Kamloops Naturalist Club’s Lecture Series – Adventures in using technology to study boreal animals, Emily Studd, Assistant Professor, Thompson Rivers University.
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Summer Newsletter
Ralph Ritcey Big Bird Day 2024 Results
On Sunday, May 26, 16 birders for Team North and 14 for Team South participated in the annual Ralph Ritcey Big Bird Day. This is a fun and friendly competition beginning at midnight and ending at 4:00 pm. Home birders are welcome to record bird species at their feeders. At 5:00 we gathered at the home of Anne and Bruce Ritcey for a bring-your-own dinner and to talley the results. There are no prizes, only the bragging rights going to the winning team. The boundaries are a 50 km radius … Continue reading →
Club T-Shirts Available
Our club t-shirts are available at general meetings and events we attend.
Continue reading →Final Wells Gray Camp Program
We have two spots available for the BC Nature Wells Gray camp, July 11 to 14. Here is the registration Link: https://bcnature.org/bc-nature-camp-2024-land-of-fire-and-ice-wells-gray-provincial-park/
Continue reading →Time to Watch for Lightning Mushrooms
When the arrowleaf balsamroot is blooming, it is time for lightning mushrooms. When you are out walking in the grasslands and sagebrush areas around Kamloops this spring, be on the lookout for circles of a large, white mushroom. These are lightning mushrooms, one of the few large mushrooms that occur in spring around Kamloops. It’s gone by various genera, including Calocybe, Lepista, and Tricholoma, but the genes have been sequenced and it is now known as Leucocalocybe mongolica in the family Lyophyllaceae. Originally described from East Asia, it is well … Continue reading →