Dear Tweeters:

Here are the results of the Oliver-Osoyoos, BC (and a bit of Oroville WA)
Christmas Bird Count, held 2 January 2000.
Twenty-seven observers in 12-14 parties; 85 party-hours. High overcast all
day, calm, -2 to +3oC; almost all water open except for very small ponds.
Less than 1 cm snow in valley, about 10 cm at 1200 m.

Unusual species and high numbers are marked with an asterisk.

Common Loon 16
Pied-billed Grebe 13
Horned Grebe 14
Red-necked Grebe 4
Western Grebe 26 *
Great Blue Heron 10
Tundra Swan 28 *
Trumpeter Swan 6
Canada Goose 1211
Green-winged Teal 50 *
Mallard 1063
Northern Shoveler 12
Gadwall 35
American Wigeon 59
Canvasback 6
Redhead 15
Ring-necked Duck 13
Greater Scaup 7
Lesser Scaup 102 *
Common Goldeneye 60
Barrow's Goldeneye 9
Bufflehead 57
Hooded Merganser 19
Common Merganser 62
Red-breasted Merganser 13*
Bald Eagle 11
Northern Harrier 23 *
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper's Hawk 6
Northern Goshawk 2
Accipiter, sp. 1
Red-tailed Hawk 23
Rough-legged Hawk 6
Golden Eagle 7
American Kestrel 13
Prairie Falcon 1
Chukar 39
Ring-necked Pheasant 8
Ruffed Grouse 4
California Quail 1695
*Sora 1
American Coot 441
*Mew Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 60
California Gull 12
Herring Gull 3
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
gull, sp. 13
Rock Dove 26
Mourning Dove 7
*Barn Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 6
Northern Pygmy-Owl 4
Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 8
Downy Woodpecker 12
Hairy Woodpecker 8
Northern (Red-sh.) Flicker 116
Pileated Woodpecker 7
Gray Jay 2
Steller's Jay 20
Clark's Nutcracker 14
Black-billed Magpie 106
American Crow 21
Common Raven 133
Black-capped Chickadee 189
Mountain Chickadee 102
Red-breasted Nuthatch 52
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Pygmy Nuthatch 15
Canyon Wren 11
Marsh Wren 8
American Dipper 7
Golden-crowned Kinglet 18
*Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Western Bluebird 13 *
Townsend's Solitaire 4
American Robin 60
Bohemian Waxwing 152
Cedar Waxwing 64
Northern Shrike 13
European Starling 1035
American Tree Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 147
*Fox Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 90
Dark-eyed (S-c) Junco 4
Dark-eyed (Ore) Junco 696
Red-winged Blackbird 214
Brewer's Blackbird 51
Cassin's Finch 6
House Finch 985
Red Crossbill 9
Common Redpoll 1
Pine Siskin 10
American Goldfinch 184
Evening Grosbeak 20
House Sparrow 468

95 species
10420 individuals

Dick Cannings
1330 Debeck Road
S11, C96, RR#1
Naramata, BC V0H 1N0
CANADA

(250) 496-4049