Featured Gallery # 2
We feature a second photo gallery of shots taken by member Glenn Dreger. Hover your cursor for a caption or click for a full-sized image:
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Featured Album
We are pleased to share a number of images provided by Glenn Dreger. Hover your cursor over an image for a caption or double click for a full-sized image.
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The photos on this page were taken by Glenn Dreger and shared with Kamloops Naturalist Club in June 2018. To see the caption of any image, hover your cursor over the image. For a full-sized photo, double click it. Our thanks to Glenn Dreger for his permission to share the images on the KNC website.
Continue reading →Field Trip to Lac Du Bois and Isobel Lake
Contributed by Ellie Hill & Margaret Graham with photos by Adele Stapleton and plant identification by Jesse Ritcey Cooler weather prevailed as our Naturalist Club group ventured forth on Sunday, June 3 to explore the grasslands of Lac Du Bois, hoping for a day of glorious scenery, vibrant wildflowers, and cooperative birds. As always, the area did not disappoint and as we stopped at roadside ponds and lakes we saw a variety of birds, including common loon, red-necked grebe, lesser scaup, ruddy duck, northern shoveler, American wigeon, gadwall, bufflehead, Barrow’s … Continue reading →
The McArthur Island Great Horned Owls Are Growing
Here is a photo gallery of our owl friends at McArthur Island courtesy of Lynne Borle. Thank you Lynne! Wonder how she gets them to look at the camera every time.
Continue reading →Making Bluebird Boxes
This article appeared in the May 2018 edition of Sage Whispers. You can read the complete newsletter here. In January 2018, the Kamloops Naturalist Club applied for funding available from BC Nature to build 50 bluebird boxes in order to replace damaged and/or missing nest boxes. The boxes are subject to deterioration from the sun and weather over time, as well as damage caused by animals and vandals.
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