Christmas Bird Count
Christmas bird counts in Kamloops, Okanagan show below average numbers
Every December more than a dozen bird counts happen in the Thompson-Okanagan region thanks to…
Despite warmer weather, Kelowna’s birds aren’t sticking around this winter
This year’s Bird's Canada Christmas Bird Count is yielding unexpected results in the Central Okanagan…
Bird lovers now counting their feathered friends at Christmas rather than killing them
With the passing of the Christmas season comes the tabulation of bird sightings happening throughout…
Okanagan Christmas bird counts reveals surprises including hummingbirds
This year, birders documented a few surprises during the annual Kelowna and Lake Country Christmas…
Kelowna’s Christmas bird count reveals couple new twists
A straggler, a new inhabitant and a more robust than usual variety have thus far…
From the humble chickadee to the Great Horned Owl: How citizen-scientists collect data on birds every Christmas
Three women take slow, tentative steps through the snow. It’s a perfectly still December morning,…
Christmas bird count helps gauge climate change
Good winter weather made for an enjoyable and productive Christmas bird count in the Okanagan…
iN PHOTOS: Vernon Christmas bird count numbers down this year
VERNON – The bird is the word. More than 80 bird watchers filled the Bishop…
Birders take the North Okanagan by storm, counting highest number of species in five years
VERNON – An increase in wild turkeys is just one of the trends birders in…
PHOTOS: Vernon Christmas bird count challenged by snow
VERNON - The annual Christmas bird count in Vernon is in the books for another year. Claude Rioux with the North Okanagan Naturalists Club says the count was held on Sunday, Dec. 20. "What a different day we had from last year where we had no snow," Rioux says in an email. "This year's count...