A tubby squirrel peers from a tree in Osoyoos.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Shirley Sobkow
March 18, 2024 - 6:00 AM
Spring appears to be well underway in Kamloops and the Okanagan bringing with it bright blooms and the stirring of wildlife from their winter slumber.
Area photographers are out capturing the season in various places in and outside of their cities, including camp sites and mountain lakes.
In the northern hemisphere the March equinox, or first day of spring, happens March 19, when the sun crosses the equator going from south to north, according to the Farmers Almanac.
The word equinox is Latin for ‘equal night’ when the length of day and night is nearly equal all around the world.
The amount of daylight each day will continue to increase until the summer solstice in June when we’ll see the longest periods of daylight.
For meteorologists the first day of spring is March 1. They divided the year into quarters to make it easier to compare information from year to year, basing the date on annual temperature cycles instead the position of the Earth as it relates to the sun.
There are a lot of things to watch for as the weather warms including migrating birds, emerging flora and longer sunlit evenings.
If you get a great photo of the spring season, send it news@infonews.ca.
The grasslands in Kamloops are lit up in spring sunlight.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Ryan King
A yellow-bellied marmot pops up at Kekuli Bay Provincial Park in Vernon.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jack L. VanDyk
A black-capped chickadee is spotted along the channel in Penticton.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jodi Forster
The crocuses are in bloom in a garden in Summerland.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Lilian Blashko
A colony of gulls drifts on Kalamalka Lake on a spring afternoon in Vernon.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Harold Sellers
A sunny, blue-sky spring day is captured over Kamloops.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ John Gould
A clear starry sky is captured at Jackpine Lake in West Kelowna.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Marlon Bartram
This long-toed salamander was found in a backyard pond in Penticton.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Aleks Watson
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