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

Sightings for Sunday, April 6th - 9:30 PM update

Featured birds include:

EURASIAN WIGEON (Kelowna)
SORA (Vaseux Lk)
HORNED LARK (Kelowna & Ok Falls)
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (Kelowna)
SAVANNAH SPARROW (Kelowna)
SWAMP SPARROW (Kelowna)

Other birds mentioned:

Yellow-headed Blackbird
Northern Shrike
Long-billed Curlew
Gray Partridge
Red-naped Sapsucker
Cedar Waxwing
Rough-legged Hawk
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cinnamon Teal
PACIFIC LOON
Varied Thrush
Winter Wren
Wood Duck
Belted Kingfisher


Sightings for April 6

In the marshes N. of Vaseux Lake, a SORA and a singing male YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD were reported (LN).

Two HORNED LARKS were in a gravel pit, along Hwy 97, S. of OK Falls, just S.
of the Weyerheuser Rd (HB). In Kelowna, a HORNED LARK was at Thomson-Brook
Pond on Gordon Rd (CC). Other birds seen there included 3 NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, a SAVANNAH SPARROW, a singing SWAMP SPARROW and 2 ad.
NORTHERN SHRIKES (CC).

The male EURASIAN WIGEON continues at Munson's Pond, in Kelowna (CC).


Sightings for April 5

At the Head of the Lake, near Vernon, a LONG-BILLED CURLEW was seen from the
trailer park (CC,RT,MF). A pair of GRAY PARTRIDGE were along Head of the
Lake Road, across from Desert Cove Estates, and inside the estates was a
CEDAR WAXWING (CC,MF,RT).

S. of Vernon, at a small pond along Commonage Road, about 1 km W. of Rose's
Pond, a male CINNAMON TEAL was seen (CC,RT,MF). Migrant ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS
were noted on the Vernon Commonage and along Beaver Lake Road, E. of
Winfield (CC,MF,RT,CS).

Drumming along Beaver lake Road at km 5.6, were the first two RED-NAPED
SAPSUCKERS reported this spring (CC,MF,RT,CS).

Along the Okanagan River Channel in Penticton, a male YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were reported (LN).


Sightings for April 4

A PACIFIC LOON was seen on Okanagan Lake, near Kelowna, at the St. Hubertus
Winery on Lakeshore Road (HV).

At the Thomson-Brook Ponds on Gordon Road, in Kelowna, a male CINNAMON TEAL
was reported (HV).

A survey of birds in Sutherland Hills Park, in Kelowna, produced a VARIED
THRUSH, 2 WINTER WRENS, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 WOOD DUCKS and 2 BELTED
KINGFISHERS (CC).



Observers - CC - Chris Charlesworth; MF - Mike Force; HV - Hank Vanderpol;
RT - Ryan Tomlinson; CS - Chris Siddle; LN - Laure Neish; HB - Howard Braun.


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


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

Chris Charlesworth
Avocet Tours
725 Richards Road
Kelowna, BC, Canada
V1X 2X5
www.avocettours.com
c_charlesworth at avocettours.com


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