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Fossil Huntress — Palaeo Sommelièr

Fossil Huntress / Explorer-in-Residence

Musings in natural history meant to captivate, educate & inspire. Deepen your world.

Fossil Huntress — Palaeo Sommelièr Podcast

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DINOSAURS: WARM-BLOODED OR COLD-BLOODED?

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRENCH / EPISODE #26

Valley of a Thousand Peaks

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FOSSIL FIELD TRIP: SOOKE'S FOSSIL BIRDS

Fancy a visit to the Oligocene outcrops at Sooke? Click the photo to hear the Huntress Podcast Episode

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BC's INCONIC SPIRIT BEARS / EPISODE #79

Explore the world of BC's Spirit Bears — Ursus Americanus kermodei

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Na̱ndzi: Celebrating Our Great Bears / NAN

In the Kwak'wala language of the Kwakiutl First Nations this big fellow is na̱ndzi — a lovely, large bear

We honour all living beings

"Gilakas'la. We love and respect our world, its animals and its people. Each of us shares a relationship with the Earth and with each other. We honour that connection and celebrate diversity, inclusivity and dignity for all living things."

EARTH DAY / ONE WORLD / HE'STALISALA

Get involved. Get informed. Get inspired.

PALAENTOLOGY / NATURE LOVERS

MCABEE FOSSIL BEDS / EPISODE #39

Explore Terrestrial Life in BC 50-Million Years Ago

BC FOSSIL RESEARCH & REGULATIONS

BC Fossil & Fossil Site Protection
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BC Fossil Media Inquiries
BC Fossil Regulations
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Fossil Field Trip to Brannen Lake / Episode #66

A Visit Visit to Vancouver Island's Upper Cretaceous Motocross Pit near Brannen Lake, Nanaimo

BRITISH COLUMBIA TRIP PLANNING RESOURCES

BC FERRIES
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Sacred Earth: Fossil Collecting Harrison Lake

What You'll Want To Know Before You Go

HELPFUL TOOLS TO ID YOUR FINDS

ATLAS OF TAPHONOMIC IDENTIFICATION
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HANDBOOK OF FOSSILS
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TITANITES: THE FERNIE AMMONITE / EPISODE #13

Visit Fernie's Iconic Ammonite, the Western Giant

HELPFUL FOSSIL FIELD GUIDES

ORDOVICIAN TRILOBITES
FOSSIL SEAHORSES
PALAEOENTOMOLOGY
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BCPA Palaeontological Symposia

The BCPA is a union of paleontological organizations working to advance the science of palaeontology

PALAEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETIES

Alabama Paleo Society
Birmingham Paleontological Society
Miami Fossil Club
Mid-America Paleo Society
New York Paleo Society
North Carolina Fossil Club
Palaeontological Society
Paleo Society of Austin, TX
Southern California Paleo Society
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Victoria Palaeontological Society

CAPILANO FOSSIL FIELD TRIP / EPISODE #84

Explore Vancouver's Cretaceous North Shore Fossils

LIKE-MINDED PALAEO FOLK

Join a local palaeontological or geological society. Some groups offer field trips with folk who've been to the fossil sites before and can offer great advice. I've put a link to some groups below. Do a Google search & contact your local museum or university to find a group near you.

FOSSIL HUNTRESS PODCAST 1ST YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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WHAT TO BRING FOSSIL COLLECTING / EPISODE #4

Everything you need to know before you go!

FOSSIL FIELD TRIP ESSENTIALS

30X MAGNIFYING LOUPE
ANTI-FOG EYE PROTECTION
BEGINNER'S FOSSIL FIELD KIT
ESTWING GEO/PALEO ROCK PICK
ESTWING ROCK HAMMER
FIRST AID KIT
FORESTRY TAPE (FOR PACK & HAMMER)
GLOVES / HAND PROTECTION
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HAT, TOQUE OR HEAD COVERING
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WATER BOTTLE

BRING EXTRA SNACKS AND WATER FOR FRIENDS

FOSSIL FIELD KIT EXAMPLES

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM UTAH

ROCK HAMMER. CHISEL, GOGGLES & GLOVES

Invest in a Few Basics to Get Set Up for Success

PALEO NICE TO HAVE'S

5-GALLON BUCKET ORGANIZER
CHISEL WITH HAND GUARD
CLOTH STORAGE BAGS FOR SPECIMENS
COLEMAN TENT SLEEPS EIGHT
DENTAL PICKS FOR PREP
DIAMOND BLADE ROCK SAW
DIGITAL MICROSCOPE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
DREMEL TOOL FOR FOSSIL PREP
ESTWING 3-POUND SLEDGE
ESTWING PRY BAR
LOCAL MAPS + GARMIN HIKING GPS
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SPARE COLD (ROCK) CHISELS
WATERPROOF DRY BAGS FOR BEACH SITES

