We are pleased to share a number of images provided by Glenn Dreger. Hover your cursor over an image for a caption or double click for a full-sized image.
Category Archives: Birds
Field Trip to Lac Du Bois and Isobel Lake
Contributed by Ellie Hill & Margaret Graham with photos by Adele Stapleton and plant identification by Jesse Ritcey Cooler weather prevailed as our Naturalist Club group ventured forth on Sunday, June 3 to explore the grasslands of Lac Du Bois, … Continue reading →
The McArthur Island Great Horned Owls Are Growing
Here is a photo gallery of our owl friends at McArthur Island courtesy of Lynne Borle. Thank you Lynne! Wonder how she gets them to look at the camera every time. … Continue reading →
Making Bluebird Boxes
This article appeared in the May 2018 edition of Sage Whispers. You can read the complete newsletter here. In January 2018, the Kamloops Naturalist Club applied for funding available from BC Nature to build 50 bluebird boxes in order to … Continue reading →
The Birds of Gamble Pond On May 2, 2018
Here is a look at what was seen on the Naturalist Club trip to Gamble Pond. If you know the names of these birds, please add them in the comments. Hover your cursor over the images to see the caption, … Continue reading →
White-Crowned Sparrows are Back
One arrived on Tuesday and a few more today, feeding on the sunflower seeds under my feeder in Barnhartvale. A number of years ago hundreds arrived and ate everything. Freshly emerged peas in the garden were devoured. A week later … Continue reading →
Sandhill Cranes Flying Over: Letter to the Editor by Rick Howie
A Modified Letter to the Editor of Kamloops This Week published April 25, 2018 By Rick Howie, Registered Professional Biologist I read with interest the comments by Hugh Jordan in Kamloops This Week regarding the Sandhill Cranes passing over Aberdeen … Continue reading →
Barnes Lake Trails with Hank
Hank & I have been getting to know the Barnes Lake Trails. Yesterday, we arrived during light showers, and as the sun came and went, I photographed sagebrush galls while Hank did whatever he likes to do. Near the lake, … Continue reading →
Riverside Park Ducks
I went to Riverside Park in the mid to late afternoon today in order to photograph waterfowl. Mallards dominated the flocks but there were some Trumpeter Swans and a few geese. I took some landscapes but I will post those … Continue reading →
Barred Owls
We were camping on Leo Island on Murtle Lake. In the dark I walked out onto the spit to have a look at the supermoon rising in the east. On my way back, my headlamp shone onto the trees and … Continue reading →