Birding

Central Okanagan Naturalists' Club

Thursday Birding

Checklist of the Birds of the Okanagan Valley

Guidelines for reporting dead wild birds to Government Agencies.

© Pam Laing White crowned Sparrow

Meet at the parking lot behind St Charles Garnier Church, 3645 Benvoulin Road, Kelowna.

April through September at 8 am - bring a lunch.

October through March meet at 9 am -

lunch is not usually needed

Phone Gwyneth Wilson 250-762-6876

or Howard Braun 250-768-4339

for more information.

The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of BC

www.birdatlas.bc.ca

Latest news from the Atlas.

07 December 2010: BC Atlas Newsletter now available online
Read about new species and adventures of this summer. Thanks to all atlassers and supporting agencies and groups that have helped the data roll in bigger and better than last year.

CONC Birders

Downy Woodpecker, seen on the Myra Bellevue hike

Special Birding Events


© Pam Laing Warbling Vireo	© Pam Laing Varied Thrush

An annual Christmas Bird Count.

an annual Swan and Eagle Count, in January.

Saturday Birding Outings

Saturday birding outings take place all year

on the second Saturday of the month.

Meet at 1555 Burtch Road, the Apple Bowl parking lot,

(the site of the former Dr. Knox School).

at 7:30 a.m., (April - Sept.) In winter (October - March) the meeting time is 8:30 a.m.

Bring a lunch

Managing wildlife on golf courses: Bird conservation

See the article by J.P. Squires that appeared in The Daily Courier 30 November 2007

Bird Nest Webcams. Some of you birders might be interested in looking at the following website: www.webcamplaza.net Click on "birds nests" heading under "fun places" You will see a long list of webcams in birds nests from all over the world.

Other colonies of American Avocets were discovered

after 1999 and are all in the Cariboo-Chilcotin area.

The Central Okanagan Naturalists' Club is spearheading a group of public and government organisations working to conserve American Avocets in the Kelowna area, the only breeding colony of Avocets in the southern interior of BC.

Check out great birding websites on the

Links Page

The Rare Bird Alert

New number: Chris Charlesworth 250-718-0335 or Gwynneth Wilson 250-762-6876

or Howard Braun 250-768-4339

Postings can also be made on the web at:

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bcintbird