Eric Tait, the son of one of Trout Creek’s earliest fruit farmers, was always interested in wildlife and the outdoors.
Shown here banding a pair of ducks in the early 1930s, he also photographed and put together a study collection of valley birds and their eggs, as well as small animals.
These specimens now reside in the Royal BC Museum in Victoria as a record of the Okanagan Valley.
The Royal B.C. Museum travelling exhibition, Species at Risk, that will be in Summerland from August 17th to the 21st would have been right up Eric’s alley.
The mobile exhibit focuses on why and how we can help threatened species and features a day camp for children aged six to 12.
Contact the Summerland Museum for more information and to register your kids for this exciting, hands on program.