Birders,

Today, Mike Force, Ryan Tomlinson, Hank Vanderpol, Lesley Robertson, Elke
Fischer and I, all from Kelowna, BC, went N. towards Merritt and Kamloops.
The day started off cool, with wind and intermittent snow squals, but ended
with sunny skies and warmer temps. Many of the lakes along our 430 km
journey were still frozen. Some had open edges, and on them we counted
thousands of ducks!


Long-billed Curlew - 3 birds were perched in the fields along Hwy 97 at
Westwold. The birds were calling and provided nice scope views.

Duck Meadows Wetland

*EURASIAN WIGEON - 2 (male and female together)
Am Wigeon 200
Barrow's Goldeneye 50
Common Goldeneye 20
Ring-necked Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 2
Mallard 20
Hooded Merganser 3
Canada Goose 30
Townsend's Solitaire 1
Bald Eagle 1 ad.
N. Rough-winged Swallow 1

Barnhartvale Road

Mountain Bluebird 4
Flicker 1
Raven 2
Crow 3
Killdeer 26
Robin 163 feeding in pastures in large flocks
Gr. Yellowlegs 3
Bald Eagle 2
W. Meadowlark 1
Starling 50
Brewer's Blackbird 1
Kestrel 1
Tundra Swan 40 on Buse Lake
Trumpeter Swan 2 ad. on Buse Lake
Am Wigeon 600
*EURASIAN WIGEON 4 males on Buse Lake
Green-winged Teal 20
Ring-necked Duck 30
Gr. Scaup 10
L. Scaup 50
Canada Goose 30
Pintail 1
Ruddy Duck 10
Am. Coot 100
Gadwall 1
Barrow's Goldeneye 20
Common Goldeneye 25
Mallard 40
Redhead 30
Shoveler 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1

Rose Hill Road

*GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH 70 in flock along Deleeuw Road
*SNOW BUNTING 50
*Horned Lark 100
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 1
Merlin 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Rough-legged Hawk 4
Pintail 500
Shoveler 10
G-W Teal 20
Mallard 100

15 Tundra Swans at the Tullee Lake Marshes.

Stump Lake (Hwy 5a)

Am Coot 800
Lesser Scaup 400
Greater Scaup 700
Ring-necked Duck 150
Am. Wigeon 300
Canvasback 100
Redhead 180
*Cinnamon Teal 2
Green-winged Teal 40
Hooded Merganser 5
Common Merganser 15
Tundra Swan 80
Trumpeter Swan 2
Shoveler 2
Pintail 2
Mallard 100
Gadwall 20
Common Goldeneye 50
Barrow's Goldeneye 10
Ruddy Duck 10
Canada Goose 30
Red-necked Grebe 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Common Loon 1

1 male EURASIAN WIGEON was a pond near Quilchena. Also in the area was an
OSPREY.

1 ad. MUTE SWAN was at Guichon Flats.

Raptors along Douglas Lake Road

Red-tailed Hawk 21
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Golden Eagle 3
Bald Eagle 5
Kestrel 5
Harrier 2

Roberts Lake (Kelowna)

American Avocet 1
Greater Yellowlegs 4

4 Cinnamon Teal were at pond on Acland Road in Kelowna.


That's about all,

Chris Charlesworth,
Kelowna, BC, Canada








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