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Sage Thrasher!2015-06-25T02:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/my-books/british-columbia-a-natural-history/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bcnh_cover1.jpgBCNH_cover2015-02-24T03:52:51+00:00weekly0.6https://dickcannings.com/my-books/birdfinding-in-british-columbia/2014-08-07T22:39:37+00:00weekly0.6https://dickcannings.com/2014/05/27/bicycle-birdathon-2014/2014-05-28T02:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/owl-nest-box-plans/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_6443.jpgIMG_6443A female Flammulated Owl looks out of a nest box. This box was made with a plan similar to the one presented below; bark slabs were added for a more natural look at the end.https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/owlboxsd.jpgowlboxsdhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/owlboxfr.jpgowlboxfr2019-03-29T19:34:11+00:00weekly0.6https://dickcannings.com/my-books/bc-roadside-naturalist/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/roadside-naturalist-cover1.jpgRoadside Naturalist cover2021-10-28T04:05:43+00:00weekly0.6https://dickcannings.com/2013/05/22/bicycle-birdathon-2013/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_20130519_193019-medium.jpgIMG_20130519_193019 (Medium)Almost home--evening sun along Skaha Lakehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/john-reynolds-and-gopher-snake.jpgJohn Reynolds and gopher snakeThe highlight of John's day was finding this gopher snake along the Okanagan Riverhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_20130519_143233-medium.jpgIMG_20130519_143233 (Medium)Birding frenzy at Road 22https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_20130519_175454-medium.jpgIMG_20130519_175454 (Medium)Admiring a Lewis's Woodpecker at Vaseux Lakehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_20130519_204820-medium.jpgIMG_20130519_204820 (Medium)The Saddle-Soras: Seb Pardo, Dick Cannings, John Reynolds, Eva Durance, Christopher di Corrado2013-08-05T15:21:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2013/01/08/winter-birding-wonderland/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_20121222_122358_mcintyre_fog.jpgIMG_20121222_122358_McIntyre_fogMcIntyre Bluff on a snowy Vaseux Lake Christmas Bird Count--listening for Canyon Wrens!https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_20130105_124126_npow.jpgIMG_20130105_124126_NPOWNorthern Pygmy-Owl, Anarchist Mtn., BC; 5 January 2013 (taken with phone camera through telescope)https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_20121230_134430_prfa.jpgIMG_20121230_134430_PRFAPrairie Falcon, Cawston, BC; 30 December 2012https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_1121-small.jpgIMG_1121 (Small)Male White-winged Crossbillhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc00155-large.jpgDSC00155 (Large)The SS Sicamous along a wintry shore of Okanagan Lake (January 2012 was a cold one!)2013-01-09T06:42:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/09/18/the-chilcotin-adventure-part-3/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_1008-small.jpgIMG_1008 (Small)https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc00605-copy.jpgDSC00605 (Copy)Tsilhqot'in netting sockeye in Farwell Canyonhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0997-small.jpgIMG_0997 (Small)The Chilcotin River at Farwell Canyonhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0988-small.jpgIMG_0988 (Small)The road down into Farwell Canyonhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0966-small.jpgIMG_0966 (Small)Foxtail barley, a good indicator plant for alkali soils, at Separating Lake, Riske Creekhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0948-small.jpgIMG_0948 (Small)Becher's Prairie at Rock Lakehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc00597-copy.jpgDSC00597 (Copy)https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc00594-copy.jpgDSC00594 (Copy)Dick with Chris Czajkowksi at her cabin in Kleena Kleene.2012-09-19T04:35:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/09/11/the-chilcotin-part-2-bella-coola/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0914-small.jpgIMG_0914 (Small)Drifting down the Atnarkohttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0878-small.jpgIMG_0878 (Small)Nuxalk pole, Bella Coolahttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0856-small.jpgIMG_0856 (Small)https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0829-small.jpgIMG_0829 (Small)Atnarko River valleyhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-hill.jpgThe HillA wide section of The Hill2012-09-12T03:31:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/09/10/the-chilcotin-there-and-back-again-part-1/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0815-small.jpgIMG_0815 (Small)Skinner Meadow and the Niut Rangehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc00521-copy.jpgDSC00521 (Copy)Tatlayoko Lake Bird Observatoryhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0810-small.jpgIMG_0810 (Small)Beach time at Tatlayokohttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc00518-copy.jpgDSC00518 (Copy)View from Bracewell's Wilderness lodge2012-09-12T23:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/05/21/bicycle-birdathon-the-2012-edition/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00375-large.jpgDSC00375 (Large)The V-Vaseux Vireos with their Okanagan Big Day Challenge hardware!https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00370-large.jpgDSC00370 (Large)Storm clouds over the White Lake basinhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00368-large.jpgDSC00368 (Large)Sebastián counting Wilson's Phalaropes on White Lakehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00365-large.jpgDSC00365 (Large)https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00363_ghow.jpgDSC00363_GHOWAdult Great Horned Owl clutching a pigeon in downtown Pentictonhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00359-large.jpgDSC00359 (Large)The V-Vaseux Vireos: Sebastián Pardo, Eva Durance, Josie Symonds, Tanya Seebacher and Dick Cannings2012-06-29T18:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/05/15/bad-bikes-and-good-birds/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0071-large.jpgIMG_0071 (Large)https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0069-large.jpgIMG_0069 (Large)Spring gold in the White Lake Basin; Apex Mountain in the distancehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0072_amav_bwte.jpgIMG_0072_AMAV_BWTEDawn on a Penticton beach: American Avocets and Blue-winged Teal2012-05-16T16:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2011/12/21/rosss-gull-in-okanogan-county/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_9877-small.jpgIMG_9877 (Small)Early winter in the Chopaka sagebrush hillshttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_9863-small.jpgIMG_9863 (Small)Adult Ross's Gull, Palmer Lake, Washingtonhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_9837-small.jpgIMG_9837 (Small)Ross's Gull in flight2012-05-16T16:54:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/05/09/new-species-assessments-from-the-committee-on-the-status-of-endangered-wildlife-in-canada/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/weso.jpgwesoWestern Screech-Owl, Summerland, BC photo: Steve Cannings2012-05-16T16:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/04/04/burrowing-owls-return-to-the-okanagan/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_9950-large.jpgIMG_9950 (Large)female Burrowing Owl ready for releasehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_9934-large.jpgIMG_9934 (Large)Sherri, Mike and Jessica put the finishing touches on a burrowhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_9930-large.jpgIMG_9930 (Large)Nick and Mark digging an artificial burrowhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00258-large.jpgDSC00258 (Large)Jim Wyse carrying precious owl cargo at SORCO.https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/slide41a.jpgSlide41aJuvenile Burrowing Owls at the 1970 nest near Penticton2012-04-16T01:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/03/29/early-spring-birding-in-the-okanagan/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pygmy-vole-cropped.jpgPygmy-vole-croppedhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc00236-large.jpgDSC00236 (Large)The White Lake basinhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc00232-large.jpgDSC00232 (Large)Vaseux Lake cliffs--Chukar and Canyon Wren country2012-03-31T21:40:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/02/06/anniversary-birding-take-2/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc00177-large.jpgDSC00177 (Large)The Juniperhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc00191-large.jpgDSC00191 (Large)Winter afternoon at Skaha Lakehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc00185-large.jpgDSC00185 (Large)A bighorn sheep looks down at me and the Chukar at Vaseux Lakehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc00183-large.jpgDSC00183 (Large)Starting the cycle homeward: the Road 22 meadowshttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc00167-large.jpgDSC00167 (Large)Vaseux Lakehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc00166-large.jpgDSC00166 (Large)Mule Deer along the Skaha Lake roadhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc00165-large.jpgDSC00165 (Large)Skaha Lake icehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc00160-large.jpgDSC00160 (Large)Skaha