Subject: Okanagan Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert - Nov 25 update
Date: Nov 25 20:19:15 2003
From: Chris Charlesworth - c_charlesworth23 at hotmail.com


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


Sightings for Tuesday, November 25 - 8:00 PM update.


The Featured Birds Include:

SWAMP SPARROW (Penticton)
HERMIT THRUSH (Penticton)


Other birds mentioned include:

Pine Grosbeak
ICELAND GULL
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Barred Owl
Gray Partridge
Sandhill Crane
Canada Goose
Bohemian Waxwing
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Northern Shrike
SNOW GOOSE
Eared Grebe
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Horned Grebe
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
PACIFIC LOON
Black-capped Chickadee


Sightings for November 25

Seen from the Esplanade Trails near the Yacht Club in Penticton was a SWAMP
SPARROW and late HERMIT THRUSH on November 24 (LN).

Offshore from the Penticton Yacht Club were 8 RUDDY DUCKS (LN).

On the 23, a PINE GROSBEAK was heard at the Nickleplate Cross Country Ski
area W. of Penticton (LN).

On the 24, a "Myrtle" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was reported in a residential
area along Cook Road in Kelowna (ED), while an "Audubon's" race
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at the Rotary Marshes in Kelowna on the 23
(RT).


Sightings for November 23

In Vernon, the ad. ICELAND GULL continues at the mouth of Vernon Ck in the
Okanagan Landing area (CC).

Also in Vernon, a lone imm. SANDHILL CRANE continues in the field on the N.
side of Hwy 97 at the N. end of Swan Lake (CC).

Nine GRAY PARTRIDGE and 30 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were in the Desert Cove
community near the Head of the Lake, in Vernon (CC).

Ad. NORTHERN SHRIKES were noted along Commonage Road, near Vernon, at
Predator Ridge Golf Course and along Highland Rd at the N. end of Swan Lake,
also in Vernon (CC).

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were along Bailey Road, on the Vernon Commonage, near
Bailey Pond, and along Old Vernon Road near the Kelowna Airport (CC).

An adult GOLDEN EAGLE and a second year BALD EAGLE were startled along the
E. shore of Rose's Pond, on the Vernon Commonage, as they fed on a deer
carcass (CC).

A hike through the tree farm on Bench Row Rd, on the Vernon Commonage,
produced a BARRED OWL (CC).

In Kelowna, an imm. GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was with CANADA GEESE,
feeding in fields along Cornish Road (CC).


Sightings for November 15

A SNOW GOOSE was seen in fields on the S. side of Mission Ck along Spiers
Road in Kelowna (DA).

At Rotary Marshes in downtown Kelowna, an EARED GREBE was with HORNED GREBES
(CC).

At the Kelowna Landfill large numbers of CALIFORNIA, RING-BILLED, HERRING
and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS were seen along with 5 ad. THAYER'S GULLS (CC).

A late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was with BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES in the willows,
just W. of Munson's Pond, in Kelowna (CC).

In Vernon, a SANDHILL CRANE was in fields on the N. side of Hwy 97, at the
N. end of Swan Lake (BC).


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Observer Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; DA - Doug Arthur; BC - Bill
Cutfield; LN - Laure Neish; RT - Ryan Tomlinson; ED - Eileen Dillabough.

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.


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

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