Delta Naturalists Society

06/06/2026

The DELTA NATURALISTS were hard at work today, sharing information about all things nature, at the Metro Vancouver Landfill Open House. Today was school day and many of the budding-naturalist-students stopped by our displays. The highlights seemed to be the WOLF PELT, the MYSTERY BOXES and the INTERTIDAL GUESSING GAME.
We’re back there again tomorrow for the public open house. We hope to see you there.

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

Free webinar on June 18

We've been having so much fun with you in our spring live events series! The final event of Welcome Back Birds is coming up in a few weeks (June 18). We’ll chat with Cornell Lab experts about how to bring more kinds of birds to your yard and how to keep them safe and enjoy them all summer long. If you haven’t registered for our Welcome Back Birds series yet, when you register you’ll get a link to April and May’s event recordings, which were all about bird songs and migration. We'll also send you curated resources to help you go deeper into each of these topics, and a discount on Bird Academy courses. Plus one lucky attendee at each live event will be randomly chosen to receive a free Bird Academy course! Register here: https://hubs.la/Q048Db280

Note: If you already registered for April or May’s live events, you don't need to re-register. We'll send you a link to join the June event soon. Which species do you most enjoy having in your yard in the summertime?

06/05/2026

Comment period for this change to the SPECIES AT RISK ACT ends on July 22

06/05/2026

06/04/2026

Hi folks! Just a reminder about the Delta Naturalists Society's open birdwatching outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary this coming Sunday, June 7th! The gates open at 9 AM and we'll be doing our best to get 40 different species. See you there!

06/03/2026

Happy 15th Annual Bat Count! 🤩 It's time to head out in the evenings to count bats as they emerge from their roost sites. The counts are done at maternity colonies across BC found in buildings, barns, bat boxes, bat condos, and under bridges starting at sunset.
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😍Between June 1 - 21st, we encourage two bat counts at each roost site. This is a count of all the females.

😍Between July 11 - August 5th, we encourage two more bat counts at each roost site. This is a count of all the females and the pups that are now learning to fly.

Where are the males? They mostly roost by themselves in trees, rock cliffs, or out in the open on buildings and are not found in the maternity colonies that we count.

🦇If you would like to get involved, please visit https://bcbats.ca/get-involved/counting-bats/.

👍If you would like to support our efforts with a donation, please visit https://www.bccf.com/donate/ and choose BC Community Bat Program in the dropdown menu!

06/03/2026

The Delta Naturalists will have their awesome educational display at the Landfill Open House this weekend - June 5&6 - Open to the public on Saturday only

Mark your calendar! We will be at the 2026 City of Vancouver - Local Government Landfill Open House on Saturday, June 6.

Stop by our booth to spin the prize wheel, test your recycling knowledge, pick up a small giveaway while supplies last, and enter our draw for a surprise Product Care prize.

It’s a free, family-friendly event with tours, kids’ activities, and a behind-the-scenes look at how waste is managed and resources are recovered.

📅 Saturday, June 6
🕒 10 am - 2 pm
📍 5400 72nd Street, Delta

Details: vancouver.ca/landfill

06/02/2026

🌊Orca Update: Federal government proposes increased distance regulations for the Southern Resident Killer Whales

The federal government has announced new distance regulations, increasing the distance vessels must keep away from Southern Resident Killer Whales from 400m to 1km. This change will harmonize BC and Washington State regulations.

More protections like this are a step in the right direction and we support the increased approach distance regulations.

However we continue to call for more and better habitat protection for the Southern Residents so they have safe, quiet places to hunt and recover.

Habitat protection is the best way to help the SRKW and other marine species to recover and thrive!

Learn more about this regulation change and provide public comments until April 21, 2026 here: https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2026/2026-03-07/html/reg2-eng.html

And check out a detailed guide developed by our friends at Georgia Strait Alliance for tips on how to leave a public comment here: https://georgiastrait.org/work/species-at-risk/orca-protection/protection-measures-for-srkw/

Photo credit: Suzanne Davis

06/02/2026

The GREY WHALES along our coast are in trouble. The YouTube video in the link explains what the issues might be.

The response to last night’s webinar is very heartening and adds to the hope that there is an awakening and that the whales will receive the protection and action they so desperately need.

On behalf of the presenters who generously shared their expertise in last night’s webinar, “Plight of Grey Whales - A Wake-Up Call”, we hereby provide a link to the webinar recording. The link also leads to the call to action.

For all who watch the webinar, you are among those who know, rawly, how urgent the situation is. Please follow up by acting on the call to action and sharing it with others so they too may be moved to help.
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This is the link to the call to action, webinar recording, and further resources.

https://mersociety.org/news-media/all/plight-of-grey-whales-call-to-action