May 25/17 Join Paul Preston, the WildResearch Regional Coordinator of BC Nightjar Survey as he gives a presentation about the mysterious nightjars of the South Okanagan and the conservation efforts aimed at helping them. Paul will talk about the biology of the Common Poorwill and Common Nighthawk and their populations in the South Okanagan. In addition, he will tell us …
May & June: SONC 2017 Trip Schedule
May & June 2017 Most of the rambles will be around 3 hours & within a short drive. Some will have car shuttles so we don’t have to double back. These trips are a combination of wildflowers, geology, history & the great outdoors and the greatest of companions! And of course birds! 2017 LEADERS: Alex Bodden — a.bodden@shaw.ca Wendy Stewart …
Speaker: Ken Tapping – The Sun, Earth and Us
APRIL 27 2017 Ken Tapping is an astronomer with the National Research Council’s Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory at White Lake. When the Solar System was formed some 4.5 billion years ago, the Sun was a lot fainter than it is now. At the time life appeared, at least 3.5 billion years ago, the Sun was about 30% fainter than it …
July & August: Schedule for SONC 2017 trips
Most of the rambles will be around 3 hours & within a short drive. Some will have car shuttles so we don’t have to double back. These trips are a combination of wildflowers, geology, history & the great outdoors and the greatest of companions! And of course birds! 2017 LEADERS: Alex Bodden — a.bodden@shaw.ca Wendy Stewart — wendyastewart@shaw.ca Charmaine Foster …
September & October: Schedule for SONC 2017 trips
Most of the rambles will be around 3 Ihours & within a short drive. Some will have car shuttles so we don’t have to double back. These trips are a combination of wildflowers, geology, history & the great outdoors and the greatest of companions! And of course birds! 2017 LEADERS: Alex Bodden — a.bodden@shaw.ca Wendy Stewart — wendyastewart@shaw.ca Charmaine Foster …
Speaker: Lauren Meads – Burrowing Owls in BC and Around the World.
March 23/17 Lauren Meads, Field Director and South Okanagan Operations Manager of the Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC., will speak about the progress the Society and its partners is making in burrowing owl recovery. Lauren says “we are increasingly working with partners in reversing the decline of burrowing owls in the Americas. These partners are in the US, the …
Speaker: Elvia Dumas
Feb 23/17 Impressions from my safari in East Africa. Elvia Dumas will provide a look at the people, animals and birds of Kenya and Tanzania, where she spent two exciting weeks last February.
Members’ Night Slide Shows
Jan 26/17 Our January meeting will be members’ night slide shows and pizza night
No December Meetings
Dec 2018 Christmas bird counts (more info under Birding/Christmas Bird Counts)