At the Friday night talk of the 2015 Metchosin BioBlitz, Andy MacKinnon explains mycoheterotrophy. The audience is stunned that he can pronounce the word. Photograph by Kem Luther. |
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A large and attentive audience on Friday night listens as Kem recounts the highlights of the previous four Metchosin BioBlitzes and the two Metchosin MycoBlitzes. |
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Ben Hircock examines a lonely mushroom on the foray to Metchosin's Section 28. Photo by Kristen Miskelly. |
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A group of researchers prepare to survey Spellman Park. This is the first BioBlitz inventory of species on this special property. Photo by Kristen Miskelly. |
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Richard Winder and Christene Rafuse bring along special guests: two polytechnic students from France, Anaïs and Clara, who are doing an internship at the Pacific Forestry Centre. Photo by Kem Luther. |
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Andy photographs a Nutka Rose at Witty's Lagoon. Photo by Thor Henrich.
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Stephanie Hurst finds a dead Ceanothus Moth. She shows it to Joan Rosenberg and Rosemary Jorna Photo by Kristen Miskelly |
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One of the 2015 BioBlitz teams carried out an inventory of species at Witty's Lagoon. Photo by Kristen Miskelly |
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Headquarters for the 2015 Metchosin BioBlitz was the Welcome Hut at the Boys and Girls Club property. Groups gathered here before heading out to the field. Photo by Kem Luther.
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Three BioBlitzers, Hans Roemer, Moralea Milne, and Kent Anders, reach one of the outlooks on the undeveloped Section 95. Photo by Sean Rangel
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Stephanie and Andy enjoy a well deserved end-of-the-BioBlitz break. Photo by Kristen Miskelly. |
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At the salt marsh in the Witty's Lagoon estuary, BioBlitz searchers found a number of unusual plants.
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