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  A walk in Kokanee Park on New Year’s Eve revealed two less-common female birds. A Pileated Woodpecker went from tree to tree scouring for edibles. It is almost certainly the same female that appeared earlier in the month (blog.kootenay-lake.ca/?p=34028) … Continue reading →

  The Clark’s Nutcracker is a bird of the high altitude and it rarely comes down to the valley bottom. Found only in the western mountains, even westerners are unlikely to have ever seen it. But, now and then, it … Continue reading →

  I visited the eagle’s nest at Cherry Bay to see how its two chicks were doing. The two chicks appeared to be out of their down and sporting dark brown juvenile plumage. The story became much more interesting when … Continue reading →

  March and April is a time for the Ruffed Grouse to court and mate. Three years ago this month, I managed a shot of a male in full courting display (right) in front of an adjacent female. He had … Continue reading →

  The wing feathers of the juvenile osprey have been memorably described as having been dipped in cream. They contrast with an adult’s wing feathers, which are uniformly dark. Now is the time to see juvenile ospreys out of the … Continue reading →