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Comox Valley Conservation Partnership brings together environmental and stewardship groups to create a strong voice to protect our watersheds and forests
Take the survey, your voice matters!🌎Your Voice Matters on Climate Change. What are your thoughts on the impact and priorities within our community? Take a short survey and share your feedback. Visit www.engagecomoxvalley.ca/climatestrategy#ComoxValleyRD #ClimateAction
🌸On Wednesday May 15th from 10 am to noon, join CVN Naturalist Karen Cummins as we explore diverse habitats in the two sections of Little River Nature park. This walk will take you past ponds and salt marsh, over beach plain and estuarine plain and offer a chance to view a provincially designated sensitive stream.🌸This approximately 2km, 2 hour ramble will feature spring flowers growing on the native beach plain, including Menzies Larkspur, Blue Eyed Mary and Bare-stemmed Desert Parsley.
🌸This area is a relatively new park and lots of restoration work has been done by CVN volunteers to remove invasive species. This work is ongoing and volunteers will be engaged in this work while we visit the park
🌸Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy these spring wild flowers!
🌸email for more information or to get your name on the waitlist
Comox Valley Regional District - Local Government
CV Land Trust & Conservation Partnership
City of Courtenay
🌸 On Saturday May 11th at 1.00pm join an experienced Naturalist for a walk around the Courtenay River Airpark. Learn about the history of the park, and how this neglected space has become one of the most popular walking spots in the Comox Valley.🌸You'll see native plants such as Red Flowering Currant and Garry Oak. The park is also a favoured spot for birding, with migrant and resident birds benefiting from the diverse plant life that now edges the estuary.
🌸All this is a result of the ongoing habitat restoration work, carried out by a dedicated team of volunteers, led by Frank Hovenden
🌸 Book early to reserve your spot, by following the link in bio
🌸For more information, to add your name to the waitlist or to cancel your reservation please email
City of Courtenay Comox Valley Regional District - Local Government
🌳Nominations for Trees of the Year 2024 ended March 31.🌳Imagine our surprise when we received two separate nominations for the smallest, youngest and most vulnerable Western Red Cedar. At approximately 8-9 years old, it grows improbably amongst the ropes of a piling in the Comox Estuary, against the backdrop of the Comox Glacier with its roots entirely out of the water at low tide(#12).
🌳Contrast that young survivor to the mature Cedar growing along the Royston to Cumberland Railway Trail (#14), or the mature Cedar (#9) , entwined with a Hemlock tree on the One Spot Trail, growing from a nurse tree. Both of these locations are more typical habitats in which to find healthy Western Red Cedar, and both are offered a measure of protection by virtue of their location near recognized trails.
🌳We’ve been busy planning tour routes to help you efficiently visit all 27 impressive trees that were nominated this year. Maps of these routes are now available. You can access them at comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca/
🌳To view full descriptions of the individual trees including location, a photo, size, and the tree’s story go to comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca/trees-of-the-year-2024/
Category Archives: Birds
Recording for talk on insectivorous birds in Strathcona Park
Comox Valley Nature members recently attended the following webinar presented by the Strathcona Wilderness Institute, facilitated by the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists: Title: Climate Change and its Potential Impact on Insectivorous Bird Populations of Strathcona Provincial ParkSpeaker: Mateo JaeckelDate: … Continue reading
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Learn about insectivorous birds in Strathcona Park
CVN members and the general public are invited to attend the following free online lecture hosted by the Strathcona Wilderness Institute, and facilitated by the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists: Title: Climate Change and its Potential Impact on Insectivorous Bird … Continue reading
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Old growth forests and the Marbled Murrelet
We know many reasons why old-growth forests should be conserved. One reason that has been in the mainstream news in recent times (and earlier) is the Marbled Murrelet, particularly in the Fairy Creek watershed. (For example, see this story in … Continue reading
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Black Swift workshop at SWI
Strathcona Wilderness Institute (SWI) is sponsoring a workshop on July 15 by Birds Canada on birding and the Black Swift. See the details in the poster below.
Birding schedule
A message from Kelly Kline, leader of the CVN Birders Group. The CVN Birders Group goes on bird-watching field trips every Thursday morning and on the first Sunday of each month. We skip the Thursday immediately following a Sunday outing. … Continue reading
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Pileated Woodpecker experience
Bruce Moffat sent these great shots to the Birding Group on April 7. “Shot these today at Rathtrevor Beach.” [Click a photo to enlarge it.]
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CVN birders and the MARS connection
This report was prepared by Royann Petrell and Kelly Kline. In 2020, the CVN Birders Group established a partnership with the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS) to enhance the bird displays at their visitor centre. Last spring, Art Martell gave … Continue reading
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Bird story: Something unexpected
This story from Bruce Moffat was distributed to the Birding Group on February 2. I followed 7 Red Crossbills around a Highway 19 rest area for almost an hour, watching their behaviour and following them from tree to tree. It … Continue reading
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The 2020 Bird Photo Challenge
From an email by Bruce Moffat distributed to the Birders Group on January 2. The CVN Photography Group took up the challenge started by Terry Thormin last year to photograph (web worthy vs. just ID shots) as many bird species as … Continue reading
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Christmas Bird Count – Wrap-up meetings December 15 and 20
Although Comox Valley Nature is not organizing the Christmas Bird Count this year given the recommendations of Public Health authorities, and given that our insurance does not cover any liability due to the pandemic, some birders in the Valley are … Continue reading
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