The Penticton Christmas Bird Count was held on Dec. 19.
The temperature during the day ranged from -3 to 1, with winds up to 12 kilometres an hour. There was moderate snow most of the day, with a depth of up to 15 centimetres.
There were 47 observers in 21 to 25 parties for a total of 141 party-hours.
The following are the numbers of birds recorded:
Cackling Goose2
Canada Goose2,067
Trumpeter Swan2
Wood Duck12
Gadwall8
American Wigeon136
Mallard1,609
Canvasback5
Redhead408
Ring-necked Duck3
Greater Scaup457
Lesser Scaup3
Bufflehead78
Common Goldeneye47
Barrow’s Goldeneye1
Hooded Merganser5
Common Merganser66
Ruddy Duck1
Ring-necked Pheasant15
Ruffed Grouse3
California Quail3,004
Common Loon11
Pied-billed Grebe8
Horned Grebe50
Red-necked Grebe12
Eared Grebe2
Western Grebe1
Great Blue Heron13
Bald Eagle: adult22
Bald Eagle: immature3
Northern Harrier2
Sharp-shinned Hawk13
Cooper’s Hawk13
Northern Goshawk4
Accipiter sp.1
Red-tailed Hawk48
Red-tailed (Harlan’s) Hawk1
Golden Eagle: immature5
American Kestrel14
Merlin13
American Coot755
Mew Gull5
Ring-billed Gull123
California Gull61
Herring Gull203
Thayer’s Gull1
Glaucous-winged Gull80
GW X Western Gull3
gull, sp.58
Rock Pigeon625
Eurasian Collared-Dove3
Mourning Dove23
Great Horned Owl9
Northern Pygmy-Owl4
Short-eared Owl1
Northern Saw-whet Owl1
Belted Kingfisher5
Downy Woodpecker17
Hairy Woodpecker6
Am. Three-toed Woodpecker3
Red-shafted Flicker555
Intergrade Flicker2
Pileated Woodpecker4
Northern Shrike10
Gray Jay4
Steller’s Jay129
Clark’s Nutcracker74
Black-billed Magpie530
American Crow174
Common Raven336
Black-capped Chickadee248
Mountain Chickadee170
Boreal Chickadee1
Red-breasted Nuthatch97
White-breasted Nuthatch6
Pygmy Nuthatch149
Brown Creeper7
Canyon Wren1
Pacific Wren1
American Dipper4
Golden-crowned Kinglet21
Ruby-crowned Kinglet8
Western Bluebird125
Townsend’s Solitaire14
Hermit Thrush1
American Robin278
Varied Thrush12
European Starling4,630
Bohemian Waxwing1,985
Cedar Waxwing147
Yellow-rumped Warbler1
Spotted Towhee6
Song Sparrow252
Swamp Sparrow1
White-throated Sparrow2
White-crowned Sparrow131
Dark-eyed (Ore) Junco1,257
Dark-eyed (Sc Junco13
Red-winged Blackbird303
Pine Grosbeak5
Purple Finch1
Cassin’s Finch9
House Finch1,941
Red Crossbill77
Common Redpoll20
Pine Siskin6
American Goldfinch622
Evening Grosbeak1
House Sparrow995
INDIVIDUALS25,518
SPECIES102