New Feature Exhibit - Our Feathered Friends - at the Nanaimo Museum

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Friday, February 3rd, 2012
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

New Feature Exhibit - Our Feathered Friends - Nanaimo Museum

Why are feathers important to understanding birds? Why do some remain close to home year-round and others migrate for thousands of kilometers? Answers to these questions are an integral part of Our Feathered Friends, a travelling exhibition from Ottawa’s Canadian Museum of Nature. The exhibition ‘takes flight’ at the Nanaimo Museum, from February 3 to May 21, 2012 (Monday to Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm) and is suitable for all ages.

The exhibition’s display units and graphics provide an introduction to birds and birdwatching. “Visitors’ skill when identifying local birds will be enhanced via the exceptional photography of Ralph Hocken and study specimens loaned from VIU’s Museum of Natural History, “said curator David Hill-Turner. “Novice birders will find the exhibition and programs very helpful in learning more about the hobby”.

Public programs offered as part of the exhibition will appeal to various birding interests. They include: a photography contest, Urban Bird tours and birding and ecology programs for Elementary School students. Please visit our website for more details on these programs.

Come along to the workshops and demonstrations and even learn to prepare a meal for your favourite backyard bird. Using photos, specimens and video, learn what makes birds special, how they soar and glide and how to identify them. More than 400 species of birds have been identified in BC, more than any other province in Canada.

Whether you are an indoor or outdoor birdwatcher you will find something of interest in this traveling exhibit, Our Feathered Friends at Nanaimo Museum.

This exhibition is sponsored by THE BACKYARD Wildbird and Nature Store.