Where do rattlesnake babies come from?
Why will you never see a rattlesnake egg? Because rattlesnakes give live birth! Rattlesnakes are ovoviviparous, which means that a...
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osstewardship
Aug 14, 2020
Hot weather got your flowers down?
Is your flower garden drooping in the summer heat? Try using native plants! Because we live in such a dry climate, many native plants...
osstewardship
Aug 7, 2020
Bobo-who?
Bobolinks are a Threatened species of songbird who spend the summer in the southern grasslands in the Okanagan and Similkameen. They...
osstewardship
Jul 31, 2020
Is there a mouse in your pocket?
It's BC Day weekend! One species that is special to BC is the Great Basin Pocket Mouse, which is only found in the Okanagan-Similkameen...
osstewardship
Jul 24, 2020
Guess who is related
Can you imagine eating one third of your body weight in 24 hours? If you had the metabolism of a weasel it would be a pretty normal day....
osstewardship
Jul 17, 2020
Who's this wetland architect?
#funfactfriday Have you ever seen me before? I might look like a small beaver from far away, but I am another wetland dwelling member of...
osstewardship
Jul 3, 2020
Bats and White Nose Syndrome
Can you name this bat? Just try describing it and you will probably be correct. It’s a Little Brown Bat! If you’ve seen a bat in the...
osstewardship
Jun 26, 2020
It's Pollinator Week!
#funfactfriday It's National Pollinator Week! Did you know we have fourteen species of Hairstreak butterfly in the Okanagan valley?...
osstewardship
Jun 19, 2020
Feathered Fathers!
For Father's Day this Sunday, we thought we would give out some Bird Dad awards to our local bird species! The overall Father of the...
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