Shannon Ainslie

“The swamp sparrow is a scarce migrant west of the Rockies."

Haynes Ranch is one of the few remaining in the Okanagan Valley that wasn’t subdivided for other uses.

"It was very hard and very gross."

The recent, in-depth video of the site includes ghost stories.

Warlocks are welcome.

“There was a strong southerly wind blowing them in the wrong direction so they couldn’t carry on with migration.”

"We’ve had a few farm visits where people sat with a cow and were brought to tears because its so calming.”

“It took a few confused people before I figured it out."

"Going through the airport is tricky if you’re in a hurry, people want to see the dogs and take videos of them.”

“It takes a lot to believe in your art enough to get it to this point and it takes other people believing in it to get it further.”

“It’s a release for people with an original item to let it go knowing it'll be cleaned up and its story will go with it."

Some trees turn red or purple when sugars trapped in their leaves make new pigments.

"I don’t want it to become a party pad, but they sure had a great time in that pond.”

“One second it was so beautiful, we were in that honeymoon stage and one second later this trauma. I'm overwhelmed. I still can’t make sense of it.”

A group of turkey vultures in flight is called a kettle.