Author Archives: Gary Hunt

Free Online Course On How to Use eBird

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The Bird Academy is offering a free, online course on how to use eBird and the benefits of adding your sightings to the eBird database. It is a self-paced course with no deadline on when you need to complete it.  For full details and registration go to the Bird Academy website. “Discover how eBird can support your passion for birds and how your participation can help us better understand them. Birder, bird watcher, or bird lover, it doesn’t matter—this course is for you. Whether you watch birds at your feeder … Continue reading →

Notice of Field Trip Cancellations

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All of the Kamloops Naturalist Club spring field trips are cancelled. Although these field trips are cancelled as KNC functions, these are still good  locations and times of day to see birds in these areas. Now is a great time to visit Gamble Pond in McGowan Park and the slough at McArthur Island to see migrating ducks up close.  Morning is the best time to go.  Take your binoculars and field guide and keep your physical distance. If you venture out onto the country roads, you can see meadowlarks and … Continue reading →

BC Nature Annual General Meeting

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The BC Nature Annual General Meeting scheduled for May 28-30, 2020 in Princeton and hosted by the Vermilion Forks Field Naturalists has been cancelled. The next general meeting is now scheduled for May 27-29, 2021, hosted by Vermilion Forks. The AGM in 2022 will be in Kelowna and hosted by the Central Okanagan Naturalists’ Club.  If you have submitted your registration and paid fees for the 2020 conference, the organizing committee will be glad to hold your registration until next year. They will also refund your fees if you wish. … Continue reading →

Kamloops Naturalist Club – Annual General Meeting

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The Kamloops Naturalists Club annual general meeting was held on Saturday the 18th of January, 2020. It was hosted in the St. Paul’s Cathedral. Key points included an overview of the busy 2019 year, the upcoming busy 2020 year, new and old business and an election. The annual general meeting saw an attendance of around 45 people and ended shortly after the election, potluck, and raffle. Nancy Flood, president of the Kamloops Naturalists Club, gave her general report for the 2019 year. The items she discussed included continued progress on … Continue reading →