Super Blood Wolf Moon Lunar Eclipse – January 20th, 2019

I spent the entire day previous to the "Super Blood Wolf Moon Lunar Eclipse" scouting out good locations for my first attempt at photographing the event. At dinner time on eclipse day the weather still was not cooperating so I began racing around the Kelowna & Winfield area looking for a spot that had the … Continue reading Super Blood Wolf Moon Lunar Eclipse – January 20th, 2019

They’re Back! The Nighthawks have returned…

There back! Our beautiful, cryptically feathered nighthawk friends have returned from there winter vacation in the Southern Americas, heralding the arrival of the summer in central and southern British Columbia! I heard my very first CONI "peent" of the year and found this handsome male calling from a nearby acacia tree along the southern Thompson … Continue reading They’re Back! The Nighthawks have returned…

Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, OK Falls, BC, Canada

I tried to pay a birding visit last month to the DRAO facilities, at the White Lake Observatory near OK Falls, BC. , and while I was able to enjoy viewing many of the lovely mountain bluebirds on the observatory grounds, I was quickly swept up in the enthusiasm of Wendell Shuster, the weekend public … Continue reading Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, OK Falls, BC, Canada