This is the Okanagan Valley (BC) Bird Alert (250-491-7738), sponsored by
Avocet Tours.

Sightings for Sunday, November 28 - 7:00 PM update


Featured Birds include:

PACIFIC LOON (Vaseux)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Vernon)
EURASIAN WIGEON (Vaseux)
HARRIS'S SPARROW (Osoyoos)

Other birds mentioned:

Rough-legged Hawk
American Tree Sparrow
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
Northern Goshawk
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
MEW GULL


Sightings for November 28

In Vernon, the adult winter LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was again at the mouth
of Vernon Creek in Okanagan Landing (MF,DC).

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was at the N. end of Duck Lake in Kelowna (JM).

A male EURASIAN WIGEON and a PACIFIC LOON were seen from the provincial
campsite at Vaseux Lake (TF,RT,CC,RM).

At Road 22, the imm. HARRIS'S SPARROW was again seen (RM,TF,RT,CC). It was
along the E. dyke, S. of Road 22, approx. 100 meters S. of the bridge.

Large numbers of AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were seen along the S. end of Black
Sage Road near Osoyoos (CC,RM,RT,TF).


Sightings for November 26

The adult basic LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was again at the mouth of Vernon
Creek in the Okanagan Landing area of Vernon (DC).

Along Miller Road, in E. Kelowna, two NORTHERN GOSHAWKS (an adult and imm)
were seen on power poles (GW,m.ob).

A HARRIS'S SPARROW and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW were amongst many other
sparrows in the weeds along the dyke N. of Road 22 (DB).


Sightings for November 20

A NORTHERN HAWK-OWL was found along Silver Star Road, E. of Vernon
(CS,MF,CC). The bird was found at the intersection of Silver Star Road and
Aspen Road (approx a third of the way up the mountain). It was actively
hunting along the road side and in open spaces in that area. Also there was
an adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK (CC,CS,MF).

At the mouth of Vernon Creek was a first year MEW GULL (CC,MF,CS,MG).

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Observer Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; DC - Don Cecile; MF - Mike
Force; DB - Doug Brown; RM - Richard Mooney; TF - Trevor Forder; MG - Mark
Gardiner; GW - Gwynneth Wilson; RT - Ryan Tomlinson; JM - James McGregor.

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