DeBouville Slough dikes

Interesting to see this article in the Tri-City News, writing about the dikes in the DeBouville Slough area; since about a week ago I found two files in the Chilliwack Forest District, Flood Hazard Management   FTP site that appears to contain much information about the local dikes, and are sadly password protected.  The public pays for it, but we cannot see it. hopefully someone out there can unlock them for us.   One file is named Common.zip  and the other is appropriately named Coquitlam.zip.

Hopefully the  Friends Of DeBouville Slough (FODBS) know more about it.

Happy New Year !

BMN display at PoCo Museum

A few photos of the Burke Mountain Naturalists display at the Port Coquitlam Museum 

Larger image at Flickr

Larger image at Flickr

 Larger image at Flickr

Larger image at Flickr

Widgeon Marsh bird house cleaning

The annual clean out the bird homes, before the birds arrive was done last Saturday 21 February
The encroaching bush in a few places has caused us to remove some of the boxes, since the present caretakers are not removing the brush as much as in the past.  Bears were apparently a problem here and also at Minnekhada, where they had discovered that there was a meal sometimes to be found inside :(
Twenty four brave naturalists were involved, and the weather was perfect.
Highlight for many was seeing a photogenic pygmy owl, and the trumpeter swans in the Widgeon Slough.

Anybody home, knock, knock

Safety first

the annual pilgrimage to the dam

A poor photo of the pygmy owl

And a not much better photo of the naturalists admiring the tiny beast

Some better photos from the same day and also past visits can be found at Panoramio

My best photo of the day