Somehow the White Rock Lake wildfire spared these beautiful trees. Fall colours on Monte Lake, BC.Great Blue Herons are returning to Cools Pond, Vernon, BCSt Anne’s Pumpkin PatchRough-legged HawkSpring BlossomsOspreyOsprey PairGreat Blue Heron PortraitRed-tailed HawkKilldeerTree SwallowsKilldeer and ChickFemale Osprey ChickCabbage White ButterflyBeautiful SunflowerA Beautiful Flock of Least Sandpipersr fly over Shuswap Lake, Salmon Arm, BC.A Great Blue Heron takes a stroll through Shuswap Lake on a breezy day, Salmon Arm, BC.Beautiful Osprey, Oyama, BC.Sunflowers and a HoneybeeTree Swallow ChickMany Osprey chicks perished during the heat wave last week. The parents are abandoning their nests now. It’s so sad.CUTENESS ALERT!! Adorable Chipmunk near Fintry Provincial ParkA cute little Chipmunk near Fintry Provincial ParkBrother and sister Bighorn Sheep – It looks like she’s told him a pretty funny joke and he just doesn’t get it lol – Central Okanagan.The moon over my house last nightWestern Painted Turtles, Kalavista Lagoon, Coldstream, BC.A hungry Black Bear, Vernon, BC.Another Coopers Hawk profile!Great Horned Owl, Vernon, BC.Juvenile Great Horned Owl, Vernon, BC.A pair of Tree Swallows are nesting in my yard this year! Yeah!Bald Eagle collecting nesting materialsBald Eagle attempting to fly with nesting materialsBald Eagle up and off to his nest with nesting materialsBald Eagle crossing Highway 97 on his way to his nest near Swan Lake with nesting materialsThe Killdeer pair have returned to nest in my neighbour’s front yardHappy Earth Day!The Coopers Hawk Portrait, my house, Vernon, BC.The sunflowers (Arrowleaf Balsamroot) are starting to bloom on Westside Road – My favourite wildflower!A Pine Siskin enjoying the water fountain in my yardJuvenile Bald Eagle, Armstrong, BC.A pretty little House Sparrow at my house, Little Hoppers I call themThe American Coots are making their way back to the Okanagan!Another beautiful mule deer, Central OkanaganSo nice to see the robins returning with their beautiful songs for usLet the games begin with the great blue herons at Cools Pond in Vernon!Welcoming signs of Spring! The red-winged blackbirds and other songbirds are coming back to my house. Yeah!The majestic bald eagle, Armstrong, BC.Bighorn Sheep, 1 male, 5 females, Central Okanagan, BC.Bighorn Sheep checking her surroundings, Central Okanagan, BC.Bald Eagle flew straight overhead, Central Okanagan, BC.A beautiful pair of mule deer in the Fintry Park area.Red-tailed Hawk, Armstrong, BCTrumpeter Swans spend winters in BC and summers in Alaska. I counted dozens on the Shuswap River.Went for a drive to enjoy the sunshine from the warmth of my car. I saw dozens of eagles between Vernon and Mara. This bald eagle watched something fly over, Grindrod, BC.Barred Owl, Vernon, BC.Okanagan Lake, Okanagan Indian Band Priest’s Valley IR No. 6, Kin Beach, Vernon, BC.A beautiful coyote I saw yesterday, Vernon, BC.Coyote and Ravens, Vernon, BC.Bobcat Hunting – Before he noticed me. Check out the size of those paws!Biggest Bobcat I’ve seen in my life! Vernon, BC.Bobcat considering his options – Attack, Run or Carry OnThe Bobcat chose to carry on, so I carried on my way so I didn’t disrupt his activities.Coopers Hawk in my next door neighbour’s tree, Vernon, BC.Coopers Hawk, successful in hunting in my backyard this morning.Red-tailed Hawk, North BX area, Vernon, BC.Bald Eagle, Coldstream, BC.A sweet little visitor at my house, a Downy Woodpecker, Vernon, BC.Juvenile Bald Eagle flew over my house today, Vernon, BC. Lucky Me!Great Blue Heron coming in for a landing on a frozen Cools Pond, Vernon, BC, March 2020.Northern Flicker, Vernon, BCA sleeping Great Horned Owl, Vernon, BC.Lift Off! Red-tailed Hawk, Swan Lake Nature Reserve, Vernon, BC.Two second flight shots with a Red-tailed Hawk.Two second flight shots with a Red-tailed Hawk.Two second flight shots with a Red-tailed Hawk.Lift Off! Red-tailed Hawk, Swan Lake Nature Reserve, Vernon, BC.A pretty House Finch at my house, Vernon, BC.One of the many Mule Deer up on the Rise, Vernon, BC. Something sure has her attention!Red-tailed Hawk, Swan Lake Nature Reserve, Vernon, BC.
