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


Sightings for Wednesday, September 17 - 9:30 PM update.

** RARE BIRD ALERT for RED-THROATED LOON (Penticton)

The Featured Birds Include:

PACIFIC LOON (Penticton)

Other birds mentioned include:

Common Loon
Vaux's Swift
Western Tanager
SABINE'S GULL
CASPIAN TERN
American White Pelican
American Pipit
Wilson's Snipe
Long-billed Dowitcher
TENNESSEE WARBLER
CASPIAN TERN
Lapland Longspur
Sanderling
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Clay-colored Sparrow


Sightings for September 17

Two RED-THROATED LOONS, an adult in breeding plumage and an imm. were seen
on Okanagan Lake, in Penticton, from the SS. Sicamous (FW,LN). Seen from the
dock in front of the Lakeside Resort in Penticton, were 7 COMMON LOONS and 2
PACIFIC LOONS (LN).

Migrants at the rose gardens near the SS Sicamous in Penticton included 8
VAUX'S SWIFTS and a WESTERN TANAGER (LN).


Sightings for September 15

A SABINE'S GULL was seen flying S., towards the Maude Roxby Bird Sanctuary,
in Kelowna, from the Floating Bridge (DC).

In Summerland, an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen at Powell Beach Park on
the 14th (ED) and 2 CASPIAN TERNS were at Kickininee Park, between
Summerland and Penticton on the 13th (ED).

30 AMERICAN PIPITS were near the Johnston-Bentley Swimming Pool in Westbank
on the 13 (DM) and at the S. end of Duck Lake, in Kelowna, on the 13th, was
a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and a WILSON'S SNIPE (JM).


Sightings for September 11

On the 9th, 2 SANDERLINGS were reported on the mudflats at the S. end of
Duck Lake in Kelowna (RM).

At the Vaseux banding station on the 10th, a TENNESSEE WARBLER was banded
(BL,SO). Seen flying N. along the Okanagan River Channel from the banding
station, were two CASPIAN TERNS (BL,SO).

In Kelowna, a first for the Chichester Bird Sanctuary was a LAPLAND
LONGSPUR. At the E. end of the sanctuary, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen,
while at the W. end, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was present (CC).


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Observer Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; BL - Barry Lancaster; SO -
Steve Ogle; RM - Ross Munro; DM - Dick Munro; ED - Eva Durance; JM - James
Macgregor; DC - Dick Cannings; LN - Laure Neish; FW - Fred Waite.

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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