iN PHOTOS: Natural beauty abounds on a walk along Penticton shorelines

Avid wildlife photographer Jodi Forster has been finding an abundance of colourful flora and fauna along the shores of Okanagan Lake and the Penticton Channel on her morning walk routes this month.

“Where I live in the Okanagan, it only takes me five minutes from my door and I’m on the Okanagan lakefront and the channel pathway,” Forster said. “At this time of the year I’m up and out the door by 5:30 a.m. and usually there's just me and my bird pals out there.”

The channel is a seven-kilometre waterway connecting Okanagan Lake to Skaha Lake and is home to numerous species of brightly coloured birds.

“I’m curious about everything in nature along my route, it's a special place to live. Photography helps me to really see what’s out there.”

If you have photographs of nature along your favourite routes in the Thompson-Okanagan region, send them to news@infonews.ca

A quail and its baby walk on a path along the Penticton Channel. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jodi Forster

This American goldfinch was spotted along the Penticton Channel. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jodi Forster

A fluffy juvenile brown-headed cowbird struts along the a Penticton shoreline. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jodi Forster

A western painted turtle makes its home in the Penticton Channel. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jodi Forster

This cedar waxing makes its home along the Penticton Channel. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jodi Forster

A baby yellow-bellied marmot basks in the sun in Penticton. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jodi Forster

A common loon paddles in Okanagan Lake. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jodi Forster

The Penticton sign can be seen on the hillside overlooking Okanagan Lake. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jodi Forster

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