Wildlife

Ducklings swim with their mother on a pond in a park during a warm spring day in Montreal on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. It's a time of the year of seeing mother ducks and their babies crossing a road. A British Columbia animal rescue group is issuing tips for the public after dozens of orphan ducklings have been brought into its centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

B.C. wildlife group shares tips on duckling dilemmas, as dozens of orphans brought in

Wildlife Rescue Association of BC advice on what to do if you spot what you think is an orphan

Ducklings swim with their mother on a pond in a park during a warm spring day in Montreal on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. It's a time of the year of seeing mother ducks and their babies crossing a road. A British Columbia animal rescue group is issuing tips for the public after dozens of orphan ducklings have been brought into its centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Last Tuesday near dusk, Eileen Pedersen spotted this young black bear up a tree at Gyro Park. “Apparently, it had been there a good part of the day, looking very cozy spread across two branches,” she said. “When I was there people were being respectful and keeping their distance.” The bear disappeared around 7 p.m., Pedersen said, adding, “I hope residents keep food sources like garbage inside until the day it’s collected.” Photo: Eileen Pedersen

Manage your attractants; bears are out in Greater Trail

Store garbage in a secure place until the morning of your scheduled pick up day

Last Tuesday near dusk, Eileen Pedersen spotted this young black bear up a tree at Gyro Park. “Apparently, it had been there a good part of the day, looking very cozy spread across two branches,” she said. “When I was there people were being respectful and keeping their distance.” The bear disappeared around 7 p.m., Pedersen said, adding, “I hope residents keep food sources like garbage inside until the day it’s collected.” Photo: Eileen Pedersen
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Goat gruff on a Trail bluff

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Photo: Ron Wilson
David Dudeck recently spotted this colourful visitor in his yard. Photo: David Dudeck

A true blue B.C. beauty

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David Dudeck recently spotted this colourful visitor in his yard. Photo: David Dudeck
In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 file photo, a foothold trap intended for bobcat is seen. In B.C. an average of 10 cats and dogs are accidentally caught in wildlife traps each year. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Call for regulations after numerous cats, dogs caught in wildlife traps in B.C.

Average of 10 pets accidentally trapped each year from 2015 to 2021

In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 file photo, a foothold trap intended for bobcat is seen. In B.C. an average of 10 cats and dogs are accidentally caught in wildlife traps each year. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Two baby eagles, or eaglets, have hatched successfully in the Hancock Wildlife Foundation’s White Rock nest. The South Surrey nest has two eggs that are also expected to start hatching within the next week. (Hancock Wildlife Foundation live cam/hancockwildlife.org)

Egg watch: Baby bald eaglet hatches in B.C. nest

Sibling on the way for eaglet; 2 eggs in South Surrey nest expected to start hatching this week

Two baby eagles, or eaglets, have hatched successfully in the Hancock Wildlife Foundation’s White Rock nest. The South Surrey nest has two eggs that are also expected to start hatching within the next week. (Hancock Wildlife Foundation live cam/hancockwildlife.org)
The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says a North Vancouver man has been fined for feeding black bears at his home. A black bear yawns at its enclosure at the Dachigam National Park on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Mukhtar Khan

North Vancouver man fined for repeatedly feeding black bear and cub

Conservation officer investigation began after videos surfaced on social media in 2018

The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says a North Vancouver man has been fined for feeding black bears at his home. A black bear yawns at its enclosure at the Dachigam National Park on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Mukhtar Khan
The American bullfrog is the largest frog species and has a voracious carnivorous appetite, eating everything from crayfish, water beetles, snails, dragonfly larvae, small fish, and occasionally small birds, rodents, and other amphibians. (Photo by Terry Anderson)

Expert team leaps to action to protect Creston Valley’s endangered leopard frogs

Collective efforts needed to stop invasive American bullfrogs from damaging local ecosystem

The American bullfrog is the largest frog species and has a voracious carnivorous appetite, eating everything from crayfish, water beetles, snails, dragonfly larvae, small fish, and occasionally small birds, rodents, and other amphibians. (Photo by Terry Anderson)
McKayla Spencer, the Interagency Python Management Coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) holds up a Burmese python during a news conference, Thursday, June 3, 2021, in the Florida Everglades. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Edmonton zoo employee ‘doing well’ following Burmese python bite

City reviewing what happened, including procedures for carrying the snake

McKayla Spencer, the Interagency Python Management Coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) holds up a Burmese python during a news conference, Thursday, June 3, 2021, in the Florida Everglades. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
The persistent cases of mammals infected with bird flu has put Canadian wildlife and public health experts on alert, as a recent research paper warned of a “potentially devastating pandemic” if the virus mutates to efficiently spread between humans. Dr. Samira Mubareka, an infectious disease specialist and clinician scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute and the University of Toronto, poses in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sunnybrook Hospital

‘Potentially devastating’: Bird flu cases in mammals put scientists on alert

Fewer than a dozen confirmed human H5N1 cases globally since 2020

The persistent cases of mammals infected with bird flu has put Canadian wildlife and public health experts on alert, as a recent research paper warned of a “potentially devastating pandemic” if the virus mutates to efficiently spread between humans. Dr. Samira Mubareka, an infectious disease specialist and clinician scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute and the University of Toronto, poses in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sunnybrook Hospital
Ron Wilson captured these American eagles overlooking the Tadanac area from their perch last week. Photos: Ron Wilson

