John Tschopp shared the recent news of a Great Horned Owl doing battle in a local chicken coop. It won. Meal was successfully attained. Franzy Schnyder provided these pictures of the intruder. Save the date for the Pemberton Christmas Bird Count 2017. December 15. Based on the event's longstanding track record, there is zero likelihood … Continue reading Birds can be deadly. The Christmas Bird Count won’t. Save the date. December 15.
Early in August, the fence in the back of John Tschopp's field looked different. He got out the binoculars and zeroes in on some Turkey Vultures. Many Turkey Vultures, in fact. Usually, explains Tschopp, the presence of so many turkey vultures indicates a carcass, but not in this case. No dead animal to be found and … Continue reading Just a couple of turkey vultures sitting on the fence
On August 14, I got this wonderful emailed Bird Update from John Tschopp: A resident on Collins road in Pemberton came home today to find a beautiful live sculpture floating on his garden pond. A single American White Pelican decided to test the waters of Pemberton. This is a first for Pemberton and will be added … Continue reading Meet the pelican who took a right turn at the beach and ended up in Pemberton
We don't normally invite return guests to our instagram account, but when Corinne Stoltz Orava finished her week posting for the Hooves and Horses event, with the offer to reprise her role as a guestagrammer when the paragliding Canadian Nationals sailed into town, we knew she could provide us a bird's eye view that we … Continue reading Paragliders on Instagram: looking back (and down) from the Pemberton Canadian Nationals 2017
Says John Tschopp, "It is common around here to hang up a Hummingbird Feeder and feed the little friends sugar water. Sharon has a few groups of plants in the garden she calls Beebalm. The flowers of this plant are very attractive to the Hummingbirds. The little birds feed all day long on these bright … Continue reading Sighted: Rufous Hummingbirds drawn by the lure of beebalm
I've been thinking of learning to fly. They say you can do anything you put your mind to so that's going to be it. I don't need to soar to great heights. About four meters off the ground would be enough, it appears. That would give me a "bird's eye view" of everything without taking … Continue reading A Different Perspective: why Connie Sobchak wants to be able to fly
As part of the Pemberton Breeding Bird Survey, some serious ornithologists will be in Pemberton on Saturday June 3, hosting short walks through some birdy spots in the Valley. All are welcome. Car-pool between locations. Meet at the footbridge across One Mile Creek near Stewardship Pemberton's Nature Centre on Saturday. Walking shoes, some water and … Continue reading Bird walk for birdy types, all are welcome, June 4, 8:30am
I'm excited to introduce Marc Sole as a new contributor to the Wellness Almanac with this photo, of a Hairy Woodpecker, taken May 13, cleaning out its nest cavity, because it took, as he says, "a lot of standing around waiting for a bird to pop out into the open." Sole had been out almost two … Continue reading Hairy Woodpecker cleans out a nest
Bluebird boxes perched on the edges of fence posts became a sort of treasure to spy first as we leapfrogged our way across the Caribou Plateau in a caravan of SUV's. At each box, we would roll out of the vehicle and scramble over to the nest-alert to flickers of blue or frantic chirps which … Continue reading Bluebird day
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