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Accommodation inBritish Columbia - Accommodation Bed and
Breakfasts inBritish Columbia - Bed
and Breakfast
s Garibaldi
Highlands Bed and Breakfasts in Garibaldi Highlands
Nu-Salya Bed & Breakfast Chalet 2014
Glacier Heights Pl., Garibaldi Highlands, B.C. V0N 1T0; Ph: 604-898-3039
Free 877-604-9005
Vancouver Bed and Breakfasts
in Vancouver
Laburnum Cottage
Bed & Breakfast Inn 1388 Terrace Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V7R 1B4;
Ph: 888-207-8901 Fax: 604-988-4877
Revelstoke Bed and Breakfasts
in Revelstoke
MacPherson Lodge
Bed & Breakfast 2135 Clough Rd., P.O. Box 2615, Revelstoke,
B.C. VOE 250; Ph: 250-837-7041 Fax: 250-837-7077
Whistler Bed and Breakfasts
in Whistler
Durlacher Hof Alpine Inn
7055 Nesters Rd. , Box 1125, Whistler, B.C. VON 1B0;
Ph: 604-932-1924 Fax: 604-938-1980
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Nature
Books of British Columbia The Birds of British Columbia Volume I to IV Volume I Nonpasserines,
Introduction, Loons...Through Waterfowl -
R.W. Campbell, N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan,
J.M. Cooper, G.W. Kaiser, and M.C.E. McNall,
The Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, 1990.
Volume II Nonpasserines
: Diurnal Birds of Prey...through Woodpeckers
- R.W. Campbell, N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan,
J.M. Cooper, G.W. Kaiser, and M.C.E. McNall, The Royal
British Columbia Museum, Victoria, 1990.
Volume III Birds
of British Columbia : Passerines :... Flycatchers
Through Vireos - R.W. Campbell, N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan,
J.M. Cooper, G.W. Kaiser, and M.C.E. McNall, The Royal
British Columbia Museum, Victoria, 1997.
Volume IV Passerines Warblers through Old World Sparrows - R.W. Campbell,
N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan,
J.M. Cooper, G.W. Kaiser, and M.C.E. McNall, The Royal
British Columbia Museum, Victoria, 2001.
Birds
of Coastal British Columbia - Nancy Baron, et al
The
Ancient Murrelet : A Natural History... - Anthony J. Gaston
Birds
of the Okanagan Valley, British... Columbia
- Robert A. Cannings, Richard J. Cannings and Sydney G. Cannings 1987.
The
Birder's Guide: British Columbia - Keith Taylor, 1993
Tourist
Attractions
inBritish Columbia - Attractions
Wildlife Events and Festivalsin British Columbia - Wildlife Festivals January Brackendale Bald Eagle Festival - January - Weekends Squamish and Howe Sound Chamber of Commerce
Box 1009, Squamish, V0N 3G0; Ph: 604-892-9244 Fax: 604-892-2034 February
Trumpeter Swan Festival - Early February - #3 - 2401 Cliffe Avenue, Box #169, Courtenay, V9N 2L5;
Ph: 250-334-3234 Fax: 250-335-7791
March/April Brant Festival - March 31-April 2 2006 - 174 Railway Street, Qualicum Beach, V9K 1K7; Ph: 250-752-9171 Fax: 250-752-9883 Bluebirds, North American Bluebird Convention -April 26th-30th, 2006 - San Antonio, TX Hosted by the Texas Bluebird Society
May
Endangered Wildlife Festival - May - #212 - 1708 Dolphin Avenue, Kelowna, V1Y 9S4; Ph: 250- 861-9474 Fax: 250-861-7090 The Golden Mountain Festival of Birds & BearsMay - Golden Chamber of Commerce Toll free: 1-800-622-4653 Meadowlark Festival - May - Penticton Ph: 250-492-5275 Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Alliance, P.O. Box 20133,
Penticton, V2A 8K3; Ph: 250-492-LARK (5275)
Salmon Arm Grebe Festival - May - c/o S.A.B.N.E.S., P.O. Box 27, Salmon Arm, V1E 4N2;
Ph: 250-832-5200 or closer to the event 800-661-4800 Fax: 250-832-2825 Wings Over the Rockies Bird Festival - May 1-7 2006 - RR#4, #2-1535-14th Street, Invermere, V0A 1K4;
Ph: 888-933-3311 Fax: 250-342-9221 Wood Duck Wilderness Festival - May - c/o Ruby Lake Resort Site 20, Comp. 25, R.R. #1, Madeira Park, B.C. Canada V0N 2H0 Ph: 604-883-9991 Fax: 604-883-3602
July Return of the Osprey Festival - July - Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia, #124 - 1489 Marine Drive,
