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Get ready for Wings Over the Rockies 2022 What a week the 25th annual Wings Over the Rockies Nature Festival will be! Wings is Celebrating Nature …Winging it for 25 years from May 9 to 15. The week is packed...
Read MoreIn the fall of 1996, Brian Lyall, marketing manager of Panorama Resort and Larry Halverson, Parks Canada, came up with the idea of a bird festival, highlighting the thousands of birds that migrate though the Columbia Valley, one of North...
Read MoreFairmont Hot Springs Resort is one of Canada’s all-encompassing experiences where guests enjoy exceptional service, all the benefits of Canada’s largest natural mineral hot springs pools, and a year-round Rocky Mountain resort in the beautiful Columbia Valley. You won’t need...
Read MoreInvermere and Golden Home Hardware are proud supporters of the Wings Over the Rockies Festival. Wings plays a crucial role in educating our society on the importance of nurturing and protecting our environment. To move forward in any direction, it’s imperative that we...
Read MoreThe bulk of a Red Squirrel’s winter food consists of conifer seeds.Karan and I came across one of their dining tables in the forest. The place was littered with the central stalks and scales of Douglas fir cones. They extract...
Read MoreThe Bighorn Sheep rut begins in November and peaks around the same time NFL players are banging heads in the Grey Cup game. Typically, fights occur only between closely matched rams; if one has an inferior set of horns, he...
Read MoreDidn’t see any beaver while walking along the Columbia River yesterday (November, 2020) but saw lots of signs of their activities. See the beaver run from the beach to where they were cutting shrubs and small trees to haul to...
Read MoreMigration times bring a sense of excitement and anticipation to birders and bird photographers. From August through September, I concentrate on the Warblers that pass through my Edmonton area from their breeding grounds farther north. Photographing these very active small...
Read MoreThe Wild Turkey is a common and mostly welcome site in the Columbia Valley. They provide hours of enjoyment to us all as they fearlessly allow us to get up close and personal during their daily life....
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