Sunday, March 30, 2025

WHAT WE FOUND ON OUR DRIVES YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

Red-tailed Hawk.

Red-tailed Hawk.

Red-tailed Hawk.

Mountain Goat just south of Okanagan Falls.

Meadowlark.

Meadowlark.

Mountain Bluebird.

Mountain Bluebird.

Mountain Bluebird.

Ring-necked Ducks.

Ring-necked Ducks.

Killdeer.

Red-winged Blackbird.

Red-winged Blackbird.

Male House Finch.

Black-capped Chickadee on Sumac berries.

 

Friday, March 28, 2025

SEEN ON OUR WALK WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Red-tailed Hawk in a pine tree.

Lift Off.

Coming to check us out.

Giving us a good looking over.

Meadowlark singing for us.


This Kestrel was five posts further away than the Meadowlark.



A pair of Western Bluebirds.

Male Western Bluebird.


 

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

INCHING CLOSER TO SPRING.

The buds are about to burst.

When I drove by Vaseux Lake yesterday the reflections were gorgeous.

Vaseux Lake.

Vaseux Lake.

Vaseux Lake.

Vaseux Lake.

Vaseux Lake.

Kestrel.

Kestrel.

This Northern Flicker was either trying to steal the nest cavity or the eggs of the Kestrels so there was quite a bit of squabbling going on.

Kestrel.

I spotted these girls way up the hill on a ledge.

Killdeer.

Killdeer.

Killdeer.

 

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

WE HAVE SNOWBIRDS GOING IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

 There are lots of snowbirds returning from the southern US these days going past us in their trailers and motorhomes.  Then there are the original snowbirds, the ones with feathers, who are arriving in ever growing numbers.  And there are still a few that winter in our region but have mostly headed north already.  We had a very warm day here with the temperature reaching 17C which is about 62.6F.


The Magpie rode around on the ram for a while.  He was searching for bugs in the ram's hair.

Mountain Bluebird.

Northern Flicker.

Red-tailed Hawk.

Northern Harrier.

The north end of Vaseux Lake.

Mountain Bluebird.

Still a few of these Trumpeter Swans that haven't headed north.

Canada Geese in the Okanagan River.

Junco.

Marmot.

Northern Shrike.

Kestrel.

Still trying to get a good shot of a meadowlark but they aren't        cooperating, they keep hiding behind things.

Marmot.