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Hanging bats
#funfactfriday Ever wonder why and how bats hang upside-down? Unlike birds, bats cannot launch their bodies into the air from the ground...
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Feb 24, 2023
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Have a ~wild~ Valentine's Day!
Can't quite your feelings into worlds for that special someone? Let some of our local species do it for you! Click through the gallery...
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Feb 14, 2023
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Weird wood ducks
#funfactfriday Did you know the beautiful Wood Duck is the only 'perching duck' species in Canada? This diverse group of ducks, swans,...
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Feb 10, 2023
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Sizing up swans
#funfactfriday Did you know that the Trumpeter Swans we see on local lakes and rivers in the winter are the largest waterfowl species in...
osstewardship
Feb 3, 2023
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Nature-inspired New Year's #5
It's the final week in our nature-inspired New Years resolutions! Here is one last thing you can learn from our local habitats: Be like...
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Jan 31, 2023
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Is it a bobcat or lynx?
#funfactfriday Although they look very similar, bobcats and lynx take very different approaches to finding food. Bobcats are fierce...
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Jan 27, 2023
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Brown Bag Lecture Series: Sharing Our Spaces
Join our very own Lia McKinnon as she discusses how endangered wildlife and humans compete for the same resources. Tuesday, January 31...
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Jan 25, 2023
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Nature-inspired New Years #4
Next up in our Nature-inspired New Years resolutions: Appreciate the rocky bits - you never know what new opportunities they may be...
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Jan 24, 2023
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Year of the Rabbit
#funfactfriday It is almost Lunar New Year!! We are coming into the Year of the Rabbit. Did you know that Nuttall's Cottontails (shown...
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Jan 20, 2023
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