Organization of Christmas Bird Count  The main focus of the meeting will be to talk about upcoming Christmas Bird Counts with emphasis on the Vancouver Count on Sunday December 20.

This half day outing will be our third annual search for American Dippers in the Pitt Meadows/Maple Ridge area. We have been successful finding our quarry both previous years. After locating a Dipper or 2 we will spend the balance of the morning travelling the Pitt Polder in search of overwintering raptors, waterfowl and Northern Shrike.

In 2008, Jen Reynolds, the Aquarium’s Senior Biologist, spent nearly two months living on the Zambian shores of Lake Tanganyika, in East Africa. With McMaster University scientists, Reynolds studied cichlid fishes found nowhere else in the world. Lake Tanganyika is the second deepest and longest lake in the world. It contains more than 200 such endemic cichlids and is considered an area of extremely high biodiversity. Cichlids exhibit fascinating social behavior. Jen spent more than 150 hours scuba diving and observing the fish in their natural habitat. Join Jen to learn more about living on Lake Tanganyika and the fascinating endemic fishes that call it home.

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Every third Sunday of each month, join in a bird survey at the UBC Farm. Meet at 8am (March to August) and 9am (September to February) at the main gate to the farm. The farm is located on the UBC south campus off Westbrook between 16th and Southwest Marine Drive. Directions to the farm can be found at:http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm/contact.php.

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