Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides is conducting province-wide consultations on the elimination of the unnecessary use of pesticides in British Columbia – so now is the time to have your say. Please take this opportunity to ask for a cosmetic pesticide ban in the province by sending in your comments today. These…