Sunday, October 31, 2021

A SUNNY SATURDAY DRIVE ON THE MOUNT BALDY ROAD TO SEE THE LARCH TREES IN THEIR FALL COLOUR

 Mount Baldy is the closest ski hill to Oliver and it makes for a great circle trip to go up from Oliver and return home via Highway 3 through Osoyoos.  We took some lunch and wandered our way through yesterday under gorgeous sunny skies.  Western Larch is a deciduous evergreen in that it has needles but they drop every fall.  Larch is also commonly called Tamarack. 













Wednesday, October 27, 2021

BEFORE AND AFTER MY COYOTE AND SOCKEYE PHOTOS

Taken on my Friday walk up the river.

Actually  took this from our deck 

Along the river trail in our development

The tree where the ospreys hang out all spring and summer

Sumac


Sumac

Local fisheries checking out the river




Looks like they are having fun

 

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

THE COYOTE

 On my walk up the river n Friday to photograph the the Sockeye, I spotted this coyote across the river from me.  He mostly had his back to me and then wasn't too cooperative.  If you look closely though, you can see his eyes.   Don't forget to click on the image to enlarge.


Doesn't he blend in well to his surroundings?






Less cropping to show his environment.


After this shot he just turned and wandered off, disappearing into the brush where my camera couldn't follow.


Monday, October 25, 2021

SOCKEYE SALMON IN THE OKANAGAN RIVER

 On Friday I took one of my big cameras for a walk up the river to see if I could capture some of the Sockeye Salmon that are trying to spawn in their home waters.  I sat on a rock for quite a while and took a lot of shots in order to get a few keepers.  Always fun to watch nature happening.







You'll notice this one is missing an eye for some reason.





This is head and tail of the same fish, they bend well.

This one got out of the current and into the rocks and had quite a time making it safely back to the main stream.


He got pretty exhausted and rested like this for a long while.  It isn't as serious as it looks as his head is actually in the water.  After making a supreme effort with a series of flips and flops, he was free.


Sunday, October 24, 2021

PART 5, THE LAST OF OUR TWO DAYS OF ATVING MIDST GREAT FALL COLOUR

 Aileen and I took the RZR for a ride up through this area yesterday and it certainly doesn't look like this now.  The rain and wind have wreaked havoc on the leaves.  They're so fleeting!




Reflected in the RZR's hood

Ripley Lake




This is directly behind our house about 7 kms.  If you can see the darker shaded cliff on the right where the photo changes to blue, our house is in the canyon below.