Denise Bonin scans the rocky shores around Metchosin's Parry Bay for algae thrown up by the waves. Photograph by Mike Hawkes. |
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BioBlitz groups head out on the 9:00 am forays. The marine/algae team can be seen in this picture -- Phil Lambert in the blue jacket with yellow highlights, Mike Hawkes just to Phil's left, Sandra Lindstrom with the white hat and blue jacket.
Photo by James Holkko. |
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Christian Engelstoft shows two small snails, the Robust Lancetooth and the Northwest Hesperian, to Rick Avis. Photo by Judith Holm.
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Andy MacKinnon models one of the new BioBlitz T-shirts given to visiting experts. Photo by James Holkko.
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The birding group scopes out field-based species for the 2013 BioBlitz bird count. Photo by James Holkko |
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Two members of the moss team at the 2013 Metchosin Bioblitz, Kem Luther (foreground) and Wynne Miles (background), scan the ground for new mosses at Matheson Lake Park. Photo by James Holkko. |
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Joel Ussery surveys plants on the old Sooke pipeline. Joel made 200 plant identifications during the 2013 BioBlitz. Photo by Moralea Milne.
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At the Friday night presentations of the 2013 BioBlitz, Kevin Trim shows some mushrooms to a pair of fungi admirers. Photo by James Holkko.
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UBC Herbarium Curator Olivia Lee checks out a Matheson moss. Photo by James Holkko. |
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A work in progress: BioBlitz 2013 birders check off the birds they have spotted on a list taped to a window of the Mel Cooper cabin.
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License plate and bumper sticker on Adolf and Oluna Ceska's SUV. Photo by Denise Bonin. |
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A marine and botany group works the shore line at Tower Point. Photo by Denise Bonin. |
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