Subject: Kelowna birding - Feb 1
Date: Feb 1 16:44:07 2004
From: Chris Charlesworth - c_charlesworth23 at hotmail.com


Today my brother Connor and I birded the areas around Kelowna. We started
off in the high country off Hwy 33, and had good luck with the upper
elevation birds. We then descended back into the valley via McCulloch Road
and then birded through Lakeshore Road and Okanagan Mountain Park. To add
waterfowl we then spent some time along the Kelowna waterfront before
heading in towards Rutland and Ellison for some open country birding. We
managed about 71 species for the day. The highlights, for me, were two
year-birds (Evening Grosbeak and Ruby-crowned Kinglet). It was also nice to
get all 4 Chickadees.

Common Loon (1 at Rotary Beach)
Pied-billed Grebe (1 at Sutherland Park)
Horned Grebe (many on the waterfront)
Great Blue Heron (several along waterfront)
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan (2, S. of the floating bridge)
Gadwall (6 at Maude Roxby)
American Wigeon (several at Rotary Marsh)
Mallard
Green-winged Teal (4 at Maude Roxby, 1 at Chichester)
Canvasback (many in large flock at Rotary Marsh)
Redhead (700 or more off Rotary Marsh)
Ring-necked Duck (6 at Sutherland Park)
Greater Scaup (300+ at Rotary Marsh)
*Lesser Scaup (1 female at Rotary Marsh)
Bufflehead (many along waterfront)
Common Goldeneye (10 on Mission Ck at Casorso Rd)
*Barrow's Goldeneye (1 male on Mission Ck at Casorso Rd)
Hooded Merganser (1 male on Mission Ck at K.L.O Rd)
Common Merganser (3 at Sutherland Park)
Bald Eagle (1 ad. along Hwy 33)
Red-tailed Hawk (numerous)
American Kestrel (1 along Hwy 33, 1 along Old Vernon Rd)
Merlin (1 along McCulloch Road)
California Quail (5 along McCulloch Road)
American Coot (numerous along waterfront)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull (40 at Rotary Beach)
*Thayer's Gull (2 ad. at Rotary Beach)
Glaucous-winged Gull (5 at Rotary Beach)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove (4 along Pooley Road)
*Northern Pygmy-Owl (1 in Okanagan Mountain Park)
Belted Kingfisher (1 at Rotary Marsh)
Downy Woodpecker (2 on Philpott Road)
Hairy Woodpecker (1 on Philpott Rd and 2 in Okanagan Mtn Park)
Northern Flicker
Gray Jay (numerous along McCulloch Road)
Steller's Jay (numerous along McCulloch Road and in Okanagan Mtn Park)
Clark's Nutcracker (1 along McCulloch Road)
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee (many in wooded areas)
Mountain Chickadee (many in wooded areas)
*Chestnut-backed Chickadee (2 on Philpott Road)
*Boreal Chickadee (2 at Idabel Lake)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (many in wooded areas)
White-breasted Nuthatch (2 in Okanagan Mountain Park)
Pygmy Nuthatch (many in Ponderosa woods)
Brown Creeper (2 along McCulloch Road)
Marsh Wren (1 at Chichester)
American Dipper (1 along Mission Ck at East Kelowna Road)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (2 along McCulloch Road)
*Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1 along Mission Ck upstream from Casorso Road)
American Robin (20 on Lakeshore Road)
European Starling
Bohemian Waxwing (2100 along Lakeshore Road)
Song Sparrow (many in field on K.L.O Road)
White-crowned Sparrow (1 at Munson's Pond)
Dark-eyed Junco (many in wooded areas)
Red-winged Blackbird (many at Marshall's Feedlot)
Brewer's Blackbird (many at Marshall's Feedlot)
Pine Grosbeak (1 heard along Philpott Road)
House Finch
Red Crossbill (30 eating gravel on Philpott Road)
Common Redpoll (2 along McCulloch Road)
American Goldfinch (1 heard along Mission Ck)
*Evening Grosbeak (20 along Philpott Road)
House Sparrow

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