Sunday, December 1, 2024

PART TWO OF YESTERDAY'S DRIVE.

 The first four images were taken a couple days ago and the last one was taken this afternoon.  The rest were taken up in the deep winter conditions near Mt. Baldy east of Oliver.  As you'll see by my descriptions, I let my imagination run away!


Northern Flicker.

Cooper's Hawk annoyed at me as I disturbed his hunt.

Cooper's Hawk annoyed at me as I disturbed his hunt.

Nice four point Mule Deer across the river from me.

Beady eyeball, long nose.

Somebody's getting a piggyback.

Polar bear.

The kiss.

Anteater on his pedestal.

The crown.








Magpie looking for bugs.


Saturday, November 30, 2024

OFF ON ANOTHER DRIVE TODAY.

We took our neighbour Marian along with us today when we set out to check out some winter scenery.  We definitely found some winter!  The roads were all good which was a bonus.  We've still not had snow at our house and hardly any frost even.

Ponderosa Pine.

Looks like Santa was a little warm!

There were about three dozen elk, I only saw one bull.  They were sharing the pasture with a lot of cows.





The old house is still looking good.

Hoar frost.

Hoar frost.



Hoar frost.

Hoar frost.

Hoar frost.

Hoar frost.

Hoar frost.

Looks to be doing well so far.

There were five more deer with these wild turkeys.


Along the Mt. Baldy Road.  More to come next post.


Friday, November 29, 2024

SO WE WENT FOR A LITTLE DRIVE.

Since the weather improved as the morning went on, we decided to go for a drive a little past 11.  We poked around various back roads and ended up in Cawston so we took the old Fairview Road back to Oliver.  We got really lucky when Aileen spotted a Northern Pygmy-owl right on the side of the road.   We were going up a steep corner section of the road so the owl was hidden from my view by the car's roof.  He was very co-operative and stayed in place while I got out and took some photos then changed lenses and walked around to his other side.  He was still there as we drove away!

Cawston, BC.

Cawston, BC.

Cawston, BC.

Cawston, BC.

Northern Pygmy-owl.

Northern Pygmy-owl.

Two of nine deer along Willowbrook Road.


Tuesday, November 26, 2024

RAINY AND OVERCAST DAYS.

 We've had some rain the past few days, not a lot but between a drizzle and a light rain mostly.  The snow line is staying several hundred feet above us and the temperatures have been several degrees warmer than usual.  However, I'm having difficulty staying warm.  There was a bitterly cold wind blowing when we walked along the river at Okanagan Falls this morning to view the swans.  Only five months until we can expect warmer weather.

Oregon Grape leaf after the rain quit.

As the rain quit the other morning.

A Bighorn ram chewing his cud this morning.

Trumpeter Swan.

Trumpeter Swans.

The intense wind and rain brought this wasp nest down.

Moss and lichen on a rock.

Trumpeter Swans with a mallard.

Trumpeter Swans.

Looking up to the snow.

Trumpeter Swan.


Cooper's Hawk.

Cooper's Hawk.