Hello Pacific Wild Supporters!

BBC's 'Great Events' series, which premiered in the UK and Europe earlier in the spring, will now be aired as "Nature's Most Amazing Events" in North America beginning on May 29th, 2009 on the Discovery Channel.

The global success of the BBC’s Planet Earth series led to the creation of a new series by the broadcasting corporation titled Nature’s Great Events. Only a few locations on the planet were chosen and the Great Bear Rainforest made the cut, once again proving its global ecological stature. Working with acclaimed Canadian filmmakers Jeff and Sue Turner and others at the Natural History Unit of the BBC was a real treat for Pacific Wild.

We hope that you take the opportunity to watch the episode filmed here on the B.C. coast, which is called "Grizzly Wilderness" in North America.

Click here for more information on the series and viewing times. 

SANDHILL CRANES NESTING IN THE GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST

You may also want to check out Pacific Wild LIVE! We currently have a remote control video camera set up to film a pair of nesting sandhill cranes. These cranes can be extremely wary of humans during the breeding season.  With a remote camera near the nest site, we can observe their nesting behaviour, bog habitat use and interactions with other species without disturbance. 

The eggs were laid on April 27th, and the incubation time is 30 to 32 days. We are expecting the eggs to hatch any time now, and we will be posting clips on the PacificWild.org. Right now, you can view the cranes doing nest exchanges, turning their eggs along with other interesting nesting behaviour.

Pacific Wild's remote camera project was recently featured in the Vancouver Sun.

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