We have passed Barachois Pond Provincial Park. You can camp there, and you can't drive off-road vehicles, because it's a provincial park, you are asked to take only pictures and leave only footprints. You aren't allowed to even take a little pebble. You can canoe, bird watch, cycle, fish, swim and more at Barachois Pond Provincial Park. I am going to tell you about the grey jay, also known as the Canada jay. It's length is 25 to 29 cm, their weight is 60 to 80 g, their wingspan is up to 46 cm, their average lifespan is 10 years. The oldest recorded Canada jay was caught and released 17 years after it was first banded.
We are 7223 km from Tofino! Bird Scavenger Hunt!
For the end of our trip we are celebrating by having a bird scavenger hunt. Everyone's invited to search for birds. All the information here: https://acobyrne.wixsite.com/letsgoacrosscanada/post/bird-scavenger-hunt
Reminder, we have active fundraisers:
We're collecting cans and bottles, really anything that has a deposit on it to return for both Birds Canada and OWL Rehab. Let us know if you have some you'd like to donate, OR you can take yours back and make a donation to our campaign through our fundraising page, OR if you live in BC we set up an express Return-it account. So if you drop them off and use our phone number at the express station, then it will be credited to our account and we'll add the value to our donations to OWL and Birds Canada. Send us an email at birdscavengerhunt@gmail.com if you need our phone number.
Tru Earth for Birds Canada, 20% of orders placed with this link will come to us to be donated to Birds Canada. https://fundraising.tru.earth/SavingtheBirds
Handmade greeting cards, information available here (some photos are sold out, please contact us for current availability) Only 5 sets of 10 cards left! https://acobyrne.wixsite.com/letsgoacrosscanada/post/cards-for-sale
You can also donate to our campaign for OWL Rehab and Birds Canada at any time here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/saving-the-birds/
That 17 year old jay lived a long life!!