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The Next Generation Naturalist’s Yearbook Part 3
The final summaries of the Next Gen Naturalist Activities: Skeetchestn Rivers Walk Trail Quaaout Lodge
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Would You Like To Help Monitor Sandhill Cranes?
Sandhill Crane monitoring in the Douglas Lake Plateau Important Bird Area Rick Howie, a member of the Kamloops Naturalist Club, has provided us with instructions on how best to monitor the Sandhill Crane migration. He has also created a recommended route map along with the data forms to record your sightings. The annual migration through the Kamloops area is approximately from April 1 to May 15. Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) migrate across the Douglas Plateau in spring and fall with a small number of breeders scattered across the plateau during … Continue reading →
Anna’s Hummingbird Overwinters in Kamloops
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, wintering birds were appearing on southern Vancouver Island with the first confirmed breeding record there in 1958. They have now become year round residents in southwestern BC with many breeding records from southern Vancouver Island and the lower Fraser Valley. The first interior record was from Penticton in October of … Continue reading →