Whistler Mountain Whistler Mountain Whistler Mountain is a mountain in the Fitzsimmons Range of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains, located on the northwestern edge of Garibaldi Provincial Park. It is the location of the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort and the town of Whistler, British Columbia. Previously, the mountain was called London Mountain, named after a mining claim in the area. The locality was called Alta Lake before the creation of the Resort Municipality of Whistler in the 1970s, but the mountain's name had already been changed in 1965 as the associations with London's bad weather were deemed to be bad for
Red-lored whistler Red-lored whistler The red-lored whistler ("Pachycephala rufogularis") is a species of bird of the whistler family Pachycephalidae that is endemic to Australia. Alternate names for the red-lored whistler include the buff-breasted whistler and red-throated whistler. The red-lored whistler is similar, in many respects, to Gilbert's whistler, to which it is closely related, and from which it must be distinguished: the range of the red-lored whistler falls entirely within that of the Gilbert's whistler. The two species share the same habitat, behaviour and even many calls. John Gould, who described both species, was not familiar with the Gilbert's whistler: this is