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


Sightings for Sunday, October 26 - 8:00 PM update.


The Featured Birds Include:

SNOW GOOSE (Salmon Arm)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Salmon Arm)
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Kelowna)
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Kelowna)
DUNLIN (Kelowna)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW (Kelowna)

Other birds mentioned include:

Peregrine Falcon
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Thayer's Gull
Greater Yellowlegs
Mew Gull
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Northern Shrike
Bonaparte's Gull
GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH
Killdeer


Sightings for October 26

At Mud Bay in Kelowna, the juv. AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, the juv.
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and 2 of the 3 DUNLIN remain (CC,CS). Also there today
was an adult MEW GULL (CC,CS). Mud Bay is accessed at the foot of Francis
Ave.

At the Rotary Marshes in Kelowna, was an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW (CC,CS). The
bird was foraging on the path that leads to the tip of the small jetty.

Two adult THAYER'S GULLS were mixed in amongst other gulls at the mouth of
Power's Ck in Westbank (CC,CS).

A PEREGINE FALCON has been seen regularly in the fields at the S. end of
Spall Road in Kelowna (BD). Viewing is possible from the parking lot of the
Trinity Baptist Church, but do not ever the private farm fields.

In Salmon Arm, 4 SNOW GEESE, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and 5 TRUMPETER
and 8 TUNDRA SWANS were seen from the pier area (DC). To the W. of the pier
on the mudflats were 12 DUNLIN (TH).

On the 25th, a lingering GREATER YELLOWLEGS was at the mouth of Vernon Creek
in the Okanagan Landing area of Vernon (DC).


Sightings for October 23

The three DUNLIN were again at Mud Bay, at the foot of Francis Ave in
Kelowna, this AM (DW). They had disappeared by the afternoon, but the juv.
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and three BONAPARTE'S GULLS were there (CC,GW).

An immature NORTHERN SHRIKE was along Cornish Road, in Rutland (CC) and
another was in E. Kelowna (GW).

The adult MEW GULL was at the McDonald's at the intersection of Hollywood Rd
and Hwy 33 in Rutland (CC).

Birders should keep their eyes open for EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in the
Okanagan. A probable Eurasian Collared-Dove was along Rutland Rd at Cornish
Rd on Oct 16 (CC) and another was on Heimlich Rd, off K.L.O Rd near Mission
Ck on the 23rd (EF,LR). These birds may be from the expanding Similkameen
population and any further sightings of this species in the valley should be
reported.


Sightings for October 22

Three DUNLIN were with a small flock of KILLDEER at Mud Bay in Kelowna (CC).
Also, the juv. AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER continues at this location, which is
accessed from the foot of Francis Ave in Kelowna (CC).

A hike to the top of Mount Boucherie on Kelowna's Westside, produced a
GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH (JL).



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Observer Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; JL - Judy Latta; GW - Gwynneth
Wilson; DW - Don Wilson; EF - Elke Fischer; LR - Lesley Robertson; CS- Chris
Siddle; DC - Don Cecile; TH - Ted Hillary; BD - Brenda Darchuck

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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