Many Osprey chicks perished during the heat wave last week. The parents are abandoning their nests now. It’s so sad. 
A cute little Chipmunk near Fintry Provincial Park 
CUTENESS ALERT!! Adorable Chipmunk near Fintry Provincial Park 
Brother 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 night 
Western 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 materials 
Bald Eagle attempting to fly with nesting materials 
Bald Eagle up and off to his nest with nesting materials 
Bald Eagle crossing Highway 97 on his way to his nest near Swan Lake with nesting materials 
The Killdeer pair have returned to nest in my neighbour’s front yard 
Happy 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 yard 
Juvenile Bald Eagle, Armstrong, BC. 
A pretty little House Sparrow at my house, Little Hoppers I call them 
The American Coots are making their way back to the Okanagan! 
Another beautiful mule deer, Central Okanagan 
So nice to see the robins returning with their beautiful songs for us 
Let 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. 
Trumpeter 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 On 
The 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.
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.
Red-tailed Hawk, Swan Lake Nature Reserve, Vernon, BC.
