RECENT PHOTOS FROM THE OKANAGAN FALLS AREA.

See Ya Later vineyard.

Evening light in the vineyard.

Spotted Sandpiper.

California Quail.

California Quail.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

Barn Swallow.

Female Red-winged Blackbird.

Song Sparrow.

Muskrat.

Muskrat.

Northern Yellow Warbler.

Northern Yellow Warbler.

Pale Swallowtail.

A tenacious Ponderosa Pine.

End of the road.

SOME PHOTOS FROM RECENT WALKS FROM HOME.

Osprey.

Great Blue Heron.

Great Blue Heron.

Female Spotted Towhee.

Female Spotted Towhee.

Salsify.

Bitterroot.

Female Spotted Towhee.

Willow.

Iris in an untended flower bed.

Only two baby geese here.

Goldenrod Crab Orb Spider on a Common Yarrow flower.

WE WENT FOR A RIDE IN THE HILLS SATURDAY MAY 9.

Scarlet Gilia.

Indian Paintbrush.

Indian Paintbrush.

Indian Paintbrush.

Canada Geese.

Hunt's Bumblebee.

Hunt's Bumblebee.

Fleabane.

Balsamroot.

Penstemon.

Western Painted Turtles.

Western Painted Turtle.

Mallard through the arch.

Mountain Ladyslipper.

Mountain Ladyslipper.

Canada Violet.

This was oozing out of a wound in a Poplar tree.

I spotted these Canada Geese when I walked up the river trail last night.

Great Blue Heron last evening.

There was a massive hatch of flies yesterday and my walk along the river wasn't fun.  The flies just clustered all around me and were bouncing off my whole body.  I was afraid  to breathe deeply for fear of ingesting some.

AILEEN HAD AN APPOINTMENT IN OKANAGAN FALLS THIS MORNING WHICH GAVE ME A BIT OF FREE TIME TO POKE AROUND THE LITTLE PARK.

Female Red-winged Blackbird.

Mallards.

Western Painted Turtle.

Handsome Mallard Drake.

Male Red-winged Blackbird.

As we were driving home I spotted this black bear across the highway from Vaseux Lake.  I included this photo just to show that there was a good fence between me and the bear.

OK, back to OK Falls and the park with this bullrush.

Mallards. Notice how the little ducks are paired off but number 9 doesn't know where he should be.

Mallards.

Muskrat.

Muskrat.

Muskrat.

Muskrat.