WHERE TO GO FOSSIL HUNTING / EPISODE #5

Learn where to go fossil collecting & what to look for

FOSSIL FIELD TRIPS

If you're heading out on a fossil field trip, keep yourself safe —stay warm, dry, fed and hydrated. Let someone know where you are going and when you plan to return. I've added some links with paleo field trip essentials & some nice to have items for different types of fossil trips or to prep and to ID specimens once you are back

TUNE IN / TRIP PLANNING IS HALF THE FUN

FOSSIL HUNTING / WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

PALAEONTOLOGY NEWS

PLANNING TO EXPLORE British Columbia?

Deepen Your Travel. Check out Indigenous Tourism BC

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN FIRST NATION CULTURE

With 203 culturally rich Indigenous communities who speak more than 30 Indigenous languages, British Columbia’ offers a deeper experience for your travels

HAIDA GWAII: ISLANDS OF MIST / EPISODE #83

Haida Gwaii's First Nation & Geologic History

EXPERIENCES STEEPED IN CULTURE

DESTINATION INDIGENOUS
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SPIRIT BEAR LODGE
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XWISTEN EXPERIENCE TOURS

CANADIAN PARKS VIRUAL FIELD TRIPS

Explore Canada's Parks & Choose Your Next Staycation

AWESOME SOCIAL PEEPS #FF

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DEVONIAN FISHAPODS / EPISODE #78

Learn About Life Leaving the Water & Entering Land

DR. BETSY NICHOLLS

Dr. Betsy Nicholls, Rolex Laureate Vertebrate Palaeontologist from the Royal Tyrrell Museum, excavated the type specimen of Shonisaurus sikanniensis over three field sessions in one of the most ambitious fossil excavations ever ventured

SHONISAURUS SIKANNIENSIS

More than 200 million years ago, the Shonisaurus sikanniensis swan in our ancient seas. A 70-foot long specimen encased in limestone was unearthed on the banks of the Sikanni Chief River. Many beautiful souls contributed to our knowledge and excavation of Shoni, particularly from Dean Lomax, Sven Sachs and our own Betsy Nicholls.

ICHTHYOSAUR HUNTING / EPISODE #50

Explore the Icy World of Svalbard, Norway

FOUR RAINDROPS... / 'YUGWAXSTA'YALA

Four individual raindrops falling on the high peaks of the Rockies could easily end up thousands of miles apart -- one flowing north to the Beaufort Sea, another reaching the Gulf of Mexico, a third would be absorbed into Hudson Bay to the east and the last into the vast Pacific.

PTEROSAURS / EPISODE #32

Flying Reptiles of the Mesozoic

ANCIENT GENOMES

GORGONS: THE GREAT KAROO / EPISODE #71

Visit this semi-desert region of South Africa

PaleoWire

HEXACORALLIA / 'MIS'MAT'SA

SEA LIFE / DUǤWA̱T̕ALA

EXPLORE YOUR WORLD / BENEATH THE SEA

Come Meet Your Neighbours Beneath the Waves — Squid, Octopus, Cuttlefish & Nautilus.

Weather & Tide Conditions / DUGWAT'ALA

BC Boating Resources
AHOY Sailing Trip Planning Resources
Canadian Coast Guard
Jericho Wind Conditions
Ocean Tides, Currents & Water Levels
Slack Tides & Currents
Canadian Tide Tables

MARINE WEATHER / TIDE TABLES / A̱WILAGA̱TŁA̱LA

Sailing or Beach Collecting? Know Before You Go

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BURGESS SHALE BIOTA / EPISODE #76

Explore the Cambrian Exposures of the Burgess Shale

Building British Columbia

Some 270 million plus years ago, had one wanted to buy waterfront property in what is now British Columbia, you’d be looking somewhere between Prince George and the Alberta border.

