Four weeks today since arriving in BC and three weeks today
since arriving in Salmon Arm. We have
been fairly busy most of that time getting our appointments out of the way and
visiting many friends. We even managed
multiple visits with some. I have had
some great opportunities for bird and mammal photos and I even managed to
capitalize on some of them.
The Salmon Arm wharf is a very popular spot and we tend to
meet a lot of the same people every time we go there and McGuire Lake is
similar. They are places one can go day
after day and always find something new to see.
This time of year, every time you go to the wharf, the water level has
risen so that changes the mix of birds as some like shallow water while others
require more depth.
Our plan at the moment is to leave here Wednesday and travel
to Skihist Provincial Park campsite near Lytton in the Fraser Canyon. Thursday will see us take the ferry over to
Vancouver Island. Things are pretty
loose after that other than we will have Georgia for a few days in late June
and RV club campouts at Seal Bay in early June and early September.
On Saturday we attended my Aunt Eleanor’s funeral service. It was nice to see most of my cousins on that
side of the family as well as my three remaining aunts who are my Mom’s
youngest sisters. Eleanor was five years
younger than Mom. Mom passed at 85 and
Eleanor at 84.
All these photos were taken in a one mile radius of the Salmon Arm wharf. Click on an image to enlarge.
McGuire Lake fountain was turned on a few days ago
These coloured backgrounds are all at McGuire Lake and the colour is a reflection on the water from the red wall on the hospital and the willow trees along the shore. It was just a matter of getting the right angle to include it.
Mallard pair on McGuire Lake
Ospreys mating
Female Belted Kingfisher
Osprey with supper. Note his tongue.
The Prestige Inn Salmon Arm
The only shot I got of the elusive Mink
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle closeup
Ring-necked Pheasant
Marmot
Yellow-rumped Warbler, I think
Ring-necked Pheasant sneaking away, I was intrigued by his horns.
Osprey and catch
Showing the catch to the mate
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Grebes mating dance
Western Grebes
Otter enjoying a morning snooze
Immature Bald Eagle drying his wings
An Osprey this morning
Canada Geese. I was tracking the one on the left and just before I squeezed the shot, the other one joined in. I was pleased with the result!
