Bird Count ~ Opening Day Lawrence Valley Trail ~ May 20th

Birding tour with James Clowater. 

43 species:

Canada Goose  10

Mallard  2

Turkey Vulture  7

Bald Eagle  4

Killdeer  1

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Eurasian Collared-Dove  1

Barred Owl  2

Rufous Hummingbird  5

Red-breasted Sapsucker  3

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Olive-sided Flycatcher  3

Pacific-slope Flycatcher  5

Hutton's Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  3

Northwestern Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Tree Swallow  1

Violet-green Swallow  15

Barn Swallow  12

Cliff Swallow  3

Chestnut-backed Chickadee  5

Red-breasted Nuthatch  5

Brown Creeper  2

House Wren  2

Swainson's Thrush  2

American Robin  15

European Starling  1

Orange-crowned Warbler  3

Common Yellowthroat  1

Yellow Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Townsend's Warbler  2

Wilson's Warbler  2

Dark-eyed Junco  10

White-crowned Sparrow  5

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  10

Spotted Towhee  10

Western Tanager  2

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Red Crossbill  8

Pine Siskin  2

courtesy of Keith Rush

Third & Final Call! ~ First Aid Level 1 Course

Spaces are still available for the June 19 St. John Ambulance First Aid level 1 course at Forbes Hall.

Financial assistance available.

Contact Andy at 250-246-9770 or andylamb@telus.net

Library News

Some new materials in the library:

Toni Erdman foreign dvd

A Street Cat Named Bob dvd

Dear Eleanor dvd

Good as Gone fiction by Amy Gentry

Cold Earth fiction by Ann Cleeves

Unfortunately there are items missing from the library:

The Dressmaker dvd  NEW

Coastal Fishes non-fiction by Andy Lamb

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapene   NEW

Crow Lake by Mary Lawson

If you are a library patron (good for you)  please take a look around your home for items you may have had for a while.

Celine

Your local librarian

Looking to Buy ~ Queen-sized Bed

Please call Jamie Hayward 250 210 2701

Veterinary Visit

The next veterinary visit will be Wednesday, May 31st.

For an appointment please contact Dr Martin Randle on 250 436 0045 or erskine2814@outlook.com

Nature House Painting Party

Members of ThINC will be painting the inside of the nature house at The Portal (former Camp Columbia) on Monday to get it ready for our summer programs. If you have a couple of hours and a paint brush and would like to join us, give Ann a call at 250-246-8176. We're starting at 9 a.m. Come when you can.

Thanks!

ThINC

Pure Green Gold of Thetis ~ featured offering at jollity FARM

Treat yourself this Victoria Day weekend to 'Pure Green Gold of Thetis', a beautiful gourmet soup chef Natasha Gousseva has created with asparagus grown on Thetis by local farmer Jean Ensminger.

You can find it at jollity FARM this Saturday and Sunday, 10 am- 1pm:  $18.50/800ml of delicious local goodness. 'Pure Green Gold of Thetis' is dairy-free and vegan.

See you at the farm!

Tomato Starts Sale Today at jollity FARM

Beautiful and healthy open-pollinated, heritage, and hybrid tomato seedlings available for $5/plant. Please follow this link to more information about our tomato starts:

http://www.jollityfarm.ca/farm/its-tomato-time-at-jollity-farm/

Also available: easter egg radishes, local asparagus soup-to-go by Natasha, boutique annuals and perennials including (new hostas and blooming lewisia!), culinary and medicinal herbs, funky succulents, Thetis Island veggie and flower starts...something for everyone!

Open Saturday and Sunday, 10-1. If these times absolutely don't work for you, email Steph at thrive@jollityfarm.ca to arrange an alternative shopping time.

Soccer Season Grand Finale Set for May 24th At 5PM

Our Thetis Island Community Soccer (TICS) club is winding up another successful season at the end of May with the annual challenge game against the Volunteer Fire Department. Kick off is set for Wednesday, May 24th at 5 pm sharp at the Capernwray soccer field. All soccer alumni (no matter how fit or rusty) are invited to play and the whole community is welcome to cheer on the players.

This game will be a very special one as it is also a farewell to Coach Gerry Smith who has donated his time, patience and coaching skills to Thetis children and youth for over 20 amazing years! Assistant coaches Simone Luckham and Kelly Bannister, along with all the TICS team, will be on hand on May 24th to ensure Gerry has a final game to remember. Please join us to bring smiles to the young ones and send Gerry off in style!

Market Today

Hope to see you at the market today, Saturday 20th in the pavilion at Thetis Island Pub 10AM

Breaking Island Tides News

Dear 20,000 Readers

Due to an unexpected health issue (detached retina) I won't be publishing Island Tides for a while. After 27 years, this is more than a little odd for me - and probably for you! I will keep you posted of whatever happens next.

Meanwhile, if you, or anyone you know, with an entrepreneurial bent and a passion for current affairs would seriously like to own a respected online news source connecting our amazing coast and its people, please get in touch: 250-216-2267, islandtides@islandtides.com.

Please forward this email to other islanders who may not be on our reminder list and would like to know what's going on.

warm regards, Christa Grace-Warrick

Thetis Island Open House ~ MP Alistair MacGregor

Meet and chat with your Member of Parliament, Alistair MacGregor

Wednesday May 24th, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Forbes Hall Community Centre

Thetis Island residents are invited to join their Member of Parliament, Alistair MacGregor for a Thetis Island - Open House.

Island life has it's many, many upsides. However, it also has it's challenges.

Alistair wants to be able to best represent the residents of Thetis Island and needs to hear from you. What concerns do you have? What issues should he be raising in Ottawa?

This Open House will be an informal, drop-in opportunity for you to meet and chat with your MP.

Snacks and light refreshments will be served.

Hope to see you there!

http://alistairmacgregor.ndp.ca/thetis-island-open-house

Seamus Wolfe, Community Outreach Coordinator

Office of Alistair MacGregor, MP

Cowichan-Malahat-Langford