In Our Backyard: American Badger
December 1, 2022This winter you may be able to spot footprints of the American badger in the snow in the Thompson-Nicola. There are four subspecies of the...
In Our Backyard: Sharp-tailed Grouse
October 31, 2022As the Thompson Watershed transitions through fall, you may be able to spot the flocks of the sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) on the roadside and underneath...
In Our Backyard: Great Basin Spadefoot Toad
October 7, 2022If you are out at night in the Thompson Watershed you may be able to hear the call of the Great Basin spadefoot toad (Spea intermontana), which...
In Our Backyard: Southern Mountain Caribou
September 14, 2022If you go hiking through the Thompson Watershed, you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the southern mountain caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). This population...
In Our Backyard: Olive Clubtail Dragonfly
July 27, 2022If you’ve been on the South Thompson River in Kamloops you may have been fortunate enough to have seen the striking blue eyes of the olive clubtail dragonfly (Stylurus olivaceus)....
In Our Backyard: A Coastal Shore Bird in the Grasslands?
July 1, 2022Long-billed curlews are North America’s largest shorebird. In Canada, they breed in southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the interior of BC. Approximately 16% of the long-billed curlew’s global breeding range is...
In Our Backyard: Grasslands
June 2, 2022Watch CBC’s “Least protected and most endangered”, The Nature of Things – Grasslands: A Hidden Wilderness. Grasslands are near and dear to the Thompson Watershed. These...
In our Backyard: Birds
May 20, 2022People can’t stop “raven” about the birds around here… Did you know that 306 different species of birds can be...
