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Discover Nature in the Tri-Cities Published by Burke Mountain Naturalists DISCOVER NATURE IN THE TRI-CITIES lore To xp get E he t’s r e ! L Belcarra Regional Park Shoreline Park System Como Lake Mundy Park Colony Farm Regional Park Coquitlam River Hyde Creek DeBoville Slough This guide is dedicated in memory of Danny Grass, a young member of the Burke Mountain Naturalists. Danny put his heart and soul into the things he loved — and one of those things was nature. We hope this guide inspires your passion for nature too. Exploring the outdoors is a fun way to learn about our natural environment and where we live. The Burke Mountain Naturalists created this booklet to introduce children and families to the habitat, flora, and fauna of eight popular nature sites in the Tri-Cities. Each site in the booklet includes a description about the habitat, plants and wildlife that can be commonly found there, along with coloured illustrations and a map of where to explore. Each site offers something different to explore. At Belcarra Park you can learn about the variety of life found where the ocean meets the land. Along the Shoreline Trail you can observe many waterfowl that make the salt-water inlet their home. In Mundy Park you can walk through mature forest with two small lakes. At Como Lake you will see many creatures that are attracted by the small fish in the lake and the wetlands. Along the Coquitlam River and Hyde Creek waterways, you will find riparian habitat and salmon spawning in the fall – Hyde Creek also has a fish hatchery. AtColony Farm and DeBoville Slough you will find diked areas each with very different habitats – Colony Farm has tall grass meadows and ponds, and DeBoville Slough is a freshwater tidal wetland. The overview map on the adjacent page shows the location of these sites in the Tri-Cities area. If you are just starting to learn about nature, there may be some words you are not familiar with such as those in bold in the booklet. You can find what these words mean by referring to the Glossary on page 36. You can improve your chances of finding the many creatures that live pg. 24-27 pg. 28-31 pg 32-35 pg. 12-15 pg. pg. 16-19 20-23 pg. pg. 4-7 pg. 8-11 at the sites by using the How to Explore tips on page 37. Use the Nature Checklist on page 39 to keep track of the different animals and plants that .......... ............. you find throughout the year. ................. If you would like to learn more about plants ........................ and animals, you will want to use a good nature ................................ ................................. ................................. reference guide. Visit the Burke Mountain Naturalists website for links to helpful resources and to download a digital copy of this guide. Hyde Creek Slough DeBoville Mundy Park Colony Regional Farm Park Coquitlam River Shoreline System Park Como Lake Enjoy being an outdoor explorer. Be curious Belcarra Regional Park and have fun. There is lots to discover in nature! 2 Maps in this booklet are not to scale. They are to provide a general overview only. BELCARRA REGIONAL PARK Belcarra Regional c o Park rm HABITAT, FLORA, AND FAUNA o rant At first glance, the beach may look empty and lifeless. But, look closely and be patient: you can discover fascinating communities at each level of the beach. Each animal is At Belcarra specially adapted for the tidal Regional Park, zone in which it lives. you can explore a Some creatures can rocky beach rich survive many hours with intertidal life. out of water. They p e do this by closing r ls iw ai their shells tightly or Try to go when inkle sn the tides are low. burrowing in the sand. Remember to wear Some animals need more moisture, so they suitable shoes for stay in tide pools or under rocks, logs or walking in the wet bits of seaweed. Others must remain in the mudflats and water to survive. rocky areas. Everything on the beach is interconnected. A cast-off The Tsleil-Waututh snail shell becomes a hermit First Nation used crab’s home. A stranded h e b Belcarra Beach for sea star is a gull’s breakfast. rmit cra several thousand Sea stars keep the populations years as a place to of mussels in balance by feeding on gather food. There is them. The seaweed and wood on the evidence of an ancient beach provide nutrients and shelter shell midden on the for sea life. Many animals live under shoreline. Today, people the rocks and use them as nurseries fish for crab or small fish for their eggs. off the