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long standing member of the Hummingbird Monitoring Network out of Arizona.  The Network stations all follow the same banding and monitoring protocols so that data from over 30 stations across Western North American can be collated and compared.  Overall it unfortunately appears that hummingbird numbers are slowly decreasing due to habitat loss and the loss of stopover migration sites.  Studies like

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Watch the ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Challenge Video Thank you for joining us at the ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Challenge on Saturday Sept. 7. Watch the official event video here.

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Grinder and Coola Enter Their Lower Pond Habitat Today marked the first day that Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, entered their Lower Pond Habitat in 2015.  This is also the earliest ever in the springtime that they have had access to their entire 5.5 Acre Summer Habitat.  Each year we have to take the fencing down when the

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Grinder and Coola Make Winter Bed and Prepare to Hibernate For the last couple weeks our two resident Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola, have been preparing to hibernate. With some good snow fall on the ground and temperatures regularly below zero degrees, the bears are now spending most of their days inside their den sleeping.In preparation for hibernation, Grinder and Coola went through

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Building Camaraderie YPO Oregon Comes Together at Grouse Mountain What a stunning September we have had here on Grouse Mountain, and the perfect backdrop for teams to get together and experience the great outdoors and our Corporate Adventure Programs. Ziplining over Blue Grouse Lake, technical tours of the Eye of the Wind, making friends with our barn owl Tyto and navigating around the mountain

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Y2Play Is 80% Sold Tons of fresh snow means springtime skiiing for Y2Players Rain in the city means tons of the white stuff falling here at Grouse Mountain allowing you to get the most out of your Y2Play pass. While other mountains will soon be shutting their doors for the season, our great base of 553cm the Peak of Vancouver and a forecast for more snow on the way means we are already

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male Rufous (only the 3rd and 4th one's ever up here!!) and numerous Anna's Hummingbirds as well.We did have some recaptures from previous years too - the most impressive being a female Rufous Hummingbird banded in 2008 as an adult - making her at least 8 years old! That's a lot of trips to Mexico and back for the little lady.Our previous record session was 33 birds in about mid-July a couple years

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problem solving.  “Although many of us have worked together for years it was great to see people trying new things, being supported by their team members. Everyone had positive comments from the day!” Development and Communications team at Covenant House Vancouver The human knot was definitely a favourite of the group as they found that sometimes a good laugh is an important part of solving problems

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Vancouver’s favourite holiday tradition November 29, 2008, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – Usher in the spirit of holiday season at the Peak of Christmas festivities opening this weekend at Grouse Mountain. Guests can visit Santa's Workshop and meet real reindeer, or experience the tranquil beauty of skating on our 8,000 square foot mountaintop ice skating pond. Visitors can also learn

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their lack of success.  Their target?  Steller's Jays.  Jays present a very ambitious target for a young bird as they are quite large, feisty and definitely quite intelligent. I watched the Sharpies for quite some time, and their tactic of wait and ambush seemed to be failing since the Jays were highly aware that the hawks were around and out for breakfast.  What was surprising was just how un-caring

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