Sandhill Crane monitoring in the Douglas Lake Plateau Important Bird Area Rick Howie, a member of the Kamloops Naturalist Club, has provided us with instructions on how best to monitor the Sandhill Crane migration. He has also created a recommended … Continue reading →
The Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna) formerly bred only in the southern two thirds of California and the Baja regions with post-breeding dispersal in many geographic directions. Their breeding range increased north and eastward and by the late 1940s and 1950s, … Continue reading →
Contributed by Trudy Frisk with an introduction by Margaret Graham All photos by Rick Howie With the arrival of spring, it won’t be long before the Sandhill Cranes start their migration from their wintering grounds in the south and stop … Continue reading →
Submitted by Rick Howie (Compiler) Hybrid Glaucus x Herring Gull by Rick Howie It was a blustery, snowy day on Dec. 21 , 2020 for our 41st annual Christmas Bird Count first started in 1979. The club had been doing … Continue reading →