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

Sightings for Sunday, May 11 - 8:00 PM update

The Featured Birds Include:

GREAT EGRET (Kelowna)
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (Kelowna)

Other birds mentioned:

Bonaparte's Gull
Wilson's Phalarope
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Pectoral Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
Yellow Warbler


Sightings for May 11

The GREAT EGRET was again at Acland Pond, in Kelowna (CC). From Hwy 97, N.
of the Sexsmith Rd intersection, turn E. on Edwards Road. Turn left on
Acland Road and watch for the pond behind the construction site on the E.
side of the road. Please bird from the road.

Two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were on the turf fields immediately N. of Acland
Pond (CC).

At Robert Lake, in Kelowna, was a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS,
a LEAST SANDPIPER, a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, a
WILSON'S PHALAROPE and 5 KILLDEER (CC).

Ten BONAPARTE'S GULLS were on the pond at the entrance to the Kelowna
Landfill, on Glenmore Road (CC).


Sightings for May 9

The GREAT EGRET continues at Acland Pond in Kelowna (CC,CS).

On Bulman Road, a short distance N. of Acland Road, a flooded field
contained a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, a LEAST SANDPIPER, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and
2 KILLDEER (CC).


Sightings for May 8

The GREAT EGRET continues at Acland Pond in Kelowna (CC,MF,HV).

At Robert Lake in Kelowna, there was a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (HV). On May 7,
the season's first WILSON'S PHALAROPE was seen there (LR).

The male GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE was reported at Scandia Golf and Games, along
Hwy 97, in N. Kelowna (MF).

Along Mission Ck, at the Casorso Road bridge, a male YELLOW WARBLER was
singing (CC).



Observers: CC - Chris Charlesworth; MF - Mike Force; HV - Hank Vanderpol; LR
- Lesley Robertson; CS - Chris Siddle


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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