pier. 4 5 BELCARRA REGIONAL PARK e mos anem lu o p n e TIDE POOLS (animals can withstand the change in temperature) Let’s Explore... Sit quietly and watch the tide pool creatures feeding. You may see tide pool sculpins, shore crabs, Belcarra Regional Park! barnacles, mussels, limpets, colourful sea anemones and sea stars, depending on the depth of the tide pool. SUBTIDAL ZONE (under water) k MID-TIDE ZONE e lp Look over the side of the pier or between the (animals have less exposure) cr ab planks. You may see kelp crabs clinging to the kelp In front of the stairs, find the large boulder covered and fish such as shiner perch swimming under the pier. with crustaceans and molluscs: barnacles, mussels, Perhaps you will see a large red rock crab or a sunflower snails and limpets. Turn over a smaller rock and watch star on the ocean floor. Moon jellyfish b shore crabs scuttle away. Be sure to turn the rocks ra c sometimes swim near the surface. back after looking. The holes in the sand are made shore m by clams burrowing below the surface. o on jellyfish r HIGH TIDE ZONE LOW TIDE ZONE ed (stays wet between tides) rock crab (animals must endure long periods of dryness) Check under the pier to find a wealth of sea Look under seaweed or driftwood for small flea-like crustaceans called beach hoppers. They clean up creatures clinging to the pilings: barnacles, r b pe mussels, sea stars and sea anemones. Sea debris on the beach and do not bite. each hop stars are fiercepredators of the barnacles and mussels. Sea anemones close when they SPRAY OR SPLASH ZONE are out of water. Which animals are highest or (above the high tide line) lowest on the piling? Is the order Find the freshwater stream that runs from the always the same? forest to the ocean. Look for animal footprints. glaucous- winged gull s e animal l c footprints a n b r l a s u s b ea e mussel lettuce ro ckweed t e p plate lim 6 7 SHORELINE PARK SYSTEM Shoreline ho ser oded mergan Park System HABITAT, FLORA, AND FAUNA Shoreline Park System is an interesting place Shoreline Park to explore throughout System has the year. In the late er many types of fall and winter, several co ns mm erga habitat. There species of ducks fly to the on m are coniferous waters of Burrard Inlet. They come from all and deciduous over BC when inland lakes and rivers freeze. forests, grassy From the pier at Rocky Point Park you can areas, wetlands, see several species of diving ducks during and mixed forest. the winter months. There are also Watch for the sandy beaches, l ur sea bo occasional mudflats at low tide, ar and salmon streams. h head of a The different types harbour seal of habitat merge to bob up in with one another. the water. This attracts a mix of At the head of the inlet where the water wildlife species. is shallower, look for dabbling ducks. In fall, salmon return to in Noons Once, this area spawn Creek and Suterbrook Creek. contained several sawmills. The one at the “old mill site” is fun to explore at low tide. 8 9 SHORELINE PARK SYSTEM When you are at the end of the pier, look out at the pilings Let’s Explore... in the water. Can you find the flat platform where ospreys n i nest in summer? The small wooden nest boxes are used by t r Shoreline Park System! a purple martins. These members of the swallow family fly all m How many different kinds of ducks can you see e the way from South America every spring to nest here. rpl from the pier at Rocky Point? Watch how they pu e y disappear beneath the water for a few moments as B e Follow the Shoreline trail through the ar en they search for food. Buffleheads are the smallest of row’s gold forest to the boardwalks at the the diving ducks and have a big white patch on their coniferous head of Burrard Inlet. This shady forest heads. They dive in search of shellfish. You may also see other ducks with sword ferns growing beneath attracts diving, including Barrow’s goldeneye and scaup. Mergansers dive for chickadees, towhees and woodpeckers. fish. They have longer bills with rough edges which help them to grasp Can you spot a Sitka spruce with its slippery fish. Look for black-and-white hooded mergansers with their tall s w n shaggy bark near the trail as you heads, and common mergansers, the males of which are mostly white ord fer S approach the head of the inlet? it but have a greenish head similar to mallards. ka spruce Each winter, male ducks develop colourful At the head of the inlet the shallow water becomes a s plumage to attract females.
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