South Okanagan Naturalists Club (Penticton)

Club interests:  Birding, butterflies, wildflowers, geology and all things natural; South Okanagan Habitat Garden at Okanagan College; South Okanagan conservation issues.

When it meets:  Fourth Thursday of each month, September to November and January to May

Where it meets:  Penticton United Church Hall

Membership fee:  $30 Individual, $40 Family

Number of members:  over 90 members.

Newsletter:  The SONC Honker, five times a year

Checklists: 
  • Checklist of the Birds of the Okanagan Valley
  • Checklist of the Birds of the Okanagan Valley 2005
  • Plants of the South Okanagan Basin -
  below 3000' elevation
  • Common Plants of the South Okanagan Basin (May 2002)
  • Butterfly Checklist for the South Okanagan
  and Similkameen (2003)

  Available from the Club and select Art Knapp Stores

Website:  http://members.tripod.com/~sonc/

Contact Person:  Robert Handfield

Email:  bobnmarg@telus.net