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 →

Contributed by Trudy Frisk with an introduction by Margaret Graham All photos by Rick Howie With the arrival of spring, it won’t be long before the Sandhill Cranes start their migration from their wintering grounds in the south and stop briefly in the Kamloops area for a rest as they head for their breeding grounds further north. The annual sandhill crane migration through B.C.’s Interior is one of the oldest in North America. Much information for the article comes from the International Crane Foundation and from wildlife biologist Rick Howie, … Continue reading →

Club member Barb Zimonick had the good fortune to photograph a rare condition in birds called leucism. Here is how Barb describes the sighting. I saw this bird on Oct 11, 2020 while driving up O’Connor Road, west off Westsyde Road just before Jamieson. It was sitting in a tree-top quite far away but the white caught my eye. At first, I thought it might be a snowy owl since that is the only white bird of this size familiar to me. However, the photo screeched hawk. I really did … Continue reading →