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The Nature Nut
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (468+ words) Published 5: 30 am Thursday, April 23, 2026 It's so exciting with all the birds coming back from their winter sojourn. Of course, the pine siskins have been around for a while which reminded me that Ev Pearson found a banded siskin in 1992 and…...
Two bald eagles rescued from power line after mid-air fight in Surrey, B. C.
2+ week, 2+ day ago (196+ words) Published 1: 17 pm Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Delta-based OWL Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitiation Society, BC Hydro and Surrey Fire Services worked together to free the birds. (OWL Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society/ Facebook) BC Hydro said in a social media post that the two eagles…...
Injured beaver from Williams Lake transported to Smithers rescue
2+ week, 6+ day ago (663+ words) Published 5: 25 pm Thursday, April 2, 2026 The critically injured beaver rescued from Scout Island on Sunday, March 29 in Williams Lake is currently receiving treatment at Northern Lights Wildlife Society in Smithers. (Northern Lights Wildlife Society/Facebook) A beaver, possibly mauled by dogs,…...
Nature Nut
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (333+ words) Published 5: 30 am Thursday, April 2, 2026 Cooper's Hawk, left, and a sharp-skinned hawk. (Wikimedia Commons) These two species should be showing up at feeders as they are both "bird hawks" preferring smaller birds (and some mammals) as prey. I should know Cooper's…...
Sounds fishy: B. C. biologists use AI to identify and decipher fish sounds
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (318+ words) Published 10: 30 am Tuesday, December 30, 2025 By News Staff Victoria Divers setting up a sound localization array used to capture Biologists from the University of Victoria discovered that even closely related fish species make unique and distinctive sounds, and they determined that…...
Young cougar snoozing in B. C. backyard safely captured and relocated
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (595+ words) Cougar sightings in residential areas often stir fear for the safety of humans and'pets, but in'this case in Sidney, residents were just as'concerned for the big'cat itself. Siverns saw her neighbour's son walking up the street and yelled at him'to…...