Calling all bird nerds and ‘bird curious’
Vancouver Bird Week will be returning this spring to celebrate all things avian! SPES is excited to be coordinating this city-wide annual event for the first time since 2015. From…
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Tiny swallows, big flight!
Swallows will soon be landing in Stanley Park to breed. Violet-green Swallows, who return to their nesting grounds much earlier than other insectivorous (insect-eating) birds, overwinter in southern Mexico and…
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Photo: Iris Removal (Greg Hart)
Nature nurtures teen scientists in Stanley Park
High school students with different timetables and a curriculum that is jam packed with content mean field trips for this age group can be tricky for teachers to execute. As…
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A house for all seasons
(Cover Photo: Michael Schmidt) When summer ends, the throng of tourists retreat from Stanley Park and locals put up their umbrellas to find drier ground. Nature, however, continues its daily…
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EcoCamp Empowers Kids
It’s no secret. The next generation will inherit this earth and its complicated set of ecological challenges. Now, more than ever, we need to think about the tools that we’re…
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Thank You!!
A big “High 5” to our wonderful donors who came through for Stanley Park wildlife and ecosystems in 2018! Your support ensures SPES’s education and conservation departments continue to deliver…
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