Comox Valley Nature invites its members and the general public to CVN’s September general meeting. where you can hear the following keynote presentation by our guest speaker:
Title: 2024 – A Big Year: One birder’s attempt to see more birds on Vancouver Island in a single year than ever before
Speaker: Liam Ragan (BC Nature and Rocky Point Bird Observatory)
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Time: 3:00 p.m. PT
Location: Main hall of Comox United Church, 250 Beach Drive, Comox
About the speaker
Liam Ragan was originally from Vancouver but was raised in Nairobi and went to school in Montréal (BA from McGill in Anthropology and Environmental Studies) before moving to Vancouver Island in 2020. He has studied Community-Based Conservation and currently practises that as the BC Key Biodiversity Areas Manager for BC Nature.
In his free time, Liam volunteers on the Board of Rocky Point Bird Observatory and as RPBO’s First Nations Liaison. He is passionate about supporting communities stewarding nature, specifically to build relationships between naturalists and Indigenous communities.
Liam’s Big Year in 2024 was to raise funds for RPBO and raise awareness of conservation work being done on the island.
More about the meeting
This will be a hybrid meeting (in-person and videoconference). We encourage members and the general public to attend the in-person meeting. Members (only) who cannot attend can participate via videoconference. The link to join the Zoom meeting will be sent to members by email before the meeting.
After the keynote presentation there will be a break with coffee/tea, goodies and socializing, followed by the business part of the meeting. This consists mainly of brief reports from our interest groups and projects, an opportunity for guests to learn more about what we do.
