To the seasons of life
The Nicola Naturalist Society is having it’s April meeting on the 21st at 7:00 p.m. at the NVIT lecture theater. They’re fond of saying all are welcome membership or donation is requested.
This month’s speaker is Camille Rbberge, At biologist taking her master’s degree at the Thompson Rivers University.
Her presentation will be on moose and whether or not cut blocks are beneficial to their habitat.
The local Merritt Naturalists are going out to count birds this Saturday, December 18th, 2021. The club has a 22 KM, circle area for their count. Data is submitted to the continent corresponding count, conducted by the Audubon’s.
You can contact the local club to report a bird sighting or interest at nicolanaturalists@gmail.com.
The Great White Fleet begins its trip around the world on the high seas.
The November meeting of the Nicola Naturalist Society was postponed to December 16th 2021. Elaine Sedgman from Kamloops will present a postponed show from May 2020 and October at the NVIT lecture theater on next Thursday at 7:pm.
She believes in the native quality of BC bees to pollinate.
Montreal becomes the first North American city to have a YMCA.
The Nicola Naturalists are having their members photo night. The venue is tomorrow night at the NVIT lecture theater at 7PM.
NVIT top of the hill on Belshaw avenue in Merritt BC.
We keep the necessary business meeting short so there is ample time to enjoy local nature photos taken by our talented membership. We haven’t seen members’ photos on the big screen for many months so this will be a gala occasion.
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Light bulb begins patent process..
This post is not meant to be a complete guide to poison safety. We only want to draw attention to the observance. More attention to poison safety then what is published here is required.
Some Black Berries can be poisoned,. You need to be aware of the colours of berries and other traits to be confident to eat them.
The frost can ferment berries in fall and winter making large animals eating them drunken visitors.
The battle of Salamis’; Persians defeated by Greeks .
The fall equinox marks the end of summer, it can be anywhere from September 21st to 24th, there has not been a September 21st equinox for thousands of years. this highlights the weight of time that went in to the orbit cycles and its consistency
At 3:21 PM Eastern time the earth will enjoy 12 hrs light and 12 hours dark as the days start to move to the Winter Solstice, then the northern hemisphere tips its full 23 degrees away from the sun making the shortest daylight in that 24 hour cycle on December 21st 2021, in 91 days.
Today is the Hot enough for you Day, A voice of caution that is needful in your times.
Act union, the province of Canada comes into being.
Fish or cut bait…
A solar eclipse is recorded by the Assyrians, the record is used later to adjust their timeline in history.
The Federal Government is interested in making modern the fisheries act.
The engagement showing their plans to to make modern is by webinar and website including but not limited to below>
Dealing with fish kills and harm to habitat this preview is available on the link in the photo above.
Editors note some of the material in the above is on a professional level, useful info for other would include where and to report concerns.
Menzies lake a spring fed source lake for hatcheries in the interior of BC is the subject of protection talk by locals in Merritt at this time..
The ocean liner Queen Mary 2 is Christened.
The Nicola Naturalists Society is hosting the Kamloops Exploration Group and giving the meeting over to them evening.
[Note the change in dates – not theusual third Thursday of the month.]
Dr. Christopher West is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He has degrees in Earth Sciences and Paleobiology, including a PhD from the University of Saskatchewan. He has published research on late Paleocene and early Eocene fossil floras from the Canadian High Arctic, British Columbia, and Alberta. Dr. West’s research interests are focused on reconstructing ancient climates and ecosystems using plant fossils in order to better understand ancient forest ecosystems, and how these ancient ecosystems gave rise to the modern forest biome in North America.
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In the lecture theater NVIT top of the hill Belshaw avenue in Merritt. The naturalists say all welcome membership or donation requested. Free parking.
Last legal female slave execution in the US.
The Christmas bird count has 120 years of world wide data at the Audubon Society . Good to our feathered friends and be especially mindful of migratory birds as they are protected.
Here are some highlights of the bird count conducted by the Nicola Naturalists Society this winter in the Merritt BC area.
7 teams of counters were out and had what the club called a pleasant day of counting . A notation that species counts are often effected by food supply an exceptional Douglas Fir cone drop made for a high count in Pine Siskins last year. Siskins were missed this year and joined 2 other species well below average: American Gold finch 9 ( average of 48) and Robins 1 ( average 23).
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Time Magazine is published.
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