EcoFriendly West
@ecofriendlywest.bsky.social
Encouraging environmental initiatives in Western Canada with an online publication (ecofriendlywest.ca) and the Nature Companion website/app (http://naturecompanion.ca)
Double-crested Cormorants are often seen sitting on a perch with their wings spread out to dry. They have less preen oil than other birds so their feathers get waterlogged www.naturecompanion.ca/birds/doubco... #NatureCompanion
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Double-crested Cormorants are often seen sitting on a perch with their wings spread out to dry. They have less preen oil than other birds so their feathers get waterlogged www.naturecompanion.ca/birds/doubco... #NatureCompanion
In Tiptoe to Last Lake, Ken Friesen and friends travel more than 2400 km in challenging conditions in a quest to reach all 236 named lakes in Manitoba’s Whiteshell Provincial Park. books.friesenpress.com/store/title/...
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In Tiptoe to Last Lake, Ken Friesen and friends travel more than 2400 km in challenging conditions in a quest to reach all 236 named lakes in Manitoba’s Whiteshell Provincial Park. books.friesenpress.com/store/title/...
The Wild Wise Society spreads awareness and education to reduce human-wildlife conflict in various communities on Vancouver Island www.wildwisesociety.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Wild Wise Society spreads awareness and education to reduce human-wildlife conflict in various communities on Vancouver Island www.wildwisesociety.org
Mallards feed by tipping forward and grazing on underwater plants (dabbling). They also eat grasses and grains on land. During breeding season, they eat mainly animal matter www.naturecompanion.ca/birds/mallard/ #NatureCompanion
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Mallards feed by tipping forward and grazing on underwater plants (dabbling). They also eat grasses and grains on land. During breeding season, they eat mainly animal matter www.naturecompanion.ca/birds/mallard/ #NatureCompanion
Do Plants Know Math: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals “will lead you on a journey into the wild world where nature meets numbers. You will discover that your life is surrounded by botanical sequences and spirals, and that they are very beautiful" press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Do Plants Know Math: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals “will lead you on a journey into the wild world where nature meets numbers. You will discover that your life is surrounded by botanical sequences and spirals, and that they are very beautiful" press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
CPAWS Manitoba’s Nature Club hosts monthly hikes, from snowshoeing and skiing in January and February to Stone Mountain Quarry in October and Whittier Park in December cpawsmb.org/new-year-new...
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
CPAWS Manitoba’s Nature Club hosts monthly hikes, from snowshoeing and skiing in January and February to Stone Mountain Quarry in October and Whittier Park in December cpawsmb.org/new-year-new...
The EcoFriendly West Fund is pleased to support the Valhalla Wilderness Society, a BC-based wilderness conservation organization, specializing in the creation of parks and protected areas for wildlife and ecosystems www.vws.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The EcoFriendly West Fund is pleased to support the Valhalla Wilderness Society, a BC-based wilderness conservation organization, specializing in the creation of parks and protected areas for wildlife and ecosystems www.vws.org
Ring-billed Gulls are the most common inland gull. Nesting colonies normally include a few two-female couples, both of whom lay a clutch of eggs www.naturecompanion.ca/birds/ringgu... #NatureCompanion
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ring-billed Gulls are the most common inland gull. Nesting colonies normally include a few two-female couples, both of whom lay a clutch of eggs www.naturecompanion.ca/birds/ringgu... #NatureCompanion
Understory: An Ecologist’s Memoir of Love and Hope, Kevin van Tighem: “The long quiet pauses during the evening birdsong chorus weren’t there before; they announce to me that I am a diminished person in a diminished world.” rmbooks.com/products/und...
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Understory: An Ecologist’s Memoir of Love and Hope, Kevin van Tighem: “The long quiet pauses during the evening birdsong chorus weren’t there before; they announce to me that I am a diminished person in a diminished world.” rmbooks.com/products/und...
Join Calgary Climate Hub/Green Calgary on Nov. 20, 12-1:30 pm, to find out how you can help green your community using nature-based solutions www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/sig_nbs_gree...
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Join Calgary Climate Hub/Green Calgary on Nov. 20, 12-1:30 pm, to find out how you can help green your community using nature-based solutions www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/sig_nbs_gree...
California Gulls have a long yellow bill with a black band and a red spot near the tip. The young birds learn how to catch food by dropping a stick in mid-air and swooping down to catch it www.naturecompanion.ca/birds/calgull/ #NatureCompanion
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
California Gulls have a long yellow bill with a black band and a red spot near the tip. The young birds learn how to catch food by dropping a stick in mid-air and swooping down to catch it www.naturecompanion.ca/birds/calgull/ #NatureCompanion
Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash, Alexander Clapp: “How did we get to a world in which a plastic bag placed in a recycling bin in the United Kingdom becomes the bane of a Kurdish farmer three thousand miles away in Turkey?” www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alexa...
