WildResearch’s mission is to build, train, and educate a community that contributes to conservation science.
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Adult male Yellow Warbler at the Iona Island Bird Observatory.
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Sunrise at Iona Island.
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Happy birders on the 2013 WildResearch Pelagic Trip.
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Adult male Calliope Hummingbird at the Iona Island Bird Observatory.
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WildResearch members spot something during a Winter ID workshop.
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An Audubon’s Warbler is banded at the Iona Island Bird Observatory.
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WildResearch volunteers take down a mist net at the Iona Island Bird Observatory.
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Mourning cloak butterfly found during the BC Butterfly Survey.
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Bander-in-Charge Leena Tirrul training volunteers at the Iona Island Bird Observatory.
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Northern Saw-whet Owl caught at the Iona Island Bird Observatory.
Our Programs
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Iona Island Bird Observatory
The Iona Island Bird Observatory operates three programs throughout the year that monitor the birds that use Iona Beach Regional Park.
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NightJar Surveys
The WildResearch Nightjar Survey is a citizen science program that collects data on an understudied group of nocturnal birds.
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Urban Raptor Monitoring
The Urban Raptor Monitoring Program is volunteer driven and provides insight into the abundance of Cooper's hawk in an the city.
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Special Events

Pelagic Trips
Once a year, we sail from Ucluelet, BC aboard the MV Frances Barkley on a seven hour voyage to La Perouse Bank in search of pelagic birds. The trip is a fundraiser for WildResearch's programs.
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