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


Sightings for Saturday, September 6 - 10:30 PM update.


The Featured Birds Include:

MAGNOLIA WARBLER possible (Ok Falls)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER (Salmon Arm & Vernon)
STILT SANDPIPER (Salmon Arm)
CLARK'S GREBE (Salmon Arm)

Other birds mentioned include:

Baird's Sandpiper
GREAT EGRET
FRANKLIN'S GULL
WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER
American Redstart
Common Tern
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Prairie Falcon
Pileated Woodpecker


Sightings for September 6

Single juv. SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen both at Salmon Arm and the
Mackay's Reservoir near Vernon (CC). The bird in Salmon Arm was seen on the
mudflats from the foot of Narcisse Road. The bird at Mackay's was at the
south end.

Also seen from the foot of Narcisse Road in Salmon Arm, were two STILT
SANDPIPERS (CC). To see the shorebirds at this location it is necessary to
walk about a km out on the mudflats.

At Christmas Island, in Salmon Arm, the ad. CLARK'S GREBE was seen (CC).

A pair of MAGNOLIA WARBLERS were reported in the community of Willowbrook
near Okanagan Falls on the 5th (BG). Details were few, but the birds were
seen in the SW. portion of the community.


Sightings for August 30

Up to 4 GREAT EGRETS have been reported over the past week in the marshes at
the N. end of Vaseux Lake in the South Okanagan (BL,m.ob).

A female type AMERICAN REDSTART was in the deciduous trees at the SW corner
of Mackay's Reservoir on the Vernon Commonage (CC,CS,DW).

A FRANKLIN'S GULL and 15 COMMON TERNS were seen from the pier in Salmon Arm
(CC,CS,DW).

2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were at Mahoney Lake, on Green Lake Road, near OK
Falls, on the 26th (LN).

In a late report, a pair of WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen along Green
Lake Road, at the W. end of Green Lake on August 6 (RC,CaC).


Sightings for August 24

Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen on the NE. shore of Osoyoos Lake
in the S. Okanagan (TD).

On the 21st, a GREAT EGRET was seen near the banding station in the marshes
at the N. end of Vaseux Lake, in the South Okanagan (LH,GH,SO).

In Kelowna, on the 21st, a PRAIRIE FALCON was seen flying over Robert Lake,
which is completely dry (CC).

A pair of PILEATED WOODPECKERS, most likely trying to escape thick smoke in
the area, was seen at the N. end of Duck Lake, in Kelowna on the 21st (SM).

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Observer Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; CS - Chris Siddle; LH - Lee
Horn; GH - Gaye Horn; SO - Steve Ogle; SM - Sue McGregor; TD - Trevor Dyck;
DW - Don Wilson; RC - Ralph Currie; CaC - Carol Currie; BG - Bill Greer.

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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