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Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Veronica Wahl from the Institute of Urban Ecology at Douglas College. Veronica is the coordinator of the UNIBUG citizen science research project at the College.  The goal of UNIBUG is to engage community volunteers in learning about the ecology of urban gardens, with a focus on beneficial garden insects. The UNIBUG project looks at attracting predatory and parasitic insects into urban gardens as well as studying pollinators and their habitat through identifying, counting bees and monitoring bee houses.  In this presentation, Veronica will tell us how to encourage local and native bees in the garden, including mason bees and leafcutter bees.

This meeting will be held at

King of Life Lutheran Church
1198 Falcon Dr (SW corner of Falcon and Guildford)
Coquitlam BC

There is parking in the church parking lot, off the Falcon Drive entrance.

** Please note that this presentation is held on the Tuesday immediately prior to our regular Thursday slot. The church is not available to us on the Thursday for this month.

Getting a good image of a wild bird is challenging, especially when they are in flight. Learn some of the basics (and ethics) of bird photography from BMN member Vladimir Jan at the March 12^th meeting of the Burke Mountain Naturalists. Vladimir has worked as a professional photographer doing family portraits, but now turns his lens to local wildlife and landscapes. To view a selection of Vladimir’s images, see his gallery on the website of the Pacific Digital Photography Club.

As a follow-up to this presentation, there will be a bird photography field trip with Vladimir to Port Coquitlam’s Blakeburn Lagoons later in the month.  Details to follow.

This meeting will be held at

King of Life Lutheran Church
1198 Falcon Dr (SW corner of Falcon and Guildford)
Coquitlam BC

There is parking in the church parking lot, off the Falcon Drive entrance.

** Please note that this presentation is held on the Tuesday immediately prior to our regular Thursday evening slot. The church is not available to us on the Thursday for this month.