Get Outdoors!: and get tracking
Tracking is an exciting and marvellous way to discover wildlife in their natural environment. And snow is ideal for tracking; a record is impressed wherever wildlife move, hunt, feed, rest […]
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Get Outdoors! And protect our snow
Ninety per cent of our water comes from frozen water vapour as snow. And water is amazing! It continually morphs into liquid, solid ice, vapour, rain and frozen, crystalline snow. […]
Get Outdoors!: It’s a berry merry season for Vernon songbirds
Our birds need winter berries; they’re the perfect size fruit. Resident birds that don’t migrate, but remain here year-round, need food and warmth to survive the harsh winters. Most songbirds […]
Get Outdoors! And go for a walk
For us, November is the transition from fall to winter. It can make us lazy. Animals either migrate, hibernate or insulate to survive winter’s onslaught. We’re animals too; so if […]
Get Outdoors!: Revel in the beauty of autumn leaf colours
During the spring and summer, chlorophyll in tree leaves absorbs sunlight to transform carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates such as sugars and starch for tree energy and growth. […]
Get Outdoors!: Behold! Migration season is upon us in North Okanagan
Some people think that hummingbirds catch rides on the backs of geese for their migratory trip down south. Truth is; hummingbirds are well on their way to Mexico when the […]
A Rare Encounter at ABNC
On August 12, 2020 we had a special visitor….a Northern Pacific Rattlesnake was found! This was an exciting and rare find, as this was the first time in our 20 […]
Get Outdoors! and learn about rattlesnakes Part 2
This article is written for the Vernon Morning Star by Roseanne Van Ee. Roseanne enthusiastically shares her knowledge of the outdoors to help readers experience and enjoy nature. Discover exciting […]
Get Outdoors! and learn about rattlesnakes
This article is written for the Vernon Morning Star by Roseanne Van Ee. Roseanne enthusiastically shares her knowledge of the outdoors to help readers experience and enjoy nature. Discover exciting […]
Get Outdoors! Our lake of many colours
This article is written for the Vernon Morning Star by Roseanne Van Ee. Roseanne enthusiastically shares her knowledge of the outdoors to help readers experience and enjoy nature. Discover exciting […]