This is the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Rare Bird Alert
(250)491-7738.

Sightings for Friday, August 16th - 9:30 PM update.

The featured birds include:

STILT SANDPIPER (Kelowna)
FRANKLIN'S GULL (Kelowna)
MEW GULL (Kelowna)
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD (Osoyoos)

Other birds mentioned:

Red-necked Phalarope
Ring-billed Gull
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Western Tanager
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Lazuli Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Swainson's Thrush
Vaux's Swift
Bullock's Oriole
Eastern Kingbird
Baird's Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Peregrine Falcon
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT


The mystery hummingbird in Osoyoos is now believed to be a female ANNA'S
HUMMINGBIRD. It is frequenting a feeder at 12504 Pinehurst Place, near the
Osoyoos Golf Course (LH,GH). Call Lee & Gaye Horne at 250-495-6626 for
updates and permission to view the bird, which has been present since August
7th.

Two juv. STILT SANDPIPERS were again at Robert Lake in Kelowna, where there
were also three RED-NECKED PHALAROPES (CC).

In the early morning, a juvenile FRANKLIN'S GULL was with RING-BILLED GULLS
on the Rutland Secondary School fields (CC) and a the annual ad. MEW GULL
has returned to the MacDonald's at Hwy 33 and Hollywood Road in Rutland
(CC).

Two COMMON TERNS were seen over Okanagan Lake at the Rotary Marshes in
Kelowna (GW,CC).

The change in the weather pattern may have boosted the local passerine
migration. At km 6 on Beaver Lake Road, E. of Winfield, many migrants were
noted in the mixed forest. Included were MACGILLIVRAY'S, ORANGE-CROWNED,
YELLOW-RUMPED, WILSON'S, NASHVILLE and TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS, HAMMOND'S and
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS, WESTERN TANAGERS, SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, CASSIN'S and
WARBLING VIREOS, CHIPPING SPARROWS and LAZULI BUNTINGS (CC).


Sightings for August 15th

Three juvenile STILT SANDPIPERS were found, with LESSER YELLOWLEGS, at
Robert Lake in Kelowna (CC,CoC). A high count of 18 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were
also there (CC).

The juvenile FRANKLIN'S GULL continues on the pond at the entrance to the
Kelowna Landfill on Glenmore Drive (BC).

Migrants in Kelowna's Sutherland Hills Park included 2 VAUX'S SWIFTS, 5
WESTERN TANAGERS, 30 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, 3 BULLOCK'S ORIOLES and two SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS (CC,CoC).


Sightings for August 14th

On Tuesday, the 13th, a PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in flight over Huckleberry
Road, near Joe Rich, E. of Kelowna (JB,GW).

N. of Vaseux Lake, the imm. DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT was again seen flying
over the river channel from the banding station on Monday the 12th
(CC,GD,LR,m.ob).



Observers: CC - Chris Charlesworth; BC - Bill Cutfield; GD - Gabe David; LH
-Lee Horn; GH - Gaye Horn; LR - Laurie Rockwell; JB - Joanne Beaulieu; GW -
Gwynneth Wilson; CoC - Connor Charlesworth.


If you have any questions about Okanagan Valley birding, contact Chris
Charlesworth, in Kelowna at (250)-718-0335, Dick Cannings in Penticton at
(250) 496-4019, or Phil Gehlen in Vernon at (250) 542-8053.

This update has been sponsored by the TUMBLEWEED NATURE STORE at 67 Front
Street in Penticton.

Thanks for calling the bird alert and happy birding.

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