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tree branches to prevent house cats from using these as a perch to launch attacks against the unsuspecting hummingbirds.  During cold snaps, it's a real help if you can bring your feeder inside for the night time. Hummingbirds will feed until approximately 30 minutes after dusk and then go into a torpor for the night time and awake just before dawn to feed. So if as much as possible you can bring

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First Hummingbird Monitoring Session of 2019 14th Year of monitoring On Thursday June 13th we held our first hummingbird banding and monitoring session of 2019.  This marks our 14th year of running this project on Grouse Mt. Hummingbird numbers have been in decline and very few studies were being carried out as to why and what possible causes could be contributing.  Grouse Mountain teamed up

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Almost 700 Participants Make the Climb at the 16th Annual Seek the Peak Thousands raised in support of BC Cancer Foundation (North Vancouver) Perfect conditions greeted racers this morning as they set out for the 16th annual Seek the Peak, with its awe-inspiring climb from West Vancouver’s Ambleside Park to the Peak of Vancouver. This year’s event saw almost 700 participants take on the 13

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. They are two of eleven owl species found on the south coast of British Columbia. CLEO — BARN OWL Cleo, a female Barn owl, was born domestically in spring 2011. She was hand-raised at Pacific Northwest Raptors in Duncan, BC.You can tell she’s a Barn owl from her distinctive heart-shaped face, and her white and brown speckled body. Barn Owl FactsSpecies name? Tyto alba — from the Greek word tutu for

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Grinder and Coola Begin Winter Preparations The days are getting shorter and the weather is turning colder and that's a sure sign that the bears are getting ready for their long winter sleep!  Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears at the Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, have been into hyperphagia (basically a fancy word for pigging out) phase for the last month and a bit now and have

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Common Mammals of Grouse Mountain Today for our National Wildlife Week post let's check out some of the common mammals we see up here on Grouse Mountain! American Black Bear American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) can be seen wandering the slopes and valleys of Grouse Mountain from time to time. Black Bears are the most plentiful bears in North America and British Columbia itself is home to over

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, however.Speaking of available resources, there are some great ways that you can help out hummingbirds at home and be an ambassador for these little wonders.  Perhaps the easiest way is to plant flowering bushes and shrubs that will serve as natural food for the birds as they migrate and set-up breeding territories.  Hummingbirds love flowers such as lupine, honeysuckle, columbine, bee balm and other flowers with

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Y2Play Passholders Bring a Friend For Free February 15, 2019 It's True! Y2Play Passholders Can Bring a Friend for Free!It’s a winter wonderland! Recent snow and cold temperatures mean that conditions at Grouse Mountain are the best so far this season. With continued cool temperatures, and the potential for more natural snow to add to snowmaking, it truly is the perfect time to get out and enjoy

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Special Passholder Offer This Saturday Celebrate the final weekend of the 2018/19 winter season It's been another great winter season on the Mountain, full of groomers, glades, kickers and cruisers. We've had snow, we've had sun and lots in between. Our final day of skiing and riding this season will be Monday, April 22nd. Thank you for another memorable winter!In celebration of our final weekend

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feathers to reveal a corrugated yellow skin patch underneath. It is an everyday event to hear the male Grouse calling in the spring on Grouse Mountain. In the mid-summer we also often see mom leading out anywhere from 4-12 chicks! The Common Raven (Corvus corax) is a common site on Grouse Mountain. These large birds look all black in colour but upon closer inspection can be seen to have a purple sheen

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