From the September newsletter, here are some great tips from Isaac Nelson on where to see birds. While most birds have stopped singing and displaying by September, the unpredictability that comes with fall migration has an excitement of its own. … Continue reading →
From the May 2020 Newsletter, this article was contributed by Rick Howie. You may have heard about “important Bird Areas” or IBAs and wondered what they are. To quote from the IBA Canada website “important Bird Areas (IBAs) are discrete … Continue reading →
From the June 2020 Newsletter and contributed by Isaac Nelson. Isaac is a member of our Next Generation Naturalists program. Spring has sprung in Kamloops as far as birds are concerned. Many species are already beginning to nest, while others … Continue reading →
Big Birding Day 2020 Contributed by Heather Stalberg Midnight! Ready, set, go! Six hours later I was out the door. This was the Kamloops Naturalist Club’s Big Birding Day, a much-anticipated annual spring event starting on a Saturday at midnight … Continue reading →
Ken Lipinski discovered two nests of ground-dwelling birds on recent hikes. The nest containing three eggs belongs to a killdeer. They were found on the shore of a small lake on Wheeler Mountain. The nest with four eggs belongs to … Continue reading →
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. … Continue reading →
The new paper presents the earliest known evidence of insects feeding on feathers, and the authors suggest that this type of parasite evolved during or before the middle of the Cretaceous period, which occurred 145–66 million years ago. Ancient lice … Continue reading →
This article and podcast from Audubon explains why woodpeckers make cavities in trees during fall, even though they are not nesting at that time. Pileated Woodpecker. Photo: Cathy Eaton/Audubon Photography Awards A familiar sound of spring: a woodpecker hard at … Continue reading →
