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Nicola Naturalist Society – winter events 2026

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Alan Burger

Evening meetings of the Nicola Naturalist Society are held once a month from September through May. We generally meet at 7PM on the third Thursday of the month in the Lecture Theatre of NVIT (Nicola Valley Institute of Technology) on … Continue reading →

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Merritt Christmas Bird Count 2025

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Alan Burger

The Nicola Naturalists organized the 27th Christmas count in the Merritt count circle, on Saturday 20th December 2025. The weather was fine and Nicola Lake was mostly ice-free as were some other water bodies. We had 21 field participants and … Continue reading →

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Nicola Naturalist Society – Fall events 2025

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Alan Burger

Evening meetings of the Nicola Naturalist Society are held once a month from September through May. We generally meet at 7PM on the third Thursday of the month in the Lecture Theatre of NVIT (Nicola Valley Institute of Technology) on … Continue reading →

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Sandhill Crane Surveys 2025

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Alan Burger

For the second successive year, our club undertook daily counts of Sandhill Cranes on their spring migration on the Douglas Lake Plateau near Merritt, B.C. Funding this year came from a Club Support Grant (BC Nature and BC Naturalists’ Foundation) … Continue reading →

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Merritt Christmas Bird Count 2024

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Alan Burger

The predicted high winds never arrived and we had near-perfect weather for the 26th Merritt Christmas Bird Count on December 14. We had 27 people out in eight groups and five feeder-watchers. Overall, we counted 64 species on the count … Continue reading →

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Nicola Naturalist Society – Winter events 2024-2025

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Alan Burger

Evening meetings of the Nicola Naturalist Society are held once a month from September through May. We generally meet at 7PM on the third Thursday of the month in the Lecture Theatre of NVIT (Nicola Valley Institute of Technology) on … Continue reading →

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Nicola Naturalist Society – Fall events 2024

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Alan Burger

Evening meetings of the Nicola Naturalist Society are held once a month from September through May. We generally meet at 7PM on the third Thursday of the month in the Lecture Theatre of NVIT (Nicola Valley Institute of Technology) on … Continue reading →

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Nicola Naturalist Society – Spring Events 2024

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Alan Burger

Evening meetings of the Nicola Naturalist Society are held once a month from September through May. We generally meet at 7PM on the third Thursday of the month in the Lecture Theatre of NVIT (Nicola Valley Institute of Technology) on … Continue reading →

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Snow Bunting Shiver – Feb 2024

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Alan Burger

The Nicola Naturalist Society held our traditional winter Snow Bunting Shiver outing on Sunday Feb 18th, 2024. Eleven members ventured up to the Douglas Lake Plateau in search of winter specialties – and maybe even Snow Buntings. The weather was … Continue reading →

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Merritt Christmas Bird Count 2023

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Alan Burger

The 25th Merritt Christmas Bird Count was held in unusually mild weather (thanks to El Niño) on 16 December 2023. We had 27 participants in the field (an increase from our pandemic low numbers) and three feeder-watchers. On count day … Continue reading →

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