Subject: Okanagan Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert - Sept 24 update
Date: Sep 25 00:13:43 2003
From: Chris Charlesworth - c_charlesworth23 at hotmail.com


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


Sightings for Wednesday, September 24 - midnight update.


The Featured Birds Include:

CLARK'S GREBE (Salmon Arm)
SURF SCOTER (Salmon Arm)
GREAT EGRET (Kelowna)
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Salmon Arm)
CASPIAN TERN (Salmon Arm)
PEREGRINE FALCON (Salmon Arm)

Other birds mentioned include:

Black-bellied Plover
Golden Eagle
Semipalmated Plover
Western Sandpiper
PACIFIC LOON
RED-THROATED LOON
Common Loon
Vaux's Swift
Western Tanager


Sightings for September 24

The GREAT EGRET was again present in Mud Bay, at the foot of Francis Ave,
near the Maude Roxby Bird Sanctuary, in Kelowna (HV).

In Salmon Arm, numerous BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and one AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
were seen from the pier. Also seen from the pier was a STILT SANDPIPER, an
imm. PEREGRINE FALCON, a CLARK'S GREBE, 12 SURF SCOTERS and 2 CASPIAN TERNS
(CC).

A WESTERN SANDPIPER and a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER were on the mudflats at the S.
end of Duck Lake, in Kelowna (CC) and an adult GOLDEN EAGLE was seen along
Hwy 97, just S. of Armstrong (CC).


Sightings for September 23

In Penticton, a male and a female SURF SCOTER were seen on Okanagan Lake at
the SS. Sicamous (CC). Also there were two feeding CASPIAN TERNS (CC). The
RED-THROATED LOONS were last seen from the Sicamous on Sept 20 (LR,LN,ED).

An adult breeding plumage PACIFIC LOON was seen from the marina on Okanagan
Lake in Penticton (CC) and another adult in breeding plumage was seen from
the Pyramid Provincial Park between Summerland and Penticton (CC).

In Kelowna, a GREAT EGRET was found in Mud Bay, at the Maude Roxby Bird
Sanctuary (..CC) The bird was with gulls on the sandbar in the bay.


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).


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Observer Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; ED - Eva Durance; LN - Laure
Neish; FW - Fred Waite; LR - Laurie Rockwell; HV - Hank Vanderpol

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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