Tweeters and Inland Birders,

Here are some of the highlights of the Penticton, BC Christmas Bird
Count, held yesterday, December 17. Penticton is one of the 4
CBCs in the Okanagan Valley that regularly records over, or at
least close to, 100 species. It is located only about 40 miles
north of Oroville, WA.

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



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Cannings" <cannings at zoology.ubc.ca>
To: "bcintbird" <bcintbird at yahoogroups.com>; "bcbirds"
<bcbirds at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:52 PM
Subject: [bcbirds] Penticton Christmas count

Hi birders:

Well, the birding karma did actually drift south from Kelowna for a perfect
day at the Penticton Christmas Bird Count. The unofficial total is now
110, equalling Kelowna's remarkable total; both are records for the
counts. Some of the highlights:

Chestnut-backed Chickadees: seen by at least 5 groups
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: 1 2nd winter bird by the Peach
Eared Grebe: 2 in Penticton and Naramata
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD: Summerland
Spruce Grouse: 2 seen by Doug Brown up Reservoir Road
Blue Grouse: 17(!) seen by Doug Brown up Reservoir Road (all in one group)
Northern Pintail: 1 male in Summerland (Eva Durance, Tanya Luszcz))
Eurasian Wigeon: 1 male, Trout Creek Point (Laurie Rockwell)
Green-winged Teal: 1, southwest Penticton, Bob Handfield, Jim Shaver,
Jim Bryan
Horned Lark (2) and Snow Bunting (4) on Munson's Mtn., Michael Bezener
Mountain Bluebird: 1 pair, northeast Penticton, Jim Ginns
Cackling Goose: 19, Naramata, Russell Cannings
White-winged Crossbill: 2, Carmi Road, Laure Neish

Many groups remarked on the good ponderosa pine cone crop and subsequent
high numbers of Cassin's Finches, Clark's Nutcrackers and even Red-winged
Blackbirds.

Princeton tomorrow!

Dick Cannings
Naramata, BC