Category Archives: Birds

River Otter Attacks Molting Goose!

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A few days ago club member Lyn MacDonald was at the McArthur Island butterfly garden when she heard a commotion in the slough. She witnessed a river otter attacking an adult Canada goose. It killed the goose and carried it away to eat! Right now the geese are molting. It’s an annual occurrence where they drop all their feathers at once and will be flightless for 4-5 weeks. By September they’ll be flying again and have sturdy new feathers for fall migration. Unfortunately (for them) they are vulnerable to predation … Continue reading →

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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.

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Field Trip to Lac Du Bois and Isobel Lake

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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 →