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

Sightings for Wednesday, May 5 - 7:30 PM update.

Featured birds include:

SAGE THRASHER (Ok Falls)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Westbank)


Other birds mentioned include:

Wilson's Phalarope
EURASIAN WIGEON
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
American White Pelican
SNOW GOOSE
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Osprey
Bonaparte's Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Sora
Sandhill Crane
Semipalmated Plover
CATTLE EGRET
CLARK'S GREBE
Savannah Sparrow
Cinammon Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler


Sightings for May 5

At White Lake, near Okanagan Falls, a SAGE THRASHER was reported (NH). From
the intersection of White Lk Road and the Twin Lakes Road travel S. on White
Lk Road for approx a kilometer to where the road dips. The bird was singing
in the sagebrush between here and the lake.

In Westbank, a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was along the trail, close to the
parking area at Shannon Lake Regional Park (MF).

Robert Lake in Kelowna had 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER and
at least 4 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS (CC,RT). SPOTTED SANDPIPERS were also reported
at Shannon Lake Park (MF).

Four CEDAR WAXWINGS were along the boardwalk at the Maude Roxby Bird Sanct.
in Kelowna (CC,RT).

In a late report for May 1, a male EURASIAN WIGEON was at Alki Lake at the
Kelowna Landfill (RT).


Sightings for May 3

In a late report for the evening of May 2, a flock of 5 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICANS alighted on Okanagan Lake just off Manhattan Point in Kelowna (MR).

On the 3rd, at the Maude Roxby Bird Sanct. in Kelowna, WESTERN SANDPIPER,
LEAST SANDPIPER, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 26 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, an OSPREY, 2
BELTED KINGFISHERS and a SORA were reported (DW,m.ob).

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was on the telephone wires at Robert Lake in Kelowna
(RM).

In Salmon Arm, the flock of over a dozen SNOW GEESE was again present in the
AM along the foreshore. Seen later in the day were 4 SANDHILL CRANES (TH).

At the Chichester Bird Sanct. in Kelowna, 2 SORAS and a VIRGINIA RAIL were
heard after dark (CC).


Sightings for May 2

An egret, reported as a CATTLE EGRET, was seen near Vaseux Lake on May 2
(obs. name?). Confirmation of this bird, which is unrecorded in the spring
in the Okanagan, would be appreciated.

At Rawlings Lake, near Lumby was a male EURASIAN WIGEON (DC).

Mud Bay and the Maude Roxby Sanct. in Kelowna had 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a
WESTERN SANDPIPER, 10 LEAST SANDPIPERS, both CINAMMON and BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
NORTHERN SHOVELER, 2 SAVANNAH SPARROWS foraging on the beach, 5 BONAPARTE'S
GULLS and inside the marsh, a SORA (DW,RM).

Recent sightings from the Salmon Arm foreshore have included a flock of
between 16-21 SNOW GEESE, a CLARK'S GREBE, and 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES (TH).


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Observer Initials: MF - Mike Force; CC - Chris Charlesworth; DW - Don
Wilson; RM - Richard Mooney; DC - Don Cecile; TH - Ted Hillary; MR - Murray
Road; RT - Ryan Tomlinson; NH - Nathan Hentze.

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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