I WENT OUT AGAIN LAST NIGHT TO SHOOT IN THE MOONLIGHT.

 Then I got to visit an eagle on my morning walk today.

I went out on the porch last night to see what was happening weather wise and saw the moon just coming up over the mountain so I ran for my camera.

I found a new location from which to shoot.  It's a lot further from Vaseux Lake.

Looking more north toward Okanagan Falls.

I moved further along the road, looking toward Vaseux Lake.

Looking more north again toward Okanagan Falls.

On my way home I stopped along Vaseux Lake looking southward.

This eagle was across the river at the edge of our park this morning.

Northern Shrike on my walk this morning.

I TRIED SHOOTING UNDER THE LIGHT OF THE NEARLY FULL MOON.

 With all this valley fog/cloud we keep getting instead of sunshine, I decided to try a different approach and went out after supper to capture clear skies.   But first, we had temperatures cool enough yesterday morning to make a bit of ice along the edge of the creek so I captured a few images while on my walk.

With our mild spring like January weather I decided to go geocaching today along the rail trail alongside the river south of Oliver.  I found seven of the eight I looked for.

A few neat ice sculptures.

The raven had a treat of some kind.

Telling the world all about it!

Steller's Jay.

About three hours after sunset.  Looking south along Vaseux Lake.

Looking north along Vaseux Lake.

Looking south along Vaseux Lake.

Looking north along Vaseux Lake.

Looking south along Vaseux Lake.

LITTLE ROAD TRIP TODAY TO THE ASHNOLA RIVER NEAR KEREMEOS, BC.

 We took the Fairview Road over the hills to Cawston then through Keremeos to the turnoff to the Ashnola River.  There was a devastating wildfire that swept through the area in 2023 and the destruction was pretty complete.  The grasses and small plants have started coming back but the trees will be a long while.  Other than lots of snow we didn't see anything photo worthy on the Fairview Road today.  Later we did see a few deer in two spots and nice bighorn sheep on our way down the Ashnola Road.  We came home via Highway 3A.

The hills above Cawston.

Grass on the hillsides above the Ashnola River.

I spent a while trying to capture the ice and flowing water in the Ashnola River.

The Ashnola River and fire aftermath.

It was pleasant enough to eat outside today.

I WENT FOR A SHORT DRIVE UP MCINTYRE CREEK ROAD ABOVE VASEUX LAKE THIS AFTERNOON.

It was a dull dreary type day so I took my camera for a ride to see what I could see.  I lucked out and saw three different groups of bighorn sheep within about a half kilometre.  The rams were totally separated from the rest of the sheep today, just hanging out with the boys.

We've been seeing a compact group of ducks when we go zipping by Vaseux Lake in the car so today I stopped and grabbed a few photos and identified them.

I had just left the house on my walk Sunday afternoon when I spotted this murmuration of starlings across the river.

Six rams.

As I was driving down the road I spotted this Red-tailed Hawk playing in the wind way down below me.  Even though I knew it was too far away for a decent photo, I had to try.

Part of the large flock of ducks in Vaseux along the highway.

They are Common Mergansers and they're almost all male.  The males have the white body and black head.