Keeping an eye on things …

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Ron Wilson captured these American eagles overlooking the Tadanac area from their perch last week. Photos: Ron Wilson
David Dudeck shares a few photos taken near the Trail airport just before Easter. Photos: David Dudeck

Kootenay birds of a feather

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David Dudeck shares a few photos taken near the Trail airport just before Easter. Photos: David Dudeck
In this Thursday, April 6, 2023, image provided by Providence Alaska, a moose stands inside a Providence Alaska Health Park medical building in Anchorage, Alaska. The moose chomped on plants in the lobby until security was able to shoo it out, but not before people stopped by to take photos of the moose. (Providence Alaska via AP)

Moose feasts on lobby plants in Alaska hospital building

Hungry animal finds some comfortable feasting in Anchorage, attracts quite a crowd

In this Thursday, April 6, 2023, image provided by Providence Alaska, a moose stands inside a Providence Alaska Health Park medical building in Anchorage, Alaska. The moose chomped on plants in the lobby until security was able to shoo it out, but not before people stopped by to take photos of the moose. (Providence Alaska via AP)
Ron Wilson shares this tranquil image of a swan paddling in the marsh near Oasis. Photo: Ron Wilson

Graceful Oasis

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Ron Wilson shares this tranquil image of a swan paddling in the marsh near Oasis. Photo: Ron Wilson
Dire wolf skulls found in La Brea Tar Pits are on display at the George C. Page Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, in Los Angeles. The museum celebrates a century of excavation at the La Brea Tar Pits, considered the richest and most diverse collection of Ice Age fossils. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Scientists confirm first Canadian fossil of Ice Age predator the dire wolf

Specimen found near Medicine Hat confirmed years after being found

Dire wolf skulls found in La Brea Tar Pits are on display at the George C. Page Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, in Los Angeles. The museum celebrates a century of excavation at the La Brea Tar Pits, considered the richest and most diverse collection of Ice Age fossils. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A person holds a mummified Arctic ground squirrel uncovered near Dawson City, Yukon, in an undated handout photo. The 30,000-year-old animal is set to go on display this May at Whitehorse’s Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Yukon Territorial Government

‘Amazing story of survival’: 30,000-year-old mummified ground squirrel found in Yukon

Remains, believed to be an animal that died while hibernating, found by miners

A person holds a mummified Arctic ground squirrel uncovered near Dawson City, Yukon, in an undated handout photo. The 30,000-year-old animal is set to go on display this May at Whitehorse’s Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Yukon Territorial Government
A Myotis Bat is caught by Utah Division of Natural Resources Wednesday, May 26, 2021. A fungus that has led to some Canadian bat populations becoming endangered has been found in British Columbia. The province’s Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says the fungus that causes white nose syndrome, which has no proven treatment, has been detected in bat guano in the Grand Forks area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/The Spectrum-Elle Cabrera-via AP

Fungus that causes deadly white nose syndrome among bats detected in B.C. guano

Fungus is primarily spread by bat-to-bat contact and doesn’t affect humans

A Myotis Bat is caught by Utah Division of Natural Resources Wednesday, May 26, 2021. A fungus that has led to some Canadian bat populations becoming endangered has been found in British Columbia. The province’s Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says the fungus that causes white nose syndrome, which has no proven treatment, has been detected in bat guano in the Grand Forks area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/The Spectrum-Elle Cabrera-via AP
Denise Foster of the French Creek Estuary Nature Preserve releases the rehabilitated eagle back to its natural elements, with North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre’s Animal care supervisor Derek Downes assisting her. (Deb Freeman photo)

Vancouver Island wildlife recovery centre releases rehabilitated eagle

Save Estuary Land Society member selected to free bird of prey

Denise Foster of the French Creek Estuary Nature Preserve releases the rehabilitated eagle back to its natural elements, with North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre’s Animal care supervisor Derek Downes assisting her. (Deb Freeman photo)
A bald eagle dubbed ‘Brit’ shows the egg laid on March 24, 2023. She and partner Rey live in a South Surrey nest near 0 Avenue and 172 Street and followers are watching closely to see if there will be any more eggs for the pair. (Hancock Wildlife Foundation/Facebook)

UPDATE: One egg observed in second B.C. bald eagle nest

VIDEO: White Rock and South Surrey bald eagles hopeful parents-to-be with three eggs laid

A bald eagle dubbed ‘Brit’ shows the egg laid on March 24, 2023. She and partner Rey live in a South Surrey nest near 0 Avenue and 172 Street and followers are watching closely to see if there will be any more eggs for the pair. (Hancock Wildlife Foundation/Facebook)
A pair of bald eagle parents-to-be are carefully taking care of two eggs, laid March 17 and March 20. Two other pairs in Delta and South Surrey appear to be making efforts toward breeding eggs of their own, all visible on 24/7 live camera streams on the Hancock Wildlife Foundation website. (Hancock Wildlife Foundation/Facebook)

VIDEO: This pair of B.C. bald eagles are expecting: 2 eggs seen in nest through livestream

Live cameras streaming other nests where watchers are hopeful more eggs will appear

A pair of bald eagle parents-to-be are carefully taking care of two eggs, laid March 17 and March 20. Two other pairs in Delta and South Surrey appear to be making efforts toward breeding eggs of their own, all visible on 24/7 live camera streams on the Hancock Wildlife Foundation website. (Hancock Wildlife Foundation/Facebook)