|
2015 Parks Canada BioBlitz Ocean Species Survey in Gulf Islands National Park, BC
|
The Ontario BioBlitz Program is working with our national partners - including the Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada, Parks Canada, the Nature Conservancy of Canada, and the Canadian Wildlife Federation – to plan a nationally-scaled program that will launch formally in 2017 – Canada’s 150th birthday. Planning is underway!
Please contact Dave Ireland, Managing Director, ROM Biodiversity (davei@rom.on.ca), if you or your organization is interested in joining this program.
Please contact Dave Ireland, Managing Director, ROM Biodiversity (davei@rom.on.ca), if you or your organization is interested in joining this program.
Live outside of Ontario? Check out these BioBlitzes happening across Canada:
Nature Canada Lower Mainland NatureBlitz | Westham Island in Delta, British Columbia
Saturday, February 27, 2016 | 7am-8pm
A group of participants takes a look at a small mammal up close. Photo courtesy of Nature Canada
Dissecting owl pellets. Photo courtesy of Nature Canada
|
Join the Lower Mainland’s first NatureBlitz on Saturday, February 27th in the Reifel Bird Sanctuary and Alaksen National Wildlife Area, located at 5191 and 5421 Robertson Rd (respectively) on Westham Island in Delta, BC. This free, family-friendly nature adventure offers a dawn to dusk line-up of wildlife walks, outdoor exploration and even a photography contest, all with the help of local naturalists and nature experts from NatureKids BC, Nature Canada, the BC Waterfowl Society, the Delta Naturalists Society, the Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust and the Canadian Wildlife Service.
Participants will get an up-close, educational look at waterfowl and songbirds, small grassland mammals, invasive species, and possibly even owls, bats and other creatures of the night through a series of activities at each of these amazing natural areas. So get your warm outdoor clothing (and rain gear), gum boots and flashlights ready and come join us as we explore the midwinter mysteries of nature right on Metro Vancouver’s doorstep. It’s nearby nature – and it’s your NatureHood! See more at: http://naturecanada.ca/news/blog/lower_mainland_natureblitz/ |
Stanley Park Mother's Day Community BioBlitz | Vancouver, British Columbia
Sunday, May 9, 2016 | 10am-2pm
Photo courtesy of Science World British Columbia
|
The Vancouver Aquarium and Science World British Columbia, in partnership with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the Stanley Park Ecology Society and the Marine Life Sanctuaries Society would like to invite you to participate in a fun community-focused BioBlitz event. Come explore this beautiful part of Stanley Park and help identify as many species as possible! Come for just half an hour or stay for the full four.
For more info, click here To register for the event, click here If you'd like to volunteer for the bioblitz, please contact Jo-Ann Coggan at jcoggan@scienceworld.ca |
Nature Canada MacSkimming NatureBlitz | Ottawa, Ontario
May 13-14, 2016 | 2pm-2pm
Join us for a free, family friendly NatureBlitz event on Friday, May 13th and Saturday, May 14th at the MacSkimming Outdoor Education Centre just east of Orleans! The NatureBlitz will take place over a 24-hour period from 2pm Friday until 2pm Saturday and will give the whole family a guided opportunity to explore and connect with nearby nature in a superb natural area that’s normally closed to the public. All participants are asked to register for free tickets in advance - click here to register.
With the help of local nature experts, the NatureBlitz will feature fun guided walks and nature interpretation throughout the day and after dark. Similar to a BioBlitz another goal of the event is to learn about and inventory as many living things as possible in the 24-hour period so we have a better understanding of this site’s biodiversity.
The following are examples of guided walks and activities will be provided throughout the day, including a chance to look for and identify bats using handheld bat detectors! Guided walks include: Early morning & evening birds, Owl prowl, Reptile & amphibian slither, Trees, plants & other amazing light-eaters, Invasive species, Nature photography, Small mammals of the woodlands, Crepuscular crawl at dusk, Bat walk, Mothing in the maples.
With the help of local nature experts, the NatureBlitz will feature fun guided walks and nature interpretation throughout the day and after dark. Similar to a BioBlitz another goal of the event is to learn about and inventory as many living things as possible in the 24-hour period so we have a better understanding of this site’s biodiversity.
