This is the Okanagan Valley (BC) Bird Alert (250-491-7738), sponsored by The
Land Conservancy of BC.

Sightings for Thursday, August 12 - 9:30 PM update

Featured Birds include:

STILT SANDPIPER (Kelowna)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER (Kelowna)


Other birds mentioned include:

Virginia Rail
Long-billed Dowitcher
Solitary Sandpiper
FRANKLIN'S GULL
California Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover

** The Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory is in need of volunteers to help with
banding and bird censusing. If you can assist please call Dick Cannings at
(250) 496-4019.

Sightings for August 12

At Robert Lake, three juv. STILT SANDPIPERS were amongst an assortment of
other shorebirds (CC). Also there, 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were in the
company of 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS (CC).

At the Maude Roxby Bird Sanctuary in Kelowna, a VIRGINIA RAIL was seen in
the marsh from the boardwalk (JM).


Sightings for August 11

Amongst Yellowlegs at Robert Lake this evening was a juvenile STILT
SANDPIPER (RT,CC,BC). Also there were 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, an adult
and a juvenile (CC,RT,BC).

A juv. FRANKLIN'S GULL was in a mixed flock of CALIFORNIA GULLS and
RING-BILLED GULLS at Shannon Lake Park in Westbank (MF).

In Kelowna, 2 juv. SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were on the ponds in Sutherland Hills
Regional Park (CC,RT).


Sightings for August 10

Shorebirds at Robert Lake in Kelowna included a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, a
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, many BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER and a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (CC).


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Observer Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; MF - Mike Force; RT - Ryan
Tomlinson; BC - Bill Cutfield.

If you have any questions about Okanagan birding call Dick Cannings, in
Naramata, at (250) 496-4019, Chris Charlesworth in Kelowna (250) 718-0335,
or Phil Gehlen, in Vernon at (250) 542-8053.

Chris Charlesworth
Avocet Tours
725 Richards Road
Kelowna, BC, Canada
V1X 2X5
(250) 718-0335
c_charlesworth at avocettours.com
www.avocettours.com

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