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Baby black-tailed deer appearing on mountain Look but don't touch please!  Over the last couple weeks we've been seeing baby Black-tailed Deer starting to appear on Grouse Mountain.  We have a healthy population of these deer, who are a sub-species of Mule Deer, and each spring the females can be seen roaming the mountain with their newborns.  For the first few days or week of life, the young

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has the ideal mix of subtly sweet and salty flavours. With ingredients such as the extremely sought after Tonka bean, a wrinkly legume native to South America, this dessert is a must-try. Chefs from around the world are classifying this bean as a culinary innovation. The flavour is quite closely linked to its aroma which comes through as a combination of spicy, fruity and nutty. Described as

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known as one of the few predators willing to hunt skunks! The Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) is the namesake bird of 'Grouse' Mountain. These birds in habit the sub alpine slopes all over the North Shore of Vancouver. Previously this species, along with the Dusky Grouse, were considered one species known as Blue Grouse. Recently Ornithologists (bird scientists) split the Blue Grouse species

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chest band as well for accent. The females have dark brown rather than black feathers and do not have a distinct band on their chest. The Varied Thrush lives in the dark coastal rain forests of BC - it is an omnivore and it's diet consists of seeds, berries and lots of insects. They breed higher up in the sub-alpine but during the winter months can be found in the lowlands of Greater Vancouver

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unique gingerbread creations that will be on display in the Grouse Mountain chalet from November 23-January 6. All levels and abilities are welcome to submit and entry and participate in the challenge! Why Participate? You will be supporting BC Children's Hospital which is the Province’s only full-service, pediatric acute care hospital and serves the one million children living in BC and the Yukon

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Terrain Park. Skiing and riding will be available weekdays, from 3pm-10pm and weekends & holidays from 9am-10pm. Weekday hours will be extended once additional terrain opens. All Y2Play and 2017/18 Early Bird passes will be valid. Day Snow tickets will be available at General Admission pricing. Passholders who haven’t yet picked up their passes are reminded to do so. Subscribe to Snow Alerts by

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improve youth mental health in their communities. If there is a high school student in your life who is passionate about open discussion of mental health, please invite them to quickly apply to attend Talk at the Top. Applications are due December 10th, and can be submitted at jack.org/TalkatTheTop2018. Please share this with your networks - the more young minds that come together, the more impactful

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and diameter. American Pika If you venture up near our Eye of the Wind turbine on Grouse Mountain or out onto some of our rocky ski-slopes in the summer you're sure to run into, or at least hear, an American Pika (Ochotona princeps). These cute mammals are cousins of rabbits and hares even though they may look more like a mouse or tail-less squirrel. They live underneath rock rubble in sub

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Local Black-tailed deer out and about If you are walking around the top of Grouse Mountain this summer be sure to keep an eye out for our local Black-tailed Deer. We have seen several bucks (males) and also a couple does (females) with young following in stride.Black-tailed deer are sub-species of Mule deer and our local population are the Columbian variety. The males grow antlers but the

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of pollen to both our bees and a broad range of wild pollinators. As participants of the North American Hummingbird Banding Program for over 10 years, our collected data is compiled with data from other stations for research on hummingbird populations and migration in Western North America. This collection of data has led to interesting findings about hummingbirds in a sub-alpine environment

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