Barbara

I became a birdwatcher in the spring of 2020. As many of us during the pandemic, I found myself spending more time in my backyard.  An Evening Grosbeak was visiting my yard and I became smitten with birds from that point on.  I was travelling to Kelowna BC for a medical appointment and had some time to burn, I visited Munson Pond right in the middle of the city.  What a wonderful place filled with wildlife and especially birds. I enjoyed watching a Belted Kingfisher fish, a Great Blue Heron having a nap, Ospreys fishing, and  Mallards, Canadian Geese, Wood ducks swimming.  The greatest moment of the weekend came when I was walking around the pond on a path, a kind birder who knew I was a newbie had waited for me to catch up, to point out the Great Horned Owl to me.  It was my happiest birdwatching day ever, I stood in awe of this magnificent bird watching him nap.