The 2024 Christmas Bird Count Report by Glenn Dreger On December 14th, the 2024 Kamloops Christmas Bird Count was conducted by 43 of our members divided into 21 groups with 3 more members on feeder watches. Temperatures were mild and … Continue reading →
The Kamloops Christmas Bird Count is scheduled for December 15 th . For those of you who may be interested, but have not taken part before, or don’t feel confident in your bird identification, let me put your mind at … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Our regular monthly meeting presentation on February 15 will be by Shae Turner, Master of Science student at TRU. Understanding the Role of Feather Moult in the Winter Lives of Our Migratory Songbirds Each year, migratory songbirds travel thousands of … 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 →
