SOME PHOTOS FROM OUR RECENT MINI COLD SNAP.

All the ice images were taken along the Skaha Lake shoreline at Okanagan Falls and under the KVR railway trestle.

These bighorn sheep were right across  from the Vaseux Lake boat ramp.

Along the lakeshore.

Air bubbles trapped under the ice.

Under the trestle.

Looks like spoons hanging there.

PHOTOS FROM TODAY AND TWO DAYS AGO.

We walked the day before yesterday and it was a spring like day with the temperature climbing up to 11C.  Yesterday was different!  It snowed most of the day although it only stuck on the roofs, not the road.  The high was 2C.

When we went to walk our usual route this morning it was just enough higher that it was icy so we went into Okanagan Falls and walked at the lakeshore.  That turned out well as there were several interesting birds to play with.  I took my cameras with me this afternoon when I went to Oliver and got some more images on the way home.

Look what the Rock Wren has captured.  I think it is a cricket.

Rock Wren.

Aileen spotted these eagles near Olalla on our way to Keremeos for some apples the day before yesterday.  I turned around and shot from a far enough distance that they were still there when we left.

Male Hooded Merganser at OK Falls this morning.

Male Hooded Merganser at OK Falls this morning.

Male Red-winged Blackbird at OK Falls this morning.

Male Red-winged Blackbird at OK Falls this morning.

Bald Eagle on the way home from town this afternoon.

Bald Eagle on the way home from town this afternoon.

Eroded hills near Cawston the day before yesterday.

Eroded hills near Cawston the day before yesterday.

A spot of golden sunshine across Skaha Lake this morning.

A bit of sunshine above Okanagan Falls this morning.

A touch of snow.

Skaha Lake this morning.

Tucelnuit Lake at Oliver this afternoon.

A LITTLE DISHARMONY AMONGST THE SWANS.

When I was out along Vaseux Lake on Wednesday morning, the swans were mostly carrying on in their usual serene way until another pair came flying in and commenced to disrupt things.

Vaseux Lake reflections.

Vaseux Lake and McIntyre Bluff from up higher.

The disagreement escalates.

Doing battle in a big way!

Peace descends once more.

This little mule deer still has one antler on February 11th.

I GOT AN EAGLE ALERT!

While we were out walking elsewhere we got a message from one of our neighbours that there was an eagle across from their house.  When we got home later, I walked down with my camera and found the juvenile eagle well hidden in some trees along the river.  I had to work pretty hard to get even these peek a boo images.   Then yesterday morning early I went up to Vaseux Lake hoping for some reflection photos but the lake surface was rippled so I played with a few swans that came in.  The main group of swans seemed to have moved on now.

By his colouring, I would estimate him to be about 1 1/2 years old.

Juvenile Bald Eagle.

Trumpeter Swans.

Trumpeter Swans and Mallards.

Frosty along the lakeshore.

Frosty along the lakeshore.

Frosty along the lakeshore.

THESE IMAGES WERE TAKEN FROM KELOWNA TO SOUTH OF OLIVER IN THE PAST FEW DAYS.

We went to Kelowna last Friday to check out Opus Framing for supplies and were disappointed that they don't carry what they used to.  Then the restaurant we planned to eat at was closed for a problem of some kind so we had to find another place.  We'll phone next time we want to eat there.

While driving from our lunch spot to our next stop in Kelowna I spotted this Kestrel and managed to get a few shots.

Kestrel.

The old Haynes Ranch house and bunkhouse.

The historic Haynes Ranch.

The historic Haynes Ranch.

The historic Haynes Ranch.

The historic Haynes Ranch.

In a back alley in Kelowna.

Vaseux Lake Sunday morning.

Vaseux Lake Sunday morning.

Vaseux Lake Sunday morning.

See the pigs face on the left?  Actually this is pitch on a Ponderosa Pine tree.

More pitch on a Ponderosa Pine tree.