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 →
From the June 2020 Newsletter Long-time club member Joan Best was inspired to post a brief article on the infoline after reading about the loon seen on Kamloops Lake. Knowing how important Tranquille is to club members, I have included … 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 BC Nature Annual General Meeting scheduled for May 28-30, 2020 in Princeton and hosted by the Vermilion Forks Field Naturalists has been cancelled. The next general meeting is now scheduled for May 27-29, 2021, hosted by Vermilion Forks. The … Continue reading →
In an article on HuffPost, The Case for Citizen Science, the writer makes a case for the value of A famous philosopher once said that the unexamined life is not worth living. Life is a big game, and there are … Continue reading →
Interesting story in the Smithsonian Travel back millions of years in your time machine and you’d find some of these species thriving and looking much as they do today: The top 10 Crocodylians Velvet worm Cow sharks Horsetails Lice Brachiopods … Continue reading →
