Victoria Natural History Society

RPBO is hosting a Raptor Identification Workshop with Bill Clark on January 22-23, 2021. Bill is a world renowned raptor expert and will be joining us from Texas via Zoom. Details are available at http://rpbo.org/raptor_workshop.php

Still finalizing the numbers, but the Victoria Christmas Bird Count was an outstanding success. Covid rules were followed, areas assigned in advance, results submitted mostly electronically, and post count "gathering" held on Zoom. About 270 people participated, tallying 143 species and more than 90,000 individual birds. A Black Phoebe that has been wintering at Martindale Flats was a first for our count circle. A surprise Townsend's Solitaire was found by the team on Mt. Tolmie and photographed by Liz Cross (below). Full results can be found at http://christmasbirdcount.ca/bcvi/2020prelim.pdf .

More good news for parks!

Good news for our parks!

Timely tips for helping out our wintering Hummers!

Victoria Christmas Bird Count is underway, and as of noon, 94 species have already been reported! Don't forget to submit a feeder watch report at http://christmasbirdcount.ca if you live inside the Victoria CBC circle!

Bees in the city - check out this 1-hour free talk on Oct 7

If you were ever wondering the source of those wall lizards...

Tonight is Botany night! Sorry we didn't get the event up in time, but stay tuned for next month's talks and be sure to check out our website calendar http://www.vicnhs.bc.ca/?page_id=1518

Cool upcoming webinar about ponds and pollinators

What was the Northwestern Crow is now the American Crow. Adjust your lists!

Who might the bee be? It's Pollinator Week!