WINTER BIRDS

Immature Bald Eagle photobombed 

I think these are immature Bald Eagles

River ice from up on the bank looking down

The same ice taken from the water's edge

This reminds me of a whale's tail

Trumpeter Swan on Vaseux Lake

Trumpeter Swan on Vaseux Lake

Trumpeter Swan on Vaseux Lake

Trumpeter Swan on Vaseux Lake

Northern Shrike.  They are usually only seen in winter as they breed in the far north.  He was on the very top of a dead tree.

 

I GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD SHOTS OF THE BIGHORN SHEEP THE OTHER DAY

 

VIEWS OVER OSOYOOS, BC

 On our little road trip Monday we stopped at a couple viewpoints along Hwy 3 heading east from Osoyoos.  The road swoops back and forth climbing up on to the Anarchist Mtn section of Hwy 3.  Osoyoos is only a few minutes from the US border.  Lots of vineyards and wineries there too.  It is a very popular spot in the summer.

WINTER VINEYARDS

 As we started our little road trip on Monday, we took Black Sage Road down the east side of the valley across from the highway.  

CRITTER TRACKS IN THE SNOW PLUS SOME FROM A ROAD TRIP

 It's interesting to see what type of animals are using the same trail as us.   The road trip photos were fromMonday when we drove to Osoyoos then up Hwy 3 over Anarchist Mtn to where we turned off onto the Mt Baldy Rd.  From Mt Baldy we returned via the Camp McKinney Rd to Oliver.  This is a great circle route that we do several times a year.

The beavers were doing some logging up by the dam

Some coyotes crawled under the RV storage yard fence

Racoon tracks

Racoon tracks

Bobcat track this morning.  Aileen actually saw a bobcat across the river a few mornings ago.  Just track soup for me.

Bobcat track this morning.

The sasquatch has a new persona

Not sure I buy into that!

Still some larch needles on the trees up Mt Baldy

Some nice decorating along Hwy 3

Mt Baldy ski area

Mt Baldy ski area

Mt Baldy ski area