The following are examples of guided walks and activities will be provided throughout the day, including a chance to look for and identify bats using handheld bat detectors! Guided walks include: Early morning & evening birds, Owl prowl, Reptile & amphibian slither, Trees, plants & other amazing light-eaters, Invasive species, Nature photography, Small mammals of the woodlands, Crepuscular crawl at dusk, Bat walk, Mothing in the maples.
Biological Survey of Canada Carmacks BioBlitz | Carmacks, Yukon Territory
June 24-26, 2016
The Yukon River. Photo courtesy of Syd Cannings, Environment Canada
Click the images to view bigger versions
|
The Biological Survey of Canada BioBlitzes began in 2001. At first, the gatherings focused on insects and other arthropods in key grassland habitats. Now, however, the annual BSC BioBlitz is no longer exclusively associated with grasslands or arthropods; rather, the location is chosen to increase the knowledge of all biota in an area that is considered nationally significant. For more information and reports from past BSC blitzes, please visit http://biologicalsurvey.ca/pages/read/bio-blitzes.
In 2016, the BSC BioBlitz will take place in and around Carmacks, Yukon--an ideal location because of its unique history and geography at the edge of unglaciated Beringia. The area is poorly-known biologically, but is home to some species that are found nowhere else in the world. Check out the species lists for the area here Can't make it to the Yukon? You can also follow along with the Carmacks BioBlitz on iNaturalist Join us in exploring the living wonders of the Yukon! If you’d like more information, contact carmacksbioblitz@gmail.com |
10th Annual Whistler BioBlitz | Whistler, British Columbia
July 8-10, 2016
The 2015 Whistler BioBlitz team. Photo by James Hollko
Click the images to view bigger versions
Photos courtesy of Whistler Naturalists, and taken by Joern Rohde, Brent Matsuda, and Bob Brett. |
On behalf of the Whistler Naturalists, we would like to invite you to this year’s BioBlitz on the weekend of July 8-10th. This will be our 10th annual event which makes it Canada’s longest-running BioBlitz! We are planning some celebrations to mark the occasion on Saturday night so hope to get as many veterans back as possible, as well as keen newbies.
In just nine BioBlitz weekends BioBlitz scientists like you have identified approximately 1,100 previously undocumented species! It’s an amazing feat which shows how much is left to learn about the diversity that surrounds us. Fun is the organizing principle of BioBlitz. We’ll again be based at the south (Creekside) end of Whistler, which allows lots of opportunities for participants to kibitz with each other. Here’s the schedule:
We hope you can join us! Please RSVP to Bob at bob@snowlineresearch.ca (phone 604-932-8900). |
Parks Canada: Gulf Islands National Park Reserve BioBlitz | Sidney Island, British Columbia
August 13-14, 2016
Parks Canada will be hosting a BioBlitz event at the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve at Sidney Island in British Columbia from 12pm August 13th to 12pm on the 14th. Families can participate in fun activities, try out the iNaturalist app, and see how many species they can help identify in 24 hours.
Shaw TV featured the park in a piece about biodiversity in the area in preparation for the event!
More information and registration for the Blitz can be found at the Eventbrite page.
Photo below is courtesy of Parks Canada.
Shaw TV featured the park in a piece about biodiversity in the area in preparation for the event!
More information and registration for the Blitz can be found at the Eventbrite page.
Photo below is courtesy of Parks Canada.
|
|
|
New Brunswick Museum BiotaNB BioBlitz | Nepisiguit Protected Natural Area/Mount Carleton Provincial Park, New Brunswick
August 10-23, 2016 | Public Open House TBD 2016
|
We had a great turn-out in 2015 for our first year in the Nepisiguit Protected Natural Area/Mount Carleton Provincial Park and made some interesting discoveries- the oldest red pines in Atlantic Canada, new lichens and fungi for the region, good data on ants in the PNA, 2 earthworms new to the province, and good samples of amphibians for work on the incidence of chytrid fungal disease in New Brunswick. For 2016 we will be back in the Nepisiguit Protected Natural Area/Mount Carleton Provincial Park for our final year, from August 10-23.
Other places BiotaNB has run our intensive scientific BioBlitzes include:
|
A partnership between
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|