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

Sightings for Monday, September 20 - 10:00 PM update


Featured Birds include:

SABINE'S GULL (Salmon Arm)
PEREGRINE FALCON (Kelowna)
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Kelowna)

Other birds

Black-bellied Plover
Lapland Longspur
Golden Eagle
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
Rock Wren
Pectoral Sandpiper
Yellow-breasted Chat
American Redstart
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
INDIGO BUNTING
Bobolink
Horned Lark
Fox Sparrow
Common Tern
Long-billed Dowitcher
SANDERLING


Sightings for September 20

In Salmon Arm an adult SABINE'S GULL was feeding on the wing off Christmas
Island (BC).

Along Old Vernon Road in Kelowna, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen at the N.
end of the wood pile (JO).

Two imm. AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and 6 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were at Robert
Lake in Kelowna (CC). A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was in the tall grasses to the SE.
of the parking area at Robert Lake (CC).

In Summerland, a GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at the rodeo grounds (JO).


Sightings for September 19

In Salmon Arm, the juvenile SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was again seen with about
60 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS on the flats off the Nature Park at the foot of
Narcisse Road (CC,RT). Also here were up to 21 BLACK-BELLIED and 1 AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER (CC,RT).

An. imm. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was again in the bushes near the mouth of
the Salmon River (CC,RT).

In Kelowna, a juv. PEREGRINE FALCON was chasing shorebirds, including a juv.
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, and 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS at Robert Lake (CC,HV).

A ROCK WREN was along Sunnybrae-Tappen Road in Salmon Arm near the community
of Glen Eden (FK).

At the Vaseux Banding Station a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a female AMERICAN
REDSTART were banded (DCa).


Sightings for September 18

A fall plumage INDIGO BUNTING was seen near a small pond at the S.E corner
of the Kelowna Springs Golf Course in N. Kelowna (CC). From Hwy 97 head E.
on Old Vernon Road. Just after the 90 degree bend to the N. watch for a
long, narrow road heading W. There will be a sign for the Kelowna Springs
Golf Course here. Take this road to its end where you'll find a small
cattail marsh. The Indigo Bunting was feeding on seed heads along the N.
edge of the cattails. This would be the first record for the Okanagan, so a
second observer would be required for addition to the checklist.

In Salmon Arm, a juvenile SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was found amongst many
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS (DC). From the Nature Park at the foot of Narcisse Road
walk along the shoreline to the visible pond. Also here was a BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, 14 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 134
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 12 juv. SANDERLINGS (DC). Overhead was a BOBOLINK
(DC). Up to 4 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were at Christmas Island in Salmon Arm (DC).
Patrolling the waterfront were 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS (DC).

At Robert Lake in Kelowna 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and a juv. AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER were seen (CC). On the 17th the AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was
accompanied by 12 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS (TF).

At the intersection of Hereron and Acland Rd. in N. Kelowna was a female
RUSTY BLACKBIRD in the company of a mixed blackbird flock (CC,TF). The birds
were feeding beside the white trailer on the N. side of the intersection.
The wet field on the N. side of the intersection had 50 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
and 15 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS (CC,TF).

At the Maude Roxby Bird Sanctuary in Kelowna was a late SORA (TF,RM).

A FOX SPARROW was found in a brush pile near the base of the Vaseux Cliffs
along Irrigation Ck Rd(TF,RM).

COMMON TERNS were reported at the mouth of Vernon Ck in Vernon (CC,CS) and
at the Maude Roxby Bird Sanctuary in Kelowna (TF,RM). On the 14th of Sept
there were 6 COMMON TERNS feeding at the N. end of Duck Lake in Kelowna
(JM).

HORNED LARKS were reported from many locations with the largest
concentration of over a hundred at the turf farms along Bulman Rd in Kelowna
(CC,TF).

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Observer Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; RM - Richard Mooney; TF - Trevor
Forder; CS - Chris Siddle; DC - Don Cecile; JM - James MacGregor; DCa -
Dick Cannings; FK - Frank Kime; BC - Bill Cutfield; JO - Jason Osterhold.

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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