by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 11, 2019 | Guest Bloggers, Pam Laing
Birds of a Feather Which Bird might I see today? – WINTER Doves Even if you don’t feed birds in winter, you are probably familiar with the doves, which are here year-round. I won’t bore you with statistics about the feral Rock Dove or Pigeon, a very common urban...
by lakecountry | Jan 26, 2018 | Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Natural History, Pam Laing
Which birds might I see today? Ducks that dive Remember the dabblers and the divers – the two categories into which we group ducks? In an earlier posting we took a look at the dabblers, and in this posting we’ll focus on the divers. All of the species featured...
by lakecountry | Jan 13, 2017 | Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Natural History, Pam Laing
Which Bird might I see today? – Woodpeckers in Winter Just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean birds are absent. Far from it. Winter is one of the best times to see some species, unobscured by summer foliage. Woodpeckers are a case in point. Here are three common...
by lakecountry | Jan 8, 2016 | Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Natural History, Pam Laing
Which birds might I see today? Bald Eagles In our valley, winter is one of the best times to see Bald Eagles but did you know that the Kelowna landfill is one of the best places to see them? Every January members of the Central Okanagan Naturalists’ Club conduct a...
by lakecountry | Mar 14, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Natural History, Pam Laing
We are so fortunate to have a new Guest Blogger for this site: Pam Laing, local birder and photographer, has agreed to share with us A Year of Okanagan Birds. For those of you who attended Pam’s lecture at Creekside Theatre in February, you’ll know...
