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An Unusual Visitor to our Refuge Recently, I was walking around the corner of the office and caught a flash of white and blue perched nearby.  My first thought was that it was an unusual Steller's Jay, as we have quite a few that hang out nearby.  Upon closer inspection, however, it turned out to be a brilliant blue and white budgie!Budgies, or Budgerigars, are common household pets - perhaps

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lettuce and within a few weeks they will be outside and playing in the snow!Stay tuned for more updates soon!

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Grouse Mountain! - Kelly, Ryan, Hailee & Kaylyn PRIZE: The Eye of the Wind turbine tour for 2 Mina's Favourite Grouse Moment... I enrolled my first son Shayan, 4.5, in the Ski Wee program in 2006. We used to come up to the Grouse Mountain every Saturday, a family of four watching him progress while I was nursing my 10-month-old Kassra! My husband is a skier but hates to ski alone! We decided to do

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their hibernation instinct and they will spend most of their days inside their sleeping chamber.  Then hibernation will truly begin for the 2012/2013 season.  Stay tuned for further updates on their preparations.

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First Hummingbird Monitoring Session of the Year Yesterday we held our first hummingbird monitoring session of the year.  According to our schedule, and the arrival of the birds in May, we were supposed to begin several weeks ago but the weather has not permitted us to safely band the birds.  Tuesday, the weather held and our volunteers made it up and we ran a standard five hour monitoring

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another sleepless night during 24 Hours of Winter to the stunning conditions at Quiksilver's Showdown Over The City and all of our snow camps and clinics, this past winter was truly one of the best ever! We look forward to welcoming everyone back to the slopes here at the Peak of Vancouver in a few months time. Stay tuned to grousemountain.com/news and Grouse Mountain's social media throughout the

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High Performance Starts Here Are you interested in the latest equipment? Maybe Santa didn’t know exactly what skis or board to bring you this year? Try out some of our high performance rentals before you finalize on a purchase. A day on the Mountain is made much more enjoyable when you’re on the right equipment. Try a different length, or side-cut to see how your carved turn responds. Our

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spotlight shining on Vancouver. The city’s favourite playground will be aglow with enthusiastic skiers carving their way down the mountain in wide, deliberate turns that will be easily visible from countless vantage points throughout the city. Grouse Mountain will enhance the visibility of the Torch Parade by extinguishing the lights on the Cut for the time it takes the train to make its way down. The

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The Eye of the Wind - Photo Bubble! Explore The Eye of the Wind yourself Click on the image and move your mouse to navigate The Eye of the Wind and its surroundings, The green targets will allow you to access the next stage of the turbine by clicking on them and will show you a new perspective.

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even more frequently!).  Both of these species go through a dramatic shift in coat colour once the snow arrives.Both turn their brown fur into a fairly stark white colour to blend in with the background of fresh snow.  The decrease in temperature and short days triggers this change of coat.  The snowshoe hairs nibble on left-over foliage from the summertime and the ermines hunt small mammals and

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