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Rick O’Neil – “Newts and Salamanders”

Rough-skinned newt (Taricha_granulosa) Wikipedia Commons
Rough-skinned newt (Taricha_granulosa)
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Rick O’Neil – “Newts and Salamanders”
by Sherri Wretham, 23 October 2008

Rick O’Neil spoke to us about the ecology and natural history of newts and salamanders.

 
 
Posted on October 23, 2008September 27, 2017 by the Malaspina NaturalistsPosted in 2008-2009 Speakers, Invited SpeakersTagged Invited Speaker

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Speakers – a few years worth…

  • Mark Koleszar – “Geological tales of Iceland”
  • Mike Demuth – “Cold Matters: Cryospheric Change and Related Hydro-ecological Functioning”
  • Barbara Sherriff “Moai and volcanoes of Easter Island…and Patagonian glaciers”
  • Jeff Belcher “B.C. Wildfires: past and future”
  • Steve Gordon – “Goats, grizzlies and goshawks: adventures of a habitat biologist”
  • David Hancock – “Understanding the lives of Bald Eagles”
  • Jason Leane – “Citizen Science And The Discovery Of Novel Fungal Species”
  • David Bedry – “Nature photography: basics and more”
  • Andrew Bryant – “The operation was successful (sort of): reintroducing Burrowing Owls, 1989-90”
  • Jackie Hildering – “Lessons learned from killer whales”
  • Heather Harbord & Barbara Sherriff – “Heather and Barbara’s Trip to Tuktoyuktut”
  • the Club – “Highlights of 2017-18”
  • Pat Trask – “Dinosaurs of Vancouver Island”
  • Rick Harbo – “Tails of the midshipman”
  • Donna Moseanko – “Wildwood Queens”
  • George Sirk – “The Raw, the Bleak and the Wonderful…the Vibrant Arctic”
  • Heather Harbord – “Epic Antarctica”
  • Mark Sloan – “What can stable isotopes tell us about the decline of Marbled Murrelets?”
  • Pamela Zevit – “Diversity by Design”
  • Duane Sept – “Wildflowers and edible plants of BC”
  • Andrew Bryant – “Sidehill gougers & sea monsters: one biologist’s journey”
  • Frank Ritcey – “What’s the connection? How to stay safe while figuring it out”
  • Alison Bird – “Earthquakes of Coastal BC”
  • Tom Koleszar – “Hidden treasure in the attic: our local alpine”
  • Don Hare – “Invasive Plants”
  • Jessica Baynton – “Island Raptors: the science and art of falconry”
  • Richard Dewey – “Tides, currents, and sailing the coastal waters of BC”
  • Terry Brown & Jude Abrams – “Whopping whales and wee fish”
  • Neil Hughes – “Ethiopia: a birding extravaganza”
  • Rick Page – “Urban deer: they’re here to stay”
  • Frank Ritcey – “Staying safe on both sides of the glass”
  • Rick Harbo – “Marine Life of the Strait of Georgia: past, present and future”
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