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Volume 121 No 2 PM # 400121123
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Thursday, January 9, 2014
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Atoms and Bantams work on the scoring
The eighth annual Christmas Bird Count was held on Dec. 22 under gray skies as seven avid birders and adventurists - over half from out of town - combed the area from Venables Valley Rd. to the Bonaparte Reserve, to the Christian Ranch and north to Back Valley Rd., tallying up everything with feathers. Except the farmyard chickens. The number of species counted has remained steady over the years at a moderate 3639. Led by Karl Ricker of Whistler, the group was made up of Loekie Van Der Wal, Ray Town and Bert Parke of Logan Lake, Marie Russell Martin of Ashcroft and Gary Winslow and Wendy Coomber of Cache Creek. The day long hunt turned up some interesting finds, such as the solitary Eared Grebe found on the Thompson River near the CN bridge, not one but two pygmy owls, one of them spotted in the Boston Flats trailer park, a very active merlin (falcon) in Ashcroft, a northern shrike out near Ashcroft Manor, two American dippers in the Bonaparte River at the Harper Mill subdivision, 239 mallards, three American robins, 51 chukars, a blue heron, a red tail hawk and a rough legged hawk, countless sparrows and Eurasian collared doves, rock doves, juncos, American goldfinches, house finches, a few dozen Bohemian waxwings, 33 Canada geese, assorted mergansers, goldeneyes, woodpeckers and more - all of which will be recorded by the Audobon Society along with the results of the hundreds of other Christmas Bird Counts throughout North America and Europe.
Above: Atoms players Austin Rampone and Shardy Allison take the puck all the way down to the Logan Lake end.
Ashcroft Atom Winterhawks lost to Logan Lake Blazers in a hard fought game 4-1 last Sunday, but they gave it their all. Wyatt McCullough scored for the Winterhawks, with Austin Rampone assisting. Although, there was a three goal spread, our team played fabulous. The defense: Wyatt Reid, Monika Paulos, Alexis Aleck-Brown and Wyatt McCullough played well to keep the puck away from Goalie, Pearce Brown. Forwards Kheller Ouellette, Murray Lulu, Shardy Allison, and Darius Kirkpatrick played hard with so many shots almost hitting the mark. Awesome job, Winterhawks! The Bantam Warriors played two away games last weekend. First win of the year was in Logan Lake on Saturday. Goals scored by Hayden Aie and Griffin Aie. Sunday in Lillooet was a fantastic game with the final score 5-3 for Lillooet. Goals scored by Allie Aie, Dario antione and Dreydon Thomas. Next scheduled Bantam home games are Jan 18 at 11 am and Jan 19 at noon vs Logan Lake. Come on out to Drylands Arena and cheer on the kids!
Erratic drivers get tips on how to drive On Dec. 29 at 12:54 pm Ashcroft RCMP received a complaint from a Lone Butte driver who reported that a southbound 2014 Jeep Compass was driving erratically, braking hard, tailgating, weaving and flipping the bird to other motorists. The vehicle was located in Cache Creek and stopped. The 54 year old Surrey driver advised that all of the other vehicles were driving erratically and so he decided to take it upon himself to educate them by flashing his lights, honking and giving them the finger. There were three passengers in the vehicle. He was given a verbal warning about his behaviour.
Maria Russell Martin and Loekie Van Der Wal scan the horizon for anything on wings during the bird count.
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