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

Sightings for Tuesday, May 6 - 8:30 PM update

The Featured Birds Include:

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (Kelowna)
HARLEQUIN DUCK (Westbank)
TENNESSEE WARBLER (Summerland)

Other birds mentioned:

Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Western Tanager
Western Wood-Pewee
Brewer's Sparrow
Sandhill Crane
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
Common Tern
Nashville Warbler
Hammond's Flycatcher
Townsend's Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow


Sightings for May 6

Ten male WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were in with a large flock of assorted grebes,
including WESTERN , RED-NECKED and HORNED, off the Maude Roxby Bird
Sanctuary, on Okanagan Lake, in Kelowna (CC). Also there was the fist COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT of the season (CC).

In Westbank, a male HARLEQUIN DUCK was at the mouth of Power's Ck, in
Gellatly Bay (MF). The bird was spooked and flew S.

In a late report for May 4, a male TENNESSEE WARBLER was with a large flock
of migrants at Trout Ck in Summerland (KK).


Sightings for May 5

A FOX SPARROW was along the Okanagan River Channel S. of the Ok Falls
Campground (CC).

Along the W. dyke S. of the bridge on Rd 22, N. of Osoyoos, was a
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, a WESTERN TANAGER and a WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE (CC). Two
more GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS were in Shannon Lake Regional Park, in Westbank
(MF).

Two SANDHILL CRANES were along the W. dyke, N. of Road 22 (CC).

A singing male BREWER'S SPARROW was at White Lake, near Ok Falls (CC).


Sightings for May 4

In Kelowna, a pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were on Okanagan Lake at
Sutherland Park, in the North End of town (GW).

At least one GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was at Munson's Pond, in Kelowna, with
large flocks of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (CC,CoC,HV). GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS
were also reported along Beaver Lake Road, E. of Winfield (TF).

At Robert Lake in Kelowna, a single SANDHILL CRANE was with CANADA GEESE in
the fields on the far side of the lake (CC,CoC,GW).

An early CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was singing at the corner of Bench Row Road
and Commonage Road on the Vernon Commonage (CC,CoC). Also in Vernon, a
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and 2 COMMON TERNS were on Swan Lake (PM). The
season's first WESTERN TANAGER was also reported in Vernon (PM).

With the arrival of a cold front large numbers of migrants were noted
throughout the valley. Large movements of HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHERS and
NASHVILLE WARBLERS were especially evident (m.ob).

A singing male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER was seen in Shannon Lk Park, in Westbank
(MF).


Observers: CC - Chris Charlesworth; MF - Mike Force; DC - Don Cecile; PM -
Pat McAllister; CoC - Connor Charlesworth; HV - Hank Vanderpol; TF - Trevor
Forder; KK - Ken Klimko.


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
St, in Penticton.

CHRIS CHARLESWORTH
AVOCET TOURS
725 RICHARDS ROAD
KELOWNA, BC
V1X 2X5 CANADA
WWW.AVOCETTOURS.COM

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