Hi All,

Just passing on the following request from Claudia Houwers. Please contact
Claudia directly for more information or to contribute sightings.

Regards,
Cameron Eckert
Whitehorse, Yukon

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Bird (and biodiversity) Sightings Request from Northern BC

From: Claudia Houwers
Wild Land Resources
Smithers BC
Phone: 250-847-4228
email: wildland at mail.bulkley.net

As a biologist based out of Smithers, I am compiling a wildlife database
and we need help from all naturalists. We are looking for any wildlife
sighting information in northern BC. This includes everything from the
Yukon border south to Francois Lake, all along the coast and as far east as
Upper Liard River, Cry Lake, Pitman River etc. We need species, location
(where they animal was sighted, i.e. name of nearest creek or town),
residency status (particularity for birds, what time of year was the bird
observed, are there year round, only during breeding season or migratory),
and what type of habitat was the animal observed in (wetland, shrub
thicket, riparian forest, coniferous forest, alpine meadow etc). Any
sightings now matter how long ago would be very helpful. The only
requirement is that you be sure about your species identification.

Please send any information, comments or questions to:
Claudia Houwers Phone: 250-847-4228
email: wildland at mail.bulkley.net

Copied below is our species list. We have selected 155 species out of over
300 possible choices. It was a tough decision but it had to be done.
There is not enough funding for anymore at this time. In the time the
database will be completed. This database will be submitted to Ministry of
Environment, Smithers Regional Office. The contract monitor is Don Reid.

Northwestern Salamander
Long-toed Salamander
Tailed Frog
Western Toad
Pacific Treefrog
Red Legged Frog
Columbia Spotted Frog
Wood Frog
Roughskin Newt
American Dipper
American Redstart
Black-backed Woodpecker
Bank Swallow
Boreal Chickadee
Bohemian Waxwing
Brown Creeper
Canada Goose
Common Loon
Downy Woodpecker
Great Blue Heron
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Gray Jay
Hairy Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Lincoln's Sparrow
Mountain Bluebird
Northern Flicker
Northern Shrike
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Pine Grosbeak
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red Crossbill
Red-winged Blackbird
Sandhill Crane
Savannah Sparrow
Swainson's Thrush
Townsend's Solitaire
Townsend's Warbler
Three-toed Woodpecker
Trumpeter Swan
Vaux's Swift
Varied Thrush
Warbling Vireo
Western Grebe
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Winter Wren
Moose
Bison
Coyote
Gray Wolf
Elk
Cougar
Wolverine
Snowshoe Hare
River Otter
Lynx
Bobcat
Marten
Fisher
Striped Skunk
Ermine
Long-tailed Weasel
Least Weasel
Mink
Collared Pika
Common Pika
Common Pika
Interior Mule Deer
Sitka Deer
White Tail Deer
Mountain Goat
California Big Horn
Rocky Mountain Big Horn
Dall Sheep
Stone Sheep
Woodland Caribou
Black Bear
Glacier Bear
Grizzly Bear
Red Fox
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake
Common Garter Snake
Big Brown Bat
Silver-haired Bat
California Myotis
Western Long-eared Myotis
Keen's Long-eared Myotis
Little Brown Bat
Northern Long-eared Myotis
Long-legged Myotis
Yuma Myotis

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