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

Sightings for Thursday, June 3 - 10:30 PM update.

Featured Birds include:

CASPIAN TERN (Vaseux & Summerland)

Other birds mentioned include:

White-throated Swift
American Avocet
American Pipit
Clay-colored Sparrow
Hooded Merganser
Long-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Brewer's Sparrow
Rock Wren
Olive-sided Flycatcher
GREAT EGRET
Common Nighthawk
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Great Horned Owl
Canyon Wren


Sightings for June 3

A pair of CASPIAN TERNS were fishing at Vaseux Lake in the South Okanagan
(BL). Another CASPIAN TERN was seen on the N. side of Powell Beach in
Summerland (TL).

On June 2, four WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS were seen at Raven's Bluff in the
Sunnybrae Tappen area near Salmon Arm (FK).

On the first of June a lingering LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was in the NW corner
of Alki Lake (RT). Also at Alki Lake was a female HOODED MERGANSER and a
singing CLAY-COLORED SPARROW in the Ponderosa Pines on the E. side of the
lake (RT). At Robert Lake were 4 late AMERICAN PIPITS and 10 AMERICAN
AVOCETS, including a breeding pair in the NE. corner of the lake (RT).

Birders should also be on the lookout for a GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Venner
Meadows, E. of Okanagan Falls (JF). The bird has been acting as if it may be
nesting in the area and if confirmed this would be the first nesting record
for the Okanagan.


Sightings for May 30

Rare away from its sagebrush habitat in the South Okanagan, a BREWER'S
SPARROW was singing in a willow hedge along the S. side of Beetlestone Road
just off Benvoulin Road in Kelowna (CC).

At the Chichester Bird Sanctuary in Kelowna an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was
actively flycatching from the tops of the willows near the end of Chichester
Court (CC).

On May 29 at least 2 singing ROCK WRENS were found in Okanagan Mountain
Park, near Kelowna (GW,m.ob). The birds were on the open hillside approx. 2
km W. of the parking area along Lakeshore Road.


Sightings for May 28

In the South Okanagan, a GREAT EGRET was reported at Tuc-el-nuit Lake in
Oliver (DM).

At Robert Lake in Kelowna was a PECTORAL SANDPIPER and a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
(RT). Three young and both adult GREAT HORNED OWLS are being seen in the
woods immediately W. of the parking area at Robert Lake (LR). At Alki Lake,
near the Kelowna dump, was a tardy LEAST SANDPIPER (RT).

The first COMMON NIGHTHAWK reported this year was near the Kelowna Airport
on May 26 (TF).

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Observer Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; RT - Ryan Tomlinson; TF -
Trevor Forder; GW - Gwynneth Wilson; DM - Donna Mackenzie; LR - Lesley
Robertson; TL - Tom Lowery; BL - Barry Lancaster; FK - Frank Kime; JF -
Jamie Fenneman.

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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