Painting with Light: Creativity in Outdoor Photography – Thursday 21 April, 7 PM at NVIT

Murphy Shewchuk is a well-known author and nature photographer based in Merritt. He has published numerous hiking and travel guides for many parts of BC, illustrated with his own excellent photos of birds, mammals, other wildlife and landscape scenery. Murphy will share tips on equipment, techniques and trials of nature photography. Learn how to use your creativity to produce interesting and attractive photos. Come to improve your own picture-taking – or just to enjoy Murphy’s fabulous photos!

Yellow-bellied Marmot (photo: Murphy Shewchuk)

You can see some of Murphy’s bird photos on the Nicola Valley Museum website.

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Bear Awareness – Thursday 17 March 2011, 7 PM at NVIT

Black bears have become frequent but unwelcome visitors to interior towns and communities, including Merritt. Join local Conservation Officer Andy McKay to hear more about the biology of bears, the problem of bears in human communities and what you can do to help avoid these situations.

Black Bear in a Merritt neighbourhood (photo: Gloria & Mike Brenner)

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Burrowing Owls – Thursday 17 Feb 2011, 7 PM at NVIT

Dawn Brodie of the Burrowing Owl Society will give us a presentation on the work being done to restore breeding populations of this endangered little owl. Burrowing Owls, an emblem of the interior grassland ecosystems, disappeared from BC as a breeding species, but through a lot of hard work by the Burrowing Owl Society and local ranchers they are moving towards sustainable breeding populations. Join us to hear about this fascinating work – and get to meet a real live Burrowing Owl!

Burrowing Owl raised by the Burrowing Owl Society (photo: Jack Madryga)

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NNS Members’ Photos Jan 2011

Here is a batch of photos from our members. Click on the thumbnails to see full-size images. Then click the links below the photo to move to the next enlarged photo.
To return to the thumbnail page click the link above an enlarged photo.

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