Cortes Nature

CBC – Message from George Sirk
Christmas Bird Count (CBC)! Sunday, December 17 — a message from George Sirk: It’s that time...
Fossils – Never-ending Story – with Conclusion
Part One – The story began a long time ago, with my complaint to a...
Fossils
A unique collection of fossils gathered from the coast of B.C. is on permanent display...
“F” Stands for Fossil
The capital “F” in a circle is a symbol only rarely encountered on the Bute...
Spring Bird Count, 2020
This year the Cortes Island Museum called out to island birders to participate in the...
Erratics – by Christian Gronau
A Brief Survey of Cortes Island Beach Rocks DEFINITION: erratic (er-rat’-ic) n. A rock fragment carried...
Why this Museum Fossil is NOT an Ammonite – by Christian Gronau
(All photographs are the author’s unless indicated otherwise.) Ammonites are probably the most familiar of...