by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | May 27, 2020 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Pollinators, Taylor's Checkerspot
A Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly chrysalis Michelle Polley recently relocated to BC to work as an endangered species technician with WPC Lead Biologist Andrea Gielens and the Taylor’s Checkerspot Recovery Program at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Her job...
by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | May 20, 2020 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog
Please excuse us, we have been a “tad” preoccupied over here at the Greater Vancouver Zoo! Our captive breeding population of Oregon spotted frogs have been busy, and we have the tadpoles to show for it…1,858 to be exact! Our females started...
by Andrea Gielens | Apr 2, 2020 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog
We are in the thick of the Oregon spotted frog (OSF) breeding season and are taking this once-a-year opportunity to work on a pilot research project to try to assess the fertility of OSF in both captivity and the wild. Our conservation breeding programs, in...
by Michelle MacKenzie | Mar 1, 2020 | Conservation Success, Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Reptiles & Amphibians, Taylor's Checkerspot, Uncategorized, Western Painted Turtle
March is the calm before the breeding-season storm here at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Steping back from our report writing and data entry, we eagerly await what spring has in store. At our facility we house a breeding population of Oregon spotted frogs, a juvenile...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Feb 5, 2020 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog
It may seem like all is quiet in our Oregon spotted frog overwintering tanks, but love is in the air. As early as January, males will start testing out their mating calls to see if any females are listening. To successfully fertilize an egg, males must be...
by Maja Hampson | Dec 13, 2019 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Pollinators
It’s December 13th, which marks the end of my contract with Wildlife Preservation Canada. I had the privilege of covering Andrea Geilens’ maternity leave. When I started back in November 2018, I had big shoes to fill, and I look back on the many things I...
