May 9th, 2010
LOON
I went for an evening drive, just about 20 minutes outside of Kamloops, BC to see the sunset. I saw this loon swimming in a lake on Paul Lake Road.
Loons are very fascinating. They are noticeable because of their distinct black and white colours. They have a pure black head and their wings are checkered. Loons have a very distinct call. It is very lonely sounding.
May 6th, 2010
DEER
I went for an evening drive, just about 20 minutes outside of Kamloops, BC to see the sunset. I saw three deer standing on the side of the road on the Harper Mountain Road. I would imagine there is a lot of deer in this area. It has lots of vegetation for them and lots of bush too.
April 30th, 2010
MALLARD DUCK
I went for a day drive to Shuswap Lake Provincial Park, just outside of Chase, BC. I saw this mallard duck swimming on the Shuswap Lake. I stood on the beach and he swam right past me.
April 30th, 2010
MALLARD DUCK
I went for a day drive to Shuswap Lake Provincial Park, just outside of Chase, BC. I saw this mallard duck swimming on the Shuswap Lake. I stood on the beach and he swam right past me.
April 30th, 2010
MALLARD DUCK
I went for a day drive to Shuswap Lake Provincial Park, just outside of Chase, BC. I saw this mallard duck swimming on the Shuswap Lake. I stood on the beach and he swam right past me.
April 29th, 2010
SQUIRREL
I went for a day drive to Shuswap Lake Provincial Park, just outside of Chase, BC. I was watching a different squirrel in a tree just ahead of me and then I saw a shadow right beside me. I was standing about a foot away from this squirrel and didn’t hear it at all. If I didn’t see the shadow I wouldn’t have seen the squirrel.
April 26th, 2010
MALLARD DUCKS
I went for a drive to Paul Lake Provincial Park. It was pretty windy and a little cool but it was still nice to be by the mountains and the lake. I saw these two male mallard ducks fighting with each other. They were fighting over the one female that was with them. I never thought that mallards fought. I always thought they were peaceful birds. I guess I was wrong.
April 24th, 2010
OSPREY
I went for a drive to the Lac De Bois Grassland Park in Kamloops, BC. I saw an osprey flying over to his nest which was on top of a hydro pole. There was another osprey on the nest already and I am assuming that there are probably baby osprey in the nest too.
April 21st, 2010
MARMOT
I went for a drive to some of the lakes in the Kamloops area. I saw some marmot’s sitting on the side of the road. Some of them were just sitting on the side of the road, some of them were running across the road and others were sunning themselves on tires. Marmots are big and furry. They remind me of an oversized groundhog. I never saw a marmot until I moved out here to BC.
April 20th, 2010
Seagull
I went for a drive to some of the lakes in the Kamloops area. I saw this seagull flying in the air. It doesn’t matter where I’ve been in Canada, I have seen seagulls everywhere. They seem to frequent any source of water they can find. I find seagulls to be annoying. They seem to squawk alot.
