Experienced birder, trying to learn more about Springtails, Mosses, Hymenoptera, Spiders, and basically anything else. Getting interested in microscopy and DNA barcoding, let me know if you have advice on technique and equipment.

I moved to Courtenay, BC in 2023 - send me a message if you want to go on outdoor adventures in the central island area.

Also come chat on the unofficial iNat discord server! https://discord.gg/uskv2yx

If you want to join our Vancouver Island arthropod whatsapp group, let me know.

todo list:

• ☑ find Square-legged Camel Cricket https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181466555
• ☑ look for bees on Sandy Island north of Denman https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181292237
• ☑ free-dive with the salmon in Campbell River in August https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181659417
• ☑ learn some microscopy skills and get a stereo microscope https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178088617
• look for sphagnums in the bogs up on Mt. Washington
• check the wildflowers for bees on Nanaimo Lakes Road
• get eBird list to 100+ in all the counties on Vancouver Island
• read more about doing PCR at home for DNA Barcoding
• find my lifer White-tailed Ptarmigan somewhere
• identify 100 species (leaf taxa) of Springtails (current: 35)
• identify 100 species of Spiders (current: 67)

Life birds by county on Vancouver Island:

• Capital: 85
• Cowichan Valley: 52
• ☑ Nanaimo: 143
• Alberni-Clayoquot: 98
• ☑ Comox-Strathcona: 217
• Mount Waddington: 64

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