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How to Go Bird Watching with Children

How to Go Bird Watching with Children

I am no birding expert, but I do love watching birds, especially with my children. Growing up I knew a handful of birds by name: robin, crow, raven, pigeon, seagull, eagle and hawk. It wasn't until I moved to a small town in the southern interior of British Columbia,...

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How Pokémon Can Get Kids Bird Watching

How Pokémon Can Get Kids Bird Watching

These days most kids can name more Pokémon characters than birds species. At first that might seem a bit surprising, but it actually points to something incredible. Children have an innate insatiable curiosity for learning about creatures (real or make believe) and an...

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The Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory

The Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory

The Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory is located about 4 km south of Okanagan Falls, BC. It's easy to drive past the indistinct pull-out on the west side of Highway 97, as I have done so many times, or even to confuse it with the Vaseux Lake Wildlife Centre which is 2.5 km...

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Backyard Birds of the South Okanagan

Backyard Birds of the South Okanagan

There is a red maple tree in our yard that is strong, beautiful and life-giving. In the spring it is covered in an explosion of blossoms and filled with the gentle humming of bees and constant flutter of birds. A couple years ago I hung a bird-feeder on one of its...

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Munson Pond Park

Munson Pond Park

Sometimes you don't need to travel far to discover a unique ecosystem. For those who live in Kelowna, Munson Pond Park is one such place. After making several stops in Kelowna, my children were in need of a nature break so we looked for the closest park and stumbled...

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