Return of the Trumpeter Swans
#funfactfriday Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! We hope at some point this holiday season you were able to see seven swans a-swimming...
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osstewardship
Dec 18, 2020
Under the mistletoe
#funfactfriday Did you know that the delicately beautiful mistletoe, with its small green leaves and white berries, is actually a...
osstewardship
Dec 11, 2020
Blue-ty is in the eye of the beholder
#funfactfriday Happy Hanukkah! Hanukkah Sameach! The traditional colours of Hanukkah are blue and white, which makes the Mountain...
osstewardship
Dec 7, 2020
Badgers
#funfactfriday Despite badgers having a short stature, they are actually are quite fast, reaching speeds of up to 30km/h! Their speed,...
osstewardship
Dec 4, 2020
Zzzzzzzzzz.....
#funfactfriday Hibernation, torpor, aestivation... there are so many words in nature to describe a deep sleep! Are they all different...
osstewardship
Nov 20, 2020
Gravity-defying Goats
Driving around Keremeos or Summerland, you may have seen mountain goats high up on a steep cliff, walking along without a care in the...
osstewardship
Nov 13, 2020
Its a bird, it's a plane, it's a.... zygodactyl?
No, that's not a newly discovered dinosaur, it's a description of bird feet! There are five different arrangements of bird feet that...
osstewardship
Nov 6, 2020
What a headache!
What do California Bighorn Sheep and woodpeckers like the endangered White-headed and Lewis' Woodpeckers have in common? They both have...
osstewardship
Oct 30, 2020
Itsy bitsy spiders
Not all spiders use webs to catch their food, so if you find yourself dodging cobwebs on Halloween, this spider is innocent! With their...
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