Don't cross me!
Red Crossbills are a part of a small family of birds that have evolved extreme crossbites. This looks like a beak deformation, but it is...
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osstewardship
- Dec 25, 2020
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...
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...
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