Birders,

I thought some of you might be interested in the banding totals to
date (August 1 to September 19) from the Vaseux Lake banding station
south of Penticton, BC. This station is in a riparian location just
north of Vaseux Lake in the Okanagan Valley.

This message is forwarded from the BCINTBIRD group in B.C.

Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus at telus.net


----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Cannings <dickcannings at shaw.ca>
To: bcintbird <bcintbird at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:55 AM
Subject: [bcintbird] Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory update


>
> Hi all:
>
> After Sunday's big day, I thought I'd send along new banding totals
for Vaseux. We've now banded 1285 birds of 52 species since August 1,
on pace for a record-setting year. Needless to say, the cool, wet
weather we've had in September has boosted numbers as birds that
normally move south at higher elevations have dropped into the valley
bottom. We've banded two species (double asterisks below) new to the
site this year--Gray Flycatcher and Black-and-white Warbler--and have
netted all-time record numbers of eight others (single asterisks
below).
> So here are the banding numbers as of yesterday. Thanks again
to all our volunteers, and if anyone would like to help out some
morning in the next couple of weeks, please let me know!
>
> Dick Cannings
> Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Alliance
> Naramata, BC
>
>
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Virginia Rail 1
> Sora 1
> Mourning Dove 2 *
> Red-shafted Flicker 2
> Western Wood-Pewee 5
> Willow Flycatcher 82
> Least Flycatcher 2
> Hammond's Flycatcher 5
> Dusky Flycatcher 13
> Gray Flycatcher 1 **
> Western Flycatcher 2 *
> Eastern Kingbird 3
> Cassin's Vireo 2
> Red-eyed Vireo 1
> Warbling Vireo 11 *
> Black-capped Chickadee 23
> Mountain Chickadee 2 *
> House Wren 1
> Marsh Wren 12
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15
> Veery 12
> Swainson's Thrush 12
> American Robin 3
> Gray Catbird 253 *
> Cedar Waxwing 27
> Orange-crowned Warbler 214
> Nashville Warbler 6
> Yellow Warbler 71
> Audubon's Warbler 14
> Black & White Warbler 1 **
> Magnolia Warbler 1
> Blackpoll Warbler 1
> American Redstart 1
> Northern Waterthrush 30
> MacGillivray's Warbler 18 *
> Common Yellowthroat 99
> Wilson's Warbler 56 *
> Yellow-breasted Chat 1
> Western Tanager 10
> Spotted Towhee 5
> Black-headed Grosbeak 3
> Lazuli Bunting 5
> Chipping Sparrow 4
> Savannah Sparrow 7
> Song Sparrow 73
> Lincoln's Sparrow 112 *
> Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow 30
> Oregon Junco 2
> Bullock's Oriole 2
> American Goldfinch 24
>
>