EPISODE #61 GEOLOGIC TIME & THE PERIODIC TABLE

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GEOLOGY

GIANT'S CAUSEWAY

EARTH CLIMATE

PYRITE: FOOL'S GOLD / EPISODE #73

A Child's Story of Striking Gold

PRAEGRESSUS

LOVE THE WILD: EXPLORING BRITISH COLUMBIA

Visit British Columbia's Magnificent Wildlife

DINOSAUR NEWS

TRIASSIC FAUNA OF HALLSTATT / EPISODE #38

Salt Mines, Pristine Wilderness & Triassic Ammonoids

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

DINOSAUR HUNTING IN ALBERTA / EPISODE #59

PaleoWire

GREEN RIVER STONE COMPANY

FOSSILS IN THE NEWS

URSUS ARCTOS / TEK-WAY-DEE

MAMMA MOOSE, BABY MOOSE... GRIZZLY!

We freeze cameras in hand. In seconds the three are upon us. Mamma moose runs straight for us and reaching our boats turns 90 degrees and bolts for the woods -- her calf fast on her heels. The Grizzly, running and caught up in the thrill of the kill, doesn’t notice the deke, hits the brakes and stands up on her hind legs in front of us, ready for some lunch.

BOWRON GRIZZLY GIVES CHASE / NANDZI

Mamma Moose, Baby Moose... Grizzly! Click the photo to hear the Huntress Podcast episode with this tale.

URSAVUS / TEK-WAY-DEE

The Bowron Lakes are at an elevation of 3000 ft. making both Grizzly and Black Bear sightings are common. Both bear families descend from a common ancestor, Ursavus, a bear-dog the size of a raccoon who lived more than 20 million years ago. Seems an implausible lineage having just met of the their larger descendents.

Discover Your World — Ursidae / Bears

Click to Watch Canada's Great Bears

EARLY MAMMALS

LOVE THE WILD: MOOSE / T̕ŁA̱WA̱L'S

Mountains, Forests & Fields — Meet BC's Wildlife

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ARMAG'AH ADAPTATIONS / ATLA'NAM / U'LIGAN

EARTH'S WILDLIFE / EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED

LOVE THE WILD: HORSE / GU'DAN

The Xeni Gwet'in First Nation care for the Qayus wild horses of the Nemaiah Valley

MYOMANCY | ROLL THE MICE

Myomancy was a method of divination by mice. Their behaviour was observed and taken as a omen of what was to come. Modern scientists study the movements of mice more than the ancient myomancers did and for ends that are not dissimilar.

NATURE NATURUM

BOBBING IN THE BRINE / K'ASA

Re-Wilding British Columbia: The Sea Otter population in BC's Salish Sea now number more than 8,000

MARINE BIOLOGY

RUCKUS ON THE ROCKS / T'LIX'AN

OUR OCEANS / DA̱MSXI

HUMPBACK / GWA'YAM

CETACEAN / g̱wa̱'ya̱m

TIDEPOOL ANEMONES / 'MIS'MAST'SA

FROM THE SEAS

TIDE TABLES & MARINE WEATHER

Mama'na / Hawk

In Kwak'wala spoken by the Kwakiutl First Nations this gorgeous rust coloured hawk is called mama'na

ANCIENT BIRDS

RAVEN / ǤWA'WINA

GODS OF THE AIR

Reaching speeds of over 320 km/h (200 mph) Peregrine falcons are truly one of the Gods of the Air. Highly adaptable to hot and cold temperatures, Peregrines boast a breeding range that stretches from the icy cold Arctic tundra to the searing Tropics.

FALCO PEREGRINUS / MAMA'NA

ECOLOGY RESEARCH

NOOTKA CYPRESS

Cupressus nootkatensis

EARTH SCIENCE NEWS

GINKO: LIVING FOSSIL

Each year, I grow Ginko and Metasequoia "Living Fossils" to plant on Earth Day as an homage to our environment and a cleaner, kinder world

WISDOM OF TREES

rain or shine

Rain long foretold takes a long time to pass; if it arrives on short notice, it soon will pass. For the folks I go out collecting with all hikes, digs and kayak trips are rain or shine. Safety is always top of mind and prepping for the weather is paramount. Keep yourself safe whatever part of the world you choose to explore. For forecasts of marine weather in Vancouver call 604.666.3655 or visit http://www.weatheroffice.com/

ANCIENT DNA

ORIGIN OF LIFE

TANGLEFOOT MOUNTAIN CAMBRIAN TRILOBITE

Pterocephalia norfordi trilobite from Upper Cambrian, Furongian strata of the McKay Group, East Kootenay Region, southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

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