East Shuswap Road Field Trip

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Submitted by Margaret Graham Five hardy soles braved the rain on Sunday morning, June 10, to look for birds along the East Shuswap Road. We crossed the South Thompson River at the Lafarge Bridge and travelled as far as the Wolf Ranch and the pond at the corner where the road turns left to Niskonlith and McGillivray Lake where we had hoped to see the bobolink and curlew but didn’t spot them. We did see a total of 50 other species of birds on our trip, stopping often to get … Continue reading →

Cottonwood Leaf Beetle

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I was walking the McArthur Island Golf Course with Jesse Ritcey and Rick Tucker today. In various places, we noticed some well-marked, roundish beetles on deer-browsed shrubs and cottonwood saplings. Some beetles were singles while others were mating. I took some photos which allowed me to identify them as Cottonwood Leaf Beetles (Chrysomela confluens.) A Google search found a few brief notes about them. The colour pattern in my photo is one of two forms, the other being dark, iridescent purple-brown. As you can see, the pronotum is black with … Continue reading →

Featured Post #1

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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 →

MATCH GAME: Caterpillar Food

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Match the butterfly to its larval food! Each of the B.C. butterflies pictured below have specific diets when they are young larvae, or caterpillars. In this game, try to match the adult butterfly to the food plant it eats as a wee caterpillar!   This is Acmon Blue. It’s adorable and small. What does its caterpillar eat?

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