All throughout 2020, our local photographers have been capturing the best of our feathered friends and furred friends and neighbours. Check out their work that has appeared in the Pages of the East Kootenay Advertiser over the past months. This is Part V.
Above: Neighbourly Northern Flicker and friend drop by for a visit. Miriam Saville photo
Bob Whetham captured this shot of a Common Yellowthroat. She doesn’t look happy — maybe thinking she should not have waited so long to fly south.
A Tundra swan off the water after enjoying a tasty underwater snack. Tundra swans are somewhat smaller than the Trumpeter swans. They nest on arctic tundra — thus the name. During the winter they can be found on estuaries, coastal waters and inland lakes. On migration and in winter they may leave water to feed in agricultural fields.
Two feathered friends just off of Jim Ogilvie way in Marysville. Karen Nordby photo
Garter snake slithers across ponderosa pine needles at Elizabeth Lake. Stewart Wilson photo
A pair of mating brook trout in Joseph Creek. Stewart Wilson photo
Juvenile red crossbill at Elizabeth Lake. Stewart Wilson photo
Chipmunk considering its’ next move in preparing for winter. Miriam Saville photo
Underwater feeding at Elizabeth Lake. Stewart Wilson photo
Crossbills enjoying a day at the spa. Miriam Saville photo
A female mallard on Joseph Creek. Stewart Wilson photo
Pine squirrel enjoying a tasty snack.. Miriam Saville photo
Mourning cloak butterfly at Elizabeth Lake. Stewart Wilson photo
Coots take off at first sign of danger at Elizabeth Lake. Stewart Wilson photo
Harris sparrow. Bob Whetham photo
White-throated sparrow. Bob Whetham photo
Clark’s Nutcracker: They use their dagger-like bills to rip into pine cones and pull out large seeds, which they stash in a pouch under their tongue and then carry away to bury for the winter. Each birds buries tens of thousands of seeds each summer and remembers the locations of most of them. Seeds they don’t retrieve play a crucial role in growing new pine forests. Miriam Saville photo
A greater yellowlegs feeding along the shore at Elizabeth Lake. Stewart Wilson photo
A pair of lapland longspurs feeding at Confederation Park. Stewart Wilson photo
A grouse. Kareen Peters photo
A pair of trumpeter swans have made Elizabeth Lake their home for the past several months. They look as if they are get ready to migrate before the colder weather sets in. Stewart Wilson photo
An American tree sparrow at Elizabeth Lake. Stewart Wilson photo
Downy Woodpecker looking for a tasty morsel. MiriamSaville photo
A pair of lapland longspurs feeding at Confederation Park. Stewart Wilson photo