Category Archives: birds

  Only rarely do I see a Barred Owl, and often someone else spots one for me. And yet, this owl does not migrate with the seasons, but confines itself to a space of about 10 km on a side. … Continue reading →

  Nearly two weeks ago, Joanne Siderius, Kokanee Creek Park’s senior naturalist, published some pictures of a cygnet. Yesterday three of us saw what was apparently the same cygnet at close quarters, again at the park. I have seen a … Continue reading →

  Swans head south in the fall and north in the spring. Already there have been reports of the first swans coming through this region. Yesterday, when I went past a place of shallow water there was nothing to be … Continue reading →

  Six years ago, I wondered if “if birds named after people will be the apostrophe’s last bastion.” <blog.kootenay-lake.ca/?p=20350> I noted that we had lost the apostrophe in geographic names: “Around Kootenay Lake, Johnson’s Landing is officially Johnsons Landing and … Continue reading →

  I went for the Snow Buntings, but stayed for the Gray-crowned Rosy Finches. Often we go for a delightful walk along the shore or in the woods, but see little that prompts a blog posting. Now and then, we … Continue reading →

  On October 1st, it was a gorgeously sunny day for strolling under blue skies along the sandy shores of Kokanee Creek Park. The bees were buzzing, corvids cawing, and gulls were feistily feeding on fish. But it was a … Continue reading →

  I have casually been watching for the Lewis’s Woodpecker and saw it two days ago, a little over two weeks later than those seen last year. Birds have their niches. Some are adapted to water, some just to shorelines. … Continue reading →

  Two seconds. That is all the time I had when I rounded a corner and startled a juvenile Bald Eagle (hatched this year). That is the time it took for the eagle from being in a hidden perch on … Continue reading →