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

Sightings for Wednesday, September 22 - 9:30 PM update


Featured Birds include:

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (Kelowna)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Kelowna)

Other birds

Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
SABINE'S GULL
Peregrine Falcon
Lapland Longspur
Golden Eagle
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER
Rock Wren
Pectoral Sandpiper
Yellow-breasted Chat
American Redstart


Sightings for September 22

An imm. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW and an imm. GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW were
feeding on the lawn at 23 Caramello Road in Kelowna (IW).

At Robert Lake were 2 SANDHILL CRANES, 10 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 2 juv.
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS (CC,GW,LL,SK).


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).

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Observer Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; DCa - Dick Cannings; FK - Frank
Kime; BC - Bill Cutfield; JO - Jason Osterhold; SK - Sandra Kinsey; LL -
Laird Law; GW - Gwynneth Wilson; IW - Ian Walker.

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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