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

Sightings for Thursday, April 10th - 10:30 PM update

Featured birds include:

EURASIAN WIGEON (Kelowna)
BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Kelowna)
DUNLIN (Kelowna)
AMERICAN AVOCET (Kelowna)
OSPREY (Kelowna)
WHITE-THROATED SWIFT (Kelowna)

Other birds mentioned:

Great Horned Owl
Thayer's Gull
Western Grebe
Lincoln's Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Sora
Horned Lark
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Northern Shrike
Long-billed Curlew
Gray Partridge
Red-naped Sapsucker
Cedar Waxwing
Rough-legged Hawk
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cinnamon Teal


Sightings for April 10

Two AMERICAN AVOCETS were at Robert Lake in Kelowna (CC,BC). Also seen at
Robert Lk was a DUNLIN (SM).

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

At Thomson-Brook Pond, on Gordon Rd, in Kelowna, was a CLIFF SWALLOW and a
LINCOLN'S SPARROW (CC).

5 WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS were seen over Dilworth Mtn, in Kelowna (CC). The
best viewing is from the Kelowna Cemetery.

With various gulls at the Maude Roxby Bird Sanctuary, in Kelowna, was an
adult THAYER'S GULL (CC). A male BLUE-WINGED TEAL was seen along the shore
at Maude Roxby (RT), while offshore were at least 100 WESTERN GREBES (CC).

A pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS were hooting in the daylight at Belgo Pond, in
Kelowna's Rutland area (CC).

The first OSPREYS of the spring were reported on the 9th, with one at
Sutherland Park, in Kelowna (GW), and one at Green Bay in Westbank (EF).


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).


Observers - CC - Chris Charlesworth; MF - Mike Force; RT - Ryan Tomlinson;
CS - Chris Siddle; LN - Laure Neish; HB - Howard Braun; EF - Elke Fischer;
GW - Gwynneth Wilson; BC - Bill Cutfield; SM - Sue McGregor.


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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