News Items tag as: Kamloops wildlife

iN PHOTOS: Committees, kaleidoscopes and romps in Kamloops, Okanagan
October 08, 2025 - 4:00 AM

When wildlife gathers in groups, whether fish or fowl, there are collective nouns for those gatherings, and this past year photographers in Kamloops and the Okanagan have captured groups of animals with unusual ones.
iN PHOTOS: Oh Dear! Deer shenanigans in Kamloops, Okanagan
August 01, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Deer are everywhere in the natural and urban spaces in Kamloops and the Okanagan and sometimes can be very entertaining to observe.
iN PHOTOS: Uncommon wading birds observed on Kamloops pond
July 25, 2025 - 4:00 AM

American avocets are not the most common wading birds to spot in BC, but several were feeding at a saline pond in the Kamloops area last weekend.
Kamloops woman's 24-hour ordeal getting a marmot out of her car engine
July 24, 2025 - 7:00 AM

It took almost 24 hours for a Kamloops resident and busy mother to get a marmot out of her car engine a few days ago.
iN VIDEO: Young moose goes for swim in Shuswap Lake
July 19, 2025 - 9:00 AM

Jane Turnbull O’Connor was enjoying the lake view with a friend at her summer home in Blind Bay one recent morning when something unusual went swimming past her moored boat.
iN PHOTOS: Summertime animal antics in Kamloops, Okanagan
July 11, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Nature is full of surprises with wild animals getting up to adorable antics, and some entertaining moments were captured in the Thompson-Okanagan this late spring and early summer.
Mammoth-sized marmot spotted in Kamloops park
July 08, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Kamloops resident Taylor Borth was exploring a park in Kamloops with her camera over the weekend and came upon the fattest marmot she has ever seen.
iN VIDEO: Robin babies squabble, bathe in Kamloops garden
June 26, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Kamloops gardener Sherry Bennett designed her yard to support and nurture bugs and wildlife, and this spring a pair of robins moved in to raise their young.
iN PHOTOS: Animals being silly in Kamloops, Okanagan
April 28, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Spring is a busy time of year for all kinds of wildlife in the Thompson-Okanagan region as feeding, courting, nesting and breeding activities are underway, so there is a lot to observe and photograph.
iN VIDEO: The distinctive musical red-winged blackbird mating call in Kamloops
April 17, 2025 - 4:00 AM

The male red-winged blackbird’s trill is a classic sound of the wetlands in Kamloops and the Okanagan every spring, and is part of an attempt to attract a female.
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The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
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News Items tag as: Kamloops wildlife

iN PHOTOS: Committees, kaleidoscopes and romps in Kamloops, Okanagan

iN PHOTOS: Oh Dear! Deer shenanigans in Kamloops, Okanagan

iN PHOTOS: Uncommon wading birds observed on Kamloops pond

Kamloops woman's 24-hour ordeal getting a marmot out of her car engine

iN VIDEO: Young moose goes for swim in Shuswap Lake

iN PHOTOS: Summertime animal antics in Kamloops, Okanagan

Mammoth-sized marmot spotted in Kamloops park

iN VIDEO: Robin babies squabble, bathe in Kamloops garden

iN PHOTOS: Animals being silly in Kamloops, Okanagan

iN VIDEO: The distinctive musical red-winged blackbird mating call in Kamloops

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