Okanagan Vacation 15 - Departure
July 2nd, 2011
There was a beautiful sunrise on our way to the airport.
Photo by Michael Britton, wallpaper available
This concludes my photo tour of the Okanagan! The permanent gallery for all my best pictures from this trip is here. This does not include photos taken by my husband, which are stored here instead.
Triplist: 98 bird species including 40 lifers, plus 4 species heard only. Details below the cut.
Lifers:
Black-Billed Magpie
Black-Headed Grosbeak
Brewer's Blackbird
Bullock's Oriole
California Quail
Calliope Hummingbird
Cassin's Finch
Cassin's Vireo
Clark's Nutcracker
Dusky Flycatcher
Evening Grosbeak
Golden Eagle
Lazuli Bunting
Lewis's Woodpecker
Long-Billed Curlew
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Chickadee
Olive-Sided Flycatcher
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-Naped Sapsucker
Ring-Necked Pheasant
Rufous Hummingbird
Say's Phoebe
Spotted Towhee
Steller's Jay
Swainson's Hawk
Townsend's Solitaire
Townsend's Warbler
Vaux's Swift
Violet-Green Swallow
Western Bluebird
Western Kingbird
Western Meadowlark
Western Tanager
Western Wood-Pewee
White-Throated Swift
Willow Flycatcher
Yellow-Breasted Chat
Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Others:
American Coot
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
Bald Eagle
Barn Swallow
Bonaparte's Gull
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Canada Goose
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Common Nighthawk
Common Raven
Common Yellowthroat
Dark-Eyed Junco
European Starling
Gadwall
Gray Catbird
Gray Jay
Great Horned Owl (heard only)
Green-Winged Teal
Hairy Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Killdeer
Least Flycatcher
Mallard
Marsh Wren
Mourning Dove
Nashville Warbler
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Northern Pintail
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
Pied-Billed Grebe
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Red-Necked Grebe
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-Winged Blackbird
Redhead
Rock Pigeon
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Duck
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
Swainson's Thrush (heard only)
Tree Swallow
Turkey Vulture
Veery (heard only)
Vesper Sparrow
Warbling Vireo
Wilson's Snipe (heard only)
Wood Duck
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
July 2nd, 2011
There was a beautiful sunrise on our way to the airport.
Photo by Michael Britton, wallpaper available
This concludes my photo tour of the Okanagan! The permanent gallery for all my best pictures from this trip is here. This does not include photos taken by my husband, which are stored here instead.
Triplist: 98 bird species including 40 lifers, plus 4 species heard only. Details below the cut.
Lifers:
Black-Billed Magpie
Black-Headed Grosbeak
Brewer's Blackbird
Bullock's Oriole
California Quail
Calliope Hummingbird
Cassin's Finch
Cassin's Vireo
Clark's Nutcracker
Dusky Flycatcher
Evening Grosbeak
Golden Eagle
Lazuli Bunting
Lewis's Woodpecker
Long-Billed Curlew
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Chickadee
Olive-Sided Flycatcher
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-Naped Sapsucker
Ring-Necked Pheasant
Rufous Hummingbird
Say's Phoebe
Spotted Towhee
Steller's Jay
Swainson's Hawk
Townsend's Solitaire
Townsend's Warbler
Vaux's Swift
Violet-Green Swallow
Western Bluebird
Western Kingbird
Western Meadowlark
Western Tanager
Western Wood-Pewee
White-Throated Swift
Willow Flycatcher
Yellow-Breasted Chat
Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Others:
American Coot
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
Bald Eagle
Barn Swallow
Bonaparte's Gull
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Canada Goose
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Common Nighthawk
Common Raven
Common Yellowthroat
Dark-Eyed Junco
European Starling
Gadwall
Gray Catbird
Gray Jay
Great Horned Owl (heard only)
Green-Winged Teal
Hairy Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Killdeer
Least Flycatcher
Mallard
Marsh Wren
Mourning Dove
Nashville Warbler
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Northern Pintail
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
Pied-Billed Grebe
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Red-Necked Grebe
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-Winged Blackbird
Redhead
Rock Pigeon
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Duck
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
Swainson's Thrush (heard only)
Tree Swallow
Turkey Vulture
Veery (heard only)
Vesper Sparrow
Warbling Vireo
Wilson's Snipe (heard only)
Wood Duck
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
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gabriel_le
July 3rd, 2011 at 4:24 pm
40 lifers!! Awesome!!!
Mustang Sallie
July 3rd, 2011 at 9:32 pm
WOW!!! Absolutely gorgeous sunrise pic. One of the best I've ever seen!!!
dagibbs
July 4th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
40 lifers! w00t!
And that is a gorgeous sunset.
Gillian
July 7th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
40 lifers!!!! Okay, I think next year my mom and I will head west instead of going to Point Pelee!!!!! That is an amazing list (the only ones I've seen are Townsend's Solitaire, which wintered here in Ottawa a few years back, and the magpie which I assume I saw when I lived in Edmonton but as I wasn't a birder back then I never really paid attention to nature).
Suzanne
July 7th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
It's an amazing place--especially when you consider it was June so nearly all 98 of those were breeding birds. I think it's the diversity of habitat that does it--rivers, lakes, farms and orchards, arid land, and all the range of elevations in the mountains, where each elevation band produces different species. Even that big 2003 forest fire is useful from a birder's point of view. We had some of our best sightings in burned areas.
If you go out to the Okanagan I definitely recommend you stop at the Osoyoos Visitor Centre and buy one of their birding guides. It lists all the best spots and how to get to them. We worked from that for most of the week when choosing our destinations.
The tour with Great Horned Owl Eco-Tours was really helpful too, although not cheap! Greg had an encyclopedic knowledge of where to see what.