Birding

Since it is spring the birds are nesting again (or will be soon) and it is kind of fun to look at the various webcams in birds nests. Some of you birders might be interested in looking at the following website: www.webcamplaza.net and click on "birds nests" heading under "fun places" You will see a long list of webcams in birds nests from all over the world.

Of particular interest might be #016, great horned owl at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. I liked the ones from the Netherlands #086 etc. (not just because they are from Holland). There are some very interesting archived videos on these websites. Click on the headings right beside the webcam video. Emile

Thursday Birding

Special Birding Events

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 762-6876 or Howard Braun 768-4339

for more information.

An annual Christmas Bird Count.

an annual Swan and Eagle Count, in January.

a trip around the Kelowna Area, usually in April when the spring migration is peaking.

Bird Alert 491-7738

Checklist of the Birds of the Okanagan Valley

Saturday Birding Outings

Guidelines for reporting dead wild birds to Government Agencies.

Saturday birding outings take place on the second Saturday of the month.

Meet at Parkinson Rec. Center parking lot at 7:30 a.m. Bring a lunch

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

The Beaverdell Breeding Bird Survey

This is a starting site to go to for some information on the Breeding Bird Survey.

www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/publications/notes/219/cont_e.cfm

If you have any questions contact Trevor at

To see more about this proposal see Goat Peak

If any of you are interested in participating, please contact the survey co-ordinater, Dick, at dickcannings@shaw.ca