We camped at Lac le Jeune near Kamloops. The next day we tootled south to Manning Park and saw chipmunks, Steller’s Jays, a grouse, and a couple of deer on the drive up to the Cascade Lookout.
Clouds reflected in Lac le Jeune
Common Loon taking off from the lake
Yellow-pine (?) Chipmunk
Steller’s Jay
Grouse
We took an overnight camping trip in search of spawning Kokanee and native Western Painted Turtles, and were happy to see both!
Kokanee are landlocked sockeye salmon that spend their entire life cycle in fresh water, whereas anadromous sockeye hatch in fresh water and go out to the ocean for rearing, then return to spawn and die in fresh water.
Mature Kokanee are smaller than sockeye, about as large as a midsize cutthroat trout.
Mission Creek and the turtle pond Kelowna, BC.