West Vancouver, V7T 1B8; Ph: 604-924-2581
September/October Hawk Watch - Mid-September to Late October - East Sooke Park
November
Snow Goose Festival - November Weekends - Delta 604.946.6980
Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival - November - Harrison Mills/Mission -Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce , 34033 Lougheed Highway, Mission, BC, V2V 5X8, Ph: (604) 826-6914, Fax: (604) 826- 5916
Dec-Feb Eagle Extravaganza - December - February - Freeman King Visitor Centre, Goldstream Provincial Park 2930 Trans Canada Highway,
Victoria, V9E 1K3; Ph: 250-478-9414 Fax: 250-478-9211
Nature Clubs and Organizations inBritish
Columbia - Wildlife Societies Audubon Society of British Columbia
Southern Vancouver Island Audubon Society Victoria, BC c/o Washington
State Office
P.O. Box 462 Olympia, WA 98507; Ph: 360/786-8020
Nature Clubs in British Columbia
Alouette Field Naturalists Ph: 604-463-8743 Fax: 604-463-8743
Arrow Lakes Naturalist Club Ph: 250- 265 4456 Fax: 250- 265 4616
Arrowsmith Naturalists Ph: 250-757-2387
Boundary Naturalists Ph: 250-442-8859 Comox Valley Naturalists
Society Box 3222 Courtenay, BC V9N 5N4
Bowen Nature Club Ph: 604-947-0134, 604- 947 0141
Bulkley Valley Naturalists Club Ph: 250-847-1725
Burke Mountain Naturalists Ph: 604-520-3706, 604-432-6296 Central
Okanagan Naturalists Club Ph: 250-769-6605, 250-769-6627
Central Valley Naturalists 856-4982 Chilliwack Field Naturalists
Club
Columbia Valley Field Naturalists Ph: 250-342-9077, 250-342-5095
Cowichan Valley Naturalists' Society Ph: 250-746-0240
Delta Naturalists Ph: 604-584-6550
Friends of Mt. Revelstoke & Glacier Field Naturalists Box 2992, Revelstoke,
BC; Ph: 250-837-2010 Fax: 250-837-7536
Kamloops Naturalists Club Ph: 250-573-3127
Kitimat Valley Naturalists Ph: 250-632-7632, 250-632-2543
Langley Field Naturalists Society Ph: 604-534-4314
Mackenzie Nature Observatory 250-997-6913
Mitlenatch Field Naturalists Society Fax: 250-285-3570, 250-285-2981
Mount Tolmie Conservation Association Ph: 250-595-2730
Nanaimo Field Naturalists P.O. Box 125, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5K4
Ph: 250-713-0072, 250-758-0872 Nelson Naturalists Box 893,Nelson
BCV1L 4K3 Ph: 250-825-9386
North Okanagan Naturalists' Club 250-542-3461 Fax: 250-542-3461
North Shuswap Naturalist Club Ph: 250-955-2155, 250-955-2185
Oliver-Osoyoos Naturalists Ph: 250-495-6907, 250-495-6907
Osoyoos Desert Society Ph: 250-495-2470,
250-495-6161
Pender Harbour & District Wildlife Society Ph: 604-739-7985, 604-739-7985
Pender Island Field Naturalists Fax: 250-629-3381, 250-629-9956
Powell River Naturalists Ph: 604-485-2602
Prince George Naturalists Club Ph: 250-564-8432
Quesnel Naturalists Ph: 250-747-2343, 250-992-7971
Rocky Mountain Naturalists Ph: 250-427-3605 Fax: 250-427-0222 Rocky Point Bird Observatory 572 Atkins Ave Victoria, BC V9B 3A3; Ph: 250 391-1786 Ph: 250-478-0493
Royal City Field Naturalists Ph: 604-430-8033
Salt Spring Island Trail and Nature Club Ph: 250-537-9335
Shuswap Naturalists Club Ph: 250-835-8802
Similkameen Naturalist Club Ph: 250-499-5370 Fax: 250-499-5379
Skeena Valley Naturalists : Ph: 250-798-2535 South Okanagan Naturalist Club Box 5039Penticton, BC V2A 8L8 Ph: 250-492-0158 Fax: 250-492-0158
Southern Interior Bluebird Trail Society Box 494Oliver, BC V0H 1T0 Ph:
250-495-7891 Squamish Estuary Conservation
Society Ph: 604-898-4860 Fax: 604-898-0786
Stony Creek Environmental Committee Ph: 604-420-9132 Fax: 604-420-9105
Sunshine Coast Conservation Association Ph: 604-886-8225
Sunshine Coast Natural History Society Ph: 604-885-6431
Timberline Trail and Nature Club Ph: 250-782-4485 Vancouver Natural History
Society Post Office Box 3021Vancouver, BC V6B 3X5; Ph: 604-224-7078
Fax: 604-224-7073
Vermillion Forks Field Naturalists Ph / Fax 250-295-7078 Victoria Natural History Society Ph: 250-477-6739 West Kootenay Naturalists' Association Ph: 250-226-0012
