Burke Mountain Naturalists (BMN) is involved in two events in Port Moody on April 27th. They are posted on our website:

https://www.burkemountainnaturalists.ca/event/port-moody-city-nature-challenge-shorebirds-songbirds-of-the-shoreline-trail/?instance_id=1473

and

https://www.burkemountainnaturalists.ca/event/port-moody-city-nature-challenge-heron-walk/?instance_id=1484

There are two other events in Port Moody:

https://www.burkemountainnaturalists.ca/event/port-moody-city-nature-challenge-fish-friends-of-noons-creek/?instance_id=1497

and

https://www.burkemountainnaturalists.ca/event/port-moody-city-nature-challenge-fish-friends-of-mossom-creek/?instance_id=1500

Hello folks,

I am eager to get a good turnout for a False Creek-specific challenge, and would appreciate your help in identifying people who might enjoy focusing their efforts on our micro-region! If you are interested in participating, or have a way to promote this part of the Van Metro CNC, can you please contact me at zaida@falsecreekfriends.org.

We'll be starting on April 26 at 10 am at Leg-in-Boot Square.

Many thanks!

Zaida Schneider
False Creek Friends
falsecreekfriends.org

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (who manage iNaturalist across Canada) has created the following three webinars to help you make effective observations in three different settings. Note: their guidance can really be used in any area but give specific details here in the three they have chosen.

Webinar #1: Observing with iNaturalist in urban spaces: webinar one in the City Nature Challenge series.
https://cwf-fcf.org/en/resources/downloads/webinars/public/city-nature-challenge-2024.html

Webinar # 2: Observing with iNaturalist around wetland habitat: webinar two in the City Nature Challenge series.
https://cwf-fcf.org/en/resources/downloads/webinars/public/city-nature-challenge-2024-1.html

Webinar #3: Observing with iNaturalist in forest settings: webinar three in the City Nature Challenge series.
https://cwf-fcf.org/en/resources/downloads/webinars/public/city-nature-challenge-2024-2.html

The numbers are still coming in but we have surpassed 5,000 observations and over 1,000 species for the first two days! I think this is going to be a great set of results...... keep em coming!