Lake2012-02-07T01:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/01/17/an-open-letter-to-premier-christy-clark-regarding-a-national-park-in-the-okanagan-valley/2012-01-29T02:03:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2012/01/01/2011-non-motorized-list/2012-01-19T00:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2011/12/27/vaseux-lake-christmas-bird-count-2011-results/2011-12-28T05:07:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2011/12/21/rose-spit-a-christmas-bird-count-like-no-other/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/glgu-rose-spit-dec-15-2011.jpgGLGU Rose Spit Dec 15 2011Glaucous Gull on Rose Spit Christmas Bird Count, 15 Dec 2011https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/martin-peter-cbc-rs-dec-15-2011-5.jpgMartin, Peter CBC RS Dec 15 2011 5Peter Hamel and Martin Williams in a typical Rose Spit shelterhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rs-dec-18-2011-8.jpgRS Dec 18 2011 8Margo Hearne on Rose Spit2011-12-22T02:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2011/12/16/the-apex-of-christmas-birding/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/boreal-chickadee-apex-1_thor_manson.jpgBoreal-Chickadee-Apex-1_Thor_MansonBoreal Chickadee in lodgepole pine along the Nickel Plate Road (photo copyright Thor Manson)https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_9793-small.jpgIMG_9793 (Small)Pacific Wrenhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_9769-small.jpgIMG_9769 (Small)Winter mist in the Similkameen Valleyhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_9761-small.jpgIMG_9761 (Small)Male Pine Grosbeak eating willow budshttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_9755-small.jpgIMG_9755 (Small)Mountain Chickadee2012-02-19T06:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2011/12/14/the-christmas-bird-count-season-begins/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_3754-small.jpgIMG_3754 (Small)The Similkameen Valley south of Cawstonhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_7571_marg_bridesville_small.jpgIMG_7571_Marg_Bridesville_smallMarg Holm counting Snow Buntings west of Bridesvillehttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/115-1574_img-small.jpg115-1574_IMG (Small)Laurie Rockwell counting dippers along the Similkameen River south of Hedleyhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_7557_jennifer_small.jpgIMG_7557_Jennifer_smallJennifer Smith looking for Marsh Wrens, Vaseux Lake Christmas Counthttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn3854-small.jpgDSCN3854 (Small)Laurie Rockwell scanning for Townsend's Solitaires, Apex-Hedley Christmas Bird Count2011-12-14T23:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2011/11/29/recent-assessments-from-the-committee-on-the-status-of-endangered-wildlife-in-canada/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/efferia-n-sp-m-we-img_090248386-small.jpgEfferia n sp m WE IMG_090248386 (Small)Okanagan Efferia (Efferia okanagana), a new and Endangered, robber flyhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/efferia-n-sp-m-we-img_090248386.jpgEfferia n sp m WE IMG_090248386https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ybchii-alaksen-nwa-tak-shibata.jpgYBCHii - Alaksen NWA - Tak ShibataYellow-breasted Chat (copyright Tak Shibata)2011-11-29T18:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2011/11/13/heading-for-the-hills/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_9714_large.jpgIMG_9714_largeGrass and young ponderosas2012-03-07T21:08:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2011/10/29/a-wild-hawk-chase-to-white-lake/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_9596_large.jpgIMG_9596_largeFall colours on the White Lake Ranchhttps://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_9592_large.jpgIMG_9592_largeDominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory at White Lake. The poles of the antenna array (used to detect very longwave radiation) provide a lot of perching opportunities for hawks!https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_9587_cropped.jpgIMG_9587_croppedLesser Black-backed Gull with California, Herring and Glaucous-winged gulls, Penticton, BC, 29 Oct 2011https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_9591_large.jpgIMG_9591_largeAmerican White Pelican resting at the head of the Okanagan River Channel, Penticton, BC, 29 Oct 20112011-10-31T01:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dickcannings.com/2011/10/24/bicycle-birding-2011-an-update/https://dickcannings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_9571_bewr_cropped.jpgIMG_9571_BEWR_croppedBewick's Wren along Okanagan River in Penticton, BC, 8 October 2011. I just noticed as I heavily cropped this poor picture that the bird was banded! 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