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Snake wranglers now on duty

The Gregson name grows on McArthur Island

On Monday afternoon (March 8) during the city’s civic operations committee meeting, parks manager Jeff Putnam said the city received feedback from the Kamloops Naturalist Club, Kamloops Outdoor Club, Kamloops Hiking Club and city’s parks engagement group. Gregson’s family is also apparently in support of the recommendation. Putnam said the name will be added to the sign on the existing pathway, which covers the west end of McArthur Island. Putnam said it is appropriate for the Gregson name to appear in the popular North Kamloops park. “Mr. Gregson was actually instrumental in the creation of the McArthur Island slough wetlands back in the 1960s and he secured a $12,000 loan from the federal government, which was kind of unheard of at the time  it was a lot of money back in those days   to actually create the west end of the slough to be a year-round wetlands area,” Putnam said. “We think the location is absolutely perfect.”

Nature Kamloops: The dark-eyed junco - Kamloops snowbird

Photograph By Ralph Ritcey photo The junco is one of the most recognizable of our winter birds as well as being the most abundant member of the sparrow family to be found in B.C. There are two races of juncos to be found in our province, the Oregon junco, the one illustrated, and the slate-coloured junco, which nests in the northeast part of the province and across the forested northern parts of the continent to the Atlantic. The gray head, back, and breast with white belly are the best distinguishing marks for the slate-coloured junco. Continent-wide breeding bird surveys data indicate that B.C. has some of the highest populations of Oregon juncos to be found in North America.

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