Calendar of Events

O.W.L. is a frequent recipient of money raised at BMN’s December Silent Auction. Here’s your chance to tour some of the facilities at O.W.L. in Delta.

OWL’s annual Open House allows you to get a behind the scenes look of one of the busiest raptor rehabilitation centres in Canada. This is the only time that they open up 70% of the facility for the public to get a peek at the medical facility and some of the rehabilitation enclosures. Meet some local raptor species and learn about what they do at OWL.

The highlight of the Open House will be the release of a rehabilitated bird on both days at 1pm. Tours will leave on every half hour and there will be two Raptor Meet and Greets each day where you can get a more close up view of some of O.W.L.’s permanent residents. Come listen to David Hancock talk about Bald Eagles both days at 11am in the School House.

O.W.L. is a frequent recipient of money raised at BMN’s December Silent Auction. Here’s your chance to tour some of the facilities at O.W.L. in Delta.

OWL’s annual Open House allows you to get a behind the scenes look of one of the busiest raptor rehabilitation centres in Canada. This is the only time that they open up 70% of the facility for the public to get a peek at the medical facility and some of the rehabilitation enclosures. Meet some local raptor species and learn about what they do at OWL.

The highlight of the Open House will be the release of a rehabilitated bird on both days at 1pm. Tours will leave on every half hour and there will be two Raptor Meet and Greets each day where you can get a more close up view of some of O.W.L.’s permanent residents. Come listen to David Hancock talk about Bald Eagles both days at 11am in the School House.

This is a presentation sponsored by the City of Coquitlam. Registration (645417).

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

Raptors at the top of the food chain are particularly susceptible to chemical pollutants, especially the so-called “legacy pollutants” like DDT which are banned but still present in the environment. SFU PhD student Kate Fremlin will present results of her research on how toxins like DDT move up the earthworm – robin – Cooper’s hawk food chain. She sampled these creatures (or their eggs, in the case of the hawks) throughout Metro Vancouver and analyzed the tissues for legacy toxins and newer toxins of emerging concern. Learn about the basics of biomagnification from Kate and how this process can affect top-level predators, including us.