Whistler Naturalists Society Ph: 604-932-8900
White Rock and Surrey Naturalists Ph: 604-541-2451 Fax: 604-541-2458
Williams Lake Field Naturalists Society Ph: 250-392-7680 Young Naturalist's
Club of British Columbia
Museums inBritish Columbia - Museums Museums
- British Columbia Museums
Cowan Museum - University of British Columbia
The Royal British Columbia Museum
Nature Tours inBritish Columbia - Wildlife Tours
Brackendale
- Tours in Brackendale
Sunwolf Outdoor Centre
70002 Squamish Valley Road, P.O Box 244, Brackendale,V0N 1H0 Ph: 1-877-806-8046
Fax: 604-898-1638 Burnaby
- Tours in Burnaby
West Coast City and Nature
Sightseeing Ltd. 3945 Myrtle St., Burnaby, B.C. V5C 4G3; Ph: 604-451-1600,
604-451-4448 Delta
- Tours in Delta
Canadian Nature Cruises 6781 Westview Drive, Delta, BC V4E 2L7 Ph:
604-596-7077
Fernie
- Tours in Fernie
Fernie Wilderness Adventures 9 Ridgemont Ave., Fernie, BC V0B
1M2; Ph: 250-423-6704 Kelowna
- Tours in Kelowna
Speedwell
Bird Sanctuary
Louis Creek
- Tours in Louis Creek
Johnson Lake Resort
PO Box 78, RR #1, Louis Creek BC V0E 2E0; Ph: 250-672-1008 Nakusp
- Tours in Nakusp
Columbia Mountains Nature Tours Ltd. Galena Bay, RR#2 Comp. 12, Nakusp,
BC V0G 1R0, Ph/Fax: 250-369-0013 Port Hardy
- Tours in Port Hardy
Nature's Best Pacific Wilderness Tours Ltd. The Quarterdeck Marina,
Port Hardy, BC; Ph: 877-363-TOUR Fax: 250-335-2257 Richmond
- Tours in Richmond
Guide and Outfitters Association of BC, Box 94675, Richmond, BC V6Y
4A4; Ph: 604-278-2688 Fax: 604-278-3440 Victoria
- Tours in Victoria
BC Yacht Charters Corp.,Victoria, BC; Ph: 800-708-SAIL Fax: 250-389-0780
Richard
MacDonald 1807 - 620 Toronto Street, Victoria, BC V8V 1P7; Ph: 250-384-7937
Nature Calls Eco Tours Ltd 12 Falstaff Place, Victoria, BC V9A 7A5;
Ph: 250-658-1909
Wildlife Area
inBritish Columbia
- Nature Reserves
George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sancturay George C. Reifel
Bird Sanctuary - RR1, 5421 Robertson Rd.,
Delta, BC V4K 3N2 Ph: 604-940-4700 Fax: 604-946-7022
George
C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary - Seattle Post - Intelligencer 101
Elliott Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119;
Ph: 206-448-8000 Brackendale - Bird Watching
in Brackendale
Brackendale Eagle Reserve - Box 100, Brackendale B.C., Canada V0N 1H0;
Phone/Fax: 604-898-3333 Columbia Valley - Bird Watching
in Columbia Valley
The Columbia Valley Wetlands - Ellen Zimmerman - Golden Wildlife
Festival of Birds & Bears c/o Box 1320,
Golden, BC V0A 1H0; Ph: 1-800-622-GOLD
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area
- Bird Watching in
Creston Valley Wildlife Management
Area - Box 640, Creston BC V0B 1G0; Ph: 250-428-3260 Fax:
250-428-3276 Nanaimo - Bird Watching in
Nanaimo
Birding in Nanaimo
- Ph: 250-658-0940 Prince George - Bird Watching
in Prince George
Prince George
Birding Locations - Jack Bowling Qualicum Beach and Parksville
- Bird Watching in Parksville
Birding in the Qualicum Beach and Parksville Areas of Vancouver Island
Tumbler Ridge - Bird Watching
in Tumbler Ridge
Tumbler Point
Bird Sanctuary Vancouver - Bird Watching in
Vancouver
Birding.bc.ca
Maplewood Mud Flats - Wildbird Trust of BC -
Locations
for Birding in Vancouver - Vancouver Natural History Society - Post
Office Box 3021,Vancouver, BC V6B 3X5 Watching
Birds in Vancouver - Margo Hearne - SpruceRoots Magazine - September,
1998
Vancouver Island
- Bird Watching on Vancouver Island
Birding Vancouver
Island - Vancouver Island Abound Vaseux Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary The Swan Lake Bird Sanctuary -Vernon
- Bird Watching in Vernon
Victoria - Bird Watching in
Victoria
Birding.bc.ca
Swan Lake Bird Sanctuary
Birding in Victoria,
B.C. - Ph: 250-658-0940 Migratory &
Resident Birds of Victoria - Birds of A Feather B & B, 206 Portsmouth
Drive,
Victoria, BC, V9C 1R9; Ph: 250-391-8889
