Programs: December 2024 - June 2025
Traditionally our meetings are on the third Thursday of the month, except July and August, at 7:30 pm at the Langley Music School, 4899 207 St., Langley. A brief business session is followed by the evening program and refreshment.
NOTE: As of September 2022 meetings are being held in person, with a Zoom option available.
Please check back closer to the dates of the various programs for updates.
> THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19TH, 2024
MEMBERS' NIGHT
A short business meeting.
Members' slides of their years' highlights (10-15 slides per member only please, due to time constraints).
This is followed by a social time. Please bring finger food to share.
AGM poster AGM Poster.
> THURSDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 2025
CONSERVATION TALE OF THREE SPECIES: TURTLES, FROGS AND BUTTERFLIES
Presenter: Andrea Gielens
Come and learn about the trials and tribulations of rearing endangered species for conservation and the tales of three species as they fight back from the brink of extinction.
Three Species poster Three Species Poster.
> THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 2025
AN ETHIOPIAN JOURNEY
Presenter: Viveka Ohman
Ethiopia is one of the best kept secrets in the world for viewing an astonishing range of wildlife. Most notable in Ethiopia is the variety an endemic species that can be seen, both of mammals and birds. Also, one can take delight in the variety of the colourful inhabitants in the trees and bushes and the people.
> THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH, 2025
BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF NORTHERN FLICKERS: A KEYSTONE SPECIES IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
Presenter: Dr. Karen Wiebe, Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewan
Northern Flickers are common woodpeckers that many people recognize from their backyards and bird feeders. Dr. Karen Wiebe studied a population of Northern Flickers in central British Columbia from 1997-2014. She will discuss some of the fascinating behaviours of these woodpeckers, including patterns of parental care, as well as the important role they play in maintaining biodiversity in the landscape.
> THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2025
ENCHANTMENT OF CROWS
Presenter: Dr. Rob Butler, SFU (MSc), UBC (PhD), Ornithologist
From a remote island to the urban jungle, the every-popular Society of Crows will take you on a journey into the mind of the crow, to explore its complex social interactions. Society of Crows delves into the latest research of the complexities of the social behaviour of the crow.
> THURSDAY, MAY 15TH, 2025
THE WILDLIFE OF LANGLEY AND BEYOND
Presenter: Lou Fascullo, of Lou Fascullo Photography
This presentation will cover the wildlife of the western provinces, spanning from Vancouver Island to Whitehorse, Yukon. We'll explore a variety of native and introduced species that inhabit this vast region.
> THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2025
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL TIME
NOTE: As of September 2022 meetings are being held in person, with a Zoom option available.
Please check back closer to the dates of the various programs for updates.
> THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19TH, 2024
MEMBERS' NIGHT
A short business meeting.
Members' slides of their years' highlights (10-15 slides per member only please, due to time constraints).
This is followed by a social time. Please bring finger food to share.
AGM poster AGM Poster.
> THURSDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 2025
CONSERVATION TALE OF THREE SPECIES: TURTLES, FROGS AND BUTTERFLIES
Presenter: Andrea Gielens
Come and learn about the trials and tribulations of rearing endangered species for conservation and the tales of three species as they fight back from the brink of extinction.
Three Species poster Three Species Poster.
> THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 2025
AN ETHIOPIAN JOURNEY
Presenter: Viveka Ohman
Ethiopia is one of the best kept secrets in the world for viewing an astonishing range of wildlife. Most notable in Ethiopia is the variety an endemic species that can be seen, both of mammals and birds. Also, one can take delight in the variety of the colourful inhabitants in the trees and bushes and the people.
> THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH, 2025
BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF NORTHERN FLICKERS: A KEYSTONE SPECIES IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
Presenter: Dr. Karen Wiebe, Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewan
Northern Flickers are common woodpeckers that many people recognize from their backyards and bird feeders. Dr. Karen Wiebe studied a population of Northern Flickers in central British Columbia from 1997-2014. She will discuss some of the fascinating behaviours of these woodpeckers, including patterns of parental care, as well as the important role they play in maintaining biodiversity in the landscape.
> THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2025
ENCHANTMENT OF CROWS
Presenter: Dr. Rob Butler, SFU (MSc), UBC (PhD), Ornithologist
From a remote island to the urban jungle, the every-popular Society of Crows will take you on a journey into the mind of the crow, to explore its complex social interactions. Society of Crows delves into the latest research of the complexities of the social behaviour of the crow.
> THURSDAY, MAY 15TH, 2025
THE WILDLIFE OF LANGLEY AND BEYOND
Presenter: Lou Fascullo, of Lou Fascullo Photography
This presentation will cover the wildlife of the western provinces, spanning from Vancouver Island to Whitehorse, Yukon. We'll explore a variety of native and introduced species that inhabit this vast region.
> THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2025
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL TIME
