This informative article on plant use by the Secwepemc is from Jim Cooperman’s blog, Shuswap Passion.
This informative article on plant use by the Secwepemc is from Jim Cooperman’s blog, Shuswap Passion.
Jim Cooperman, who presented a talk and slide show at our last club meeting, has a blog site called Shuswap Passion. A recent article presents his assessment of the 2018 Adams River salmon run.
Continue reading →Buteos are the large hawks that we often see perched atop powerpoles, trees or on fences, especially in open country but some prefer the forests as well. The 3 common buteos that we see around Kamloops are the Red-tailed Hawk, Swainson’s Hawk and Rough-legged Hawk. The Ferruginous Hawk has been seen periodically but rarely. One other buteo that has been seen recently during the fall migration is the Broad-winged Hawk which may become more frequent. The Swainson’s Hawk only occurs here during the summer and will not be a focus … Continue reading →
This is a time of year when we start seeing large flocks of waxwings in the interior of BC. And they cause confusion for some people. So I hope this post will help sort out the potential for errors. We have 2 species of waxwings in BC and in Canada generally. The common summering bird in the southern parts of Canada is the Cedar Waxwing. The Bohemian Waxwing breeds primarily in the northern regions although small numbers breed in the Rocky Mtns much farther south. The Bohemian Waxwings are the … Continue reading →
This story is featured in the latest club newsletter and was submitted by Glenn Dreger These Grizzly photos were taken on the Atnarko River on Sept 26th, 2018. I have made several drifts on the Atnarko River with Kynoch Adventures over the past two years, and have seen bears on every one. This was extraordinary in that we were on a narrow stretch of the river when we saw the bears. Our guide pulled the boat into the opposite side of the river and anchored. The guides are extremely professional, … Continue reading →