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The only comprehensive  
guide to the birds,
animals and plants of
Boundary Bay area,
includes Fraser River  
estuary, Burns Bog, BC,
Canada & Whatcom Co.
WA, USA.
Soft cover  6" x 9".  224 pp.  
170 colour photographs,
Price $24.95 Can./$20.95US
ISBN 978-0 - 9780088-0-4
Published 2006
Boundary Bay Nature News and Events
                                                           July 2008 update

Butterflies and Beavers

Summer is here! Hot, sunny weather encourages us all to be
outside in nature. July is a good month for seeing
butterflies and
dragonflies. Look for Western Tiger Swallowtails near poplars and
willows, and for Anise Swallowtails along the dyke at Boundary
Bay. Pine Whites can be distinguished from non-native Cabbage
Whites by their gentle fluttery flight and lightly veined wings, with
black tips. Beautiful Mourning Cloaks have yellow edges to their
dark wings and live the longest of all butterflies in our area: up to
10 months. To attract butterflies to your garden plant asters,
astilbe, buddleia, cotoneaster, cow parsnip, goldenrod, Labrador
tea, lilac, mock orange, nettles, phlox, yarrow and zinnia



Beavers are still relatively common in some parts of the
watershed, but they should not be killed. This is a native wildlife
species and was once a key animal in the Boundary Bay
watershed ecosystem. Prior to modern development, beavers
were common in the Nicomekl, Serpentine and Little Campbell
river valleys, and  created much important wetland habitat by their
activities. By slowing and ponding the river waters, they provided
places for ducks and other waterfowl to nest and the fluctuating
water levels along the banks supported thick riparian vegetation,
home to many other species of wildlife. In later years, dyking and
draining the land and killing off the beavers encouraged homes to
be built on floodplain areas - places which are inappropriate for
urban development. Inevitably now the cry goes up for beavers to
be removed and even killed, as their ponds threaten houses built
near the rivers. Wise planning would restrict the construction of
homes on floodplains and leave room for the wildlife that enrich
the ecosystem we all share.

LILY POINT PARK Celebration
A large group of Lily Point fans gathered on Wednesday 4 June to
witness the lowest tide of the year and the establishment of the
Lily Point park and conservation easement. Thanks to all the
donors and to the Whatcom Land Trust, Whatcom County Parks,
the Lummi Tribe, the State of Washington and The Land
Conservancy of BC for this valuable initiative.  The event was a
happy one, with folks from both sides of the border participating
and the Lummi singing in celebration and relief for the protection
of this sacred and historic site
.

Boundary Bay clean up
The Nature Trust organized their annual clean up along
Boundary Bay dyke and foreshore on Saturday June 7.
Volunteers found lots of debris from the fishing industry as
well as tires, plastic buckets and spades, water bottles and
beer cans, shell cases and plastic bags. It was not as bad as
previous years though and the regular chore has removed
much of the garbage buried in the marsh.

Coming Events:

Talks and book sales will take place in the Fall. Watch
for announcements on this site.


Birds on the Bay - year round program around
Boundary Bay - Walks, talks and fun family activities.   
 
    
BC Breeding Bird Atlas online: get atlassing
today!
more info>>>

Check out the comprehensive plant species lists for
Boundary Bay nature destinations,compiled by noted
botanist and birder, Wayne Weber.
See more >>>  

Go to the Nature Guide to Boundary Bay
Annex Site for
species lists of Bird, Mammal, Plant, Reptile,
Amphibian, Fish, insects, fungi... found in the Boundary
Bay area.

Click here for links to local nature Organizations
ONLINE ANNOTATED LIST:

BIRD LIST FOR BOUNDARY BAY

- OVER 330 SPECIES
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The Atlas covers the whole
Boundary Bay watershed
and looks in detail at
ecology, habitats, wildlife
and other natural features.
Maps supplied by
Community Mapping
Network
see photos from both books
David Blevins Photography
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Fully illustrated in colour
Soft cover 17" x 11"  spiral
bound, 89 pages; Price $75
ISBN 978-0-9780088-1-9
Published by
Nature Guides BC
on behalf of
Friends of Semiahmoo Bay
Society and Community
Mapping Network
Published May 2007

by Friends of Semiahmoo
Bay Society & Community
Mapping Network
BOOKS FOR SALE:
BOUNDARY BAY - FRASER RIVER ESTUARY, BC & WA STATE
NEW THIS MONTH!
The story of a landscape and the
people that transformed it....










Tracing Our Past
~ A Heritage Guide to
Boundary Bay

by Anne Murray,
photographs by David Blevins








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604 943 0273
Soft cover 6" x 9", 240 pp.
Fully illustrated: 90 colour photographs, 47
sepia photographs/drawings, 8 maps.
Price Can./US $27.95
ISBN 978-0-9780088-2-6
Published 2008
Popular local wildlife guide:

A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay
Anne Murray
photographs by David Blevins
Georgia Basin Habitat Atlas:
Boundary Bay
A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay

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and accommodation near Boundary Bay
Community Mapping Network
Atlas:
Tracing Our Past ~ A Heritage
Guide to Boundary Bay

An ecological history of the
landscape around Boundary
Bay, south of the Fraser River,
in SW British Columbia and
Northern Washington State.

Listen to the author in interview
with Mark Forsythe on CBC
Radio Almanac (see Openline
Archive 12/05/08)

More information:
Media Release
Info sheet
Reviews
"Well-researched, well written, and
intelligently presented, a beautifully
illustrated local history not to be missed by
anyone with an interest in how this area got to
be the way it is"  - Historian Derek Hayes
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