2016 Bird counts completed at Penticton and Vaseux Lake.

No comments on any significant change.

Stats by Dick Cannings

Final tally for the Vaseux Lake Christmas Bird Count that we did on Wednesday. The species total of 89 is bang on the 25-year mean for the count.
Good numbers of ducks on the river!
Canada Goose 420
Trumpeter Swan 76
Wood Duck 11
Gadwall 22
American Wigeon 54
Mallard 734
Redhead 2
Ring-necked Duck 370
Greater Scaup 32
Lesser Scaup 1
scaup, sp. 4
Bufflehead 201
Common Goldeneye 49
Barrow’s Goldeneye 365
Hooded Merganser 68
Common Merganser 108
Chukar 6
Gray Partridge count week
Ring-necked Pheasant 4
Dusky Grouse 1
Ruffed Grouse 2
California Quail 1304
Common Loon 3
Pied-billed Grebe 20
Horned Grebe 2
Red-necked Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 11
Bald Eagle: adult 14
Bald Eagle: immature 11
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper’s Hawk 7
Northern Goshawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 29
Red-tailed (Harlan’s) Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 4
Golden Eagle: adult 5
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 2
Virginia Rail 6
American Coot 237
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 83
Eurasian Collared-Dove 35
Mourning Dove 6
Western Screech-Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 4
Northern Pygmy-Owl 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 9
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Am. 3-toed Woodpecker 1
Northern (R.-s.) Flicker 88
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Northern Shrike 5
Gray Jay 6
Steller’s Jay 32
Clark’s Nutcracker 35
Black-billed Magpie 94
American Crow 6
Common Raven 93
Black-capped Chickadee 110
Mountain Chickadee 231
Red-breasted Nuthatch 169
White-breasted Nuthatch 13
Pygmy Nuthatch 103
Brown Creeper 1
Canyon Wren 9
Bewick’s Wren 1
Pacific Wren 7
Marsh Wren 3
American Dipper 16
Golden-crowned Kinglet 40
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Western Bluebird 12
Townsend’s Solitaire 17
American Robin 6
Varied Thrush 2
European Starling 984
Bohemian Waxwing 260
American Tree Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 98
White-crowned Sparrow 17
Dark-eyed (Ore) Junco 271
Dark-eyed (Sc) Junco 1
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Cassin’s Finch 6
House Finch 349
Red Crossbill 15
Common Redpoll 1
Pine Siskin 46
American Goldfinch 138
House Sparrow 295

Total individuals 8066
Total Species 89
Observers 17
Parties (min) 9
Parties (max) 12
Hours on foot 35
Hours by car 27.75
Km on foot 69
Km by car 358

Penticton Bird Count

Canada Goose 1960
Trumpeter Swan 4
Tundra Swan 2
Wood Duck 3
Gadwall 22
American Wigeon 129
Mallard 1200
Redhead 451
Ring-necked Duck 1
Greater Scaup 186
Lesser Scaup 3
Bufflehead 177
Common Goldeneye 86
Barrow’s Goldeneye 14
Hooded Merganser 17
Common Merganser 51
Ruddy Duck 11
Ring-necked Pheasant 19
Dusky Grouse 5
Ruffed Grouse 3
California Quail 1826
Wild Turkey 1
Common Loon 4
Pied-billed Grebe 17
Horned Grebe 10
Red-necked Grebe 1
Western Grebe 4
Great Blue Heron 18
Bald Eagle: adult 40
Bald Eagle: immature 14
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 13
Cooper’s Hawk 10
Northern Goshawk 3
Accipiter, sp. 1
Red-tailed Hawk 50
Red-tailed (Harlan’s) Hawk 2
Rough-legged Hawk 9
Golden Eagle: adult 3
Golden Eagle: immature 1
American Kestrel 11
Merlin 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Coot 629
Mew Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 108
California Gull 27
Herring Gull 123
Thayer’s Gull 2
Glaucous-winged Gull 52
gull, sp. 77
Rock Pigeon 396
Eurasian Collared-Dove 131
Mourning Dove 53
Great Horned Owl 3
Northern Pygmy-Owl 2
Anna’s Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 17
Red-shafted Flicker 271
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Northern Shrike 1
Steller’s Jay 64
Clark’s Nutcracker 13
Black-billed Magpie 277
American Crow 35
Common Raven 356
Black-capped Chickadee 148
Mountain Chickadee 115
Boreal Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 110
White-breasted Nuthatch 12
Pygmy Nuthatch 227
Brown Creeper 3
Canyon Wren 3
Pacific Wren 2
American Dipper 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 25
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Western Bluebird 201
Townsend’s Solitaire 12
American Robin 110
Varied Thrush 5
European Starling 4786
Bohemian Waxwing 3768
Cedar Waxwing 90
Yellow-rumped (Aud.) Warbler 3
Spotted Towhee 15
Song Sparrow 129
White-throated Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed (Ore) Junco 1125
Dark-eyed (Sc) Junco 7
Red-winged Blackbird 82
Brewer’s Blackbird 20
Pine Grosbeak 12
Cassin’s Finch 2
House Finch 732
Red Crossbill 15
American Goldfinch 249
House Sparrow 171

TOTAL INDIVIDUALS 21260
TOTAL SPECIES 96
OBSERVERS 42
Parties (max) 22
Parties (min) 18
Party-hours (foot) 80.75
Party-hours (car) 40.85

Party-km (foot) 131.75
Party-km (car) 519.5
Party-km (bicycle) 0
Feeder-watchers 3