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash, Alexander Clapp: “How did we get to a world in which a plastic bag placed in a recycling bin in the United Kingdom becomes the bane of a Kurdish farmer three thousand miles away in Turkey?” www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alexa...
Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas are hosting two upcoming webinars on Sustainable Human-Animal Interactions (Nov. 3) and The Role of Biodiversity in Ecosystem Resilience (Nov. 20) friendsareas.ca/Webinar.html
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas are hosting two upcoming webinars on Sustainable Human-Animal Interactions (Nov. 3) and The Role of Biodiversity in Ecosystem Resilience (Nov. 20) friendsareas.ca/Webinar.html
Painted Turtles use horny plates in place of teeth to grasp their food - aquatic plants, insects, small fish or snails, and dead animal matter www.naturecompanion.ca/herps/paintu... #NatureCompanion
October 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Painted Turtles use horny plates in place of teeth to grasp their food - aquatic plants, insects, small fish or snails, and dead animal matter www.naturecompanion.ca/herps/paintu... #NatureCompanion
Bringing Up Beaver, John Aberth: “Why do I rehab beavers? Because you save a beaver, and you save the world – a whole world of wildlife that thrives in a beaver-managed ecosystem unlike any other.” www.simonandschuster.com/authors/John...
October 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Bringing Up Beaver, John Aberth: “Why do I rehab beavers? Because you save a beaver, and you save the world – a whole world of wildlife that thrives in a beaver-managed ecosystem unlike any other.” www.simonandschuster.com/authors/John...
Insect hotels for sale at the market in Arles, France
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Insect hotels for sale at the market in Arles, France
Wildwood EcoForest, Vancouver Island, is home to selective tree harvesting, intact ecosystems, old growth trees & wildlife thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Wildwood EcoForest, Vancouver Island, is home to selective tree harvesting, intact ecosystems, old growth trees & wildlife thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...
Western Toads walk rather than hop. When threatened, they inflate themselves with air and rise up on their legs www.naturecompanion.ca/herps/westto... #NatureCompanion
October 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Western Toads walk rather than hop. When threatened, they inflate themselves with air and rise up on their legs www.naturecompanion.ca/herps/westto... #NatureCompanion
It’s informative. It’s funny, and it recognizes human weaknesses. Perhaps it can save the planet: World Without End: An Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis by Jean-Marc Jancovici & Christophe Blain www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814681...
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s informative. It’s funny, and it recognizes human weaknesses. Perhaps it can save the planet: World Without End: An Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis by Jean-Marc Jancovici & Christophe Blain www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814681...
Find out how birds use constellations during migration at the October 16 Astronomy Night at Oak Hammock Marsh, Manitoba www.oakhammockmarsh.ca/events/astro...
October 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Find out how birds use constellations during migration at the October 16 Astronomy Night at Oak Hammock Marsh, Manitoba www.oakhammockmarsh.ca/events/astro...
The EcoFriendly West Fund is pleased to support Yellowstone to Yukon’s work in protecting habitat along the spine of the Rocky Mountains y2y.net
October 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The EcoFriendly West Fund is pleased to support Yellowstone to Yukon’s work in protecting habitat along the spine of the Rocky Mountains y2y.net
Plains Spadefoot Toads spend much of their time buried in the sand and are nocturnal, coming out at night to hunt for beetles, crickets, and grasshoppers www.naturecompanion.ca/herps/plains... #NatureCompanion
October 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Plains Spadefoot Toads spend much of their time buried in the sand and are nocturnal, coming out at night to hunt for beetles, crickets, and grasshoppers www.naturecompanion.ca/herps/plains... #NatureCompanion
The overall prize-winner in this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year is Liron Gertsman, a nature photographer and conservation photojournalist based in BC www.birdpoty.com/2025-winners
October 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The overall prize-winner in this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year is Liron Gertsman, a nature photographer and conservation photojournalist based in BC www.birdpoty.com/2025-winners
Explore the natural history of Alberta’s bats – who they are, why they matter, and what’s being done to protect them – in an online webinar hosted by Nature Alberta at 7 pm, Oct. 30 naturealberta.ca/uncovering-t...
October 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Explore the natural history of Alberta’s bats – who they are, why they matter, and what’s being done to protect them – in an online webinar hosted by Nature Alberta at 7 pm, Oct. 30 naturealberta.ca/uncovering-t...
Canadian Toads hibernate underground below the frost line in burrows they've dug using the bony lumps on their rear legs www.naturecompanion.ca/herps/cantoad/ #NatureCompanion
October 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Canadian Toads hibernate underground below the frost line in burrows they've dug using the bony lumps on their rear legs www.naturecompanion.ca/herps/cantoad/ #NatureCompanion