Isaac and I spent most of an afternoon in the area on an incredibly hot day. We had time to cover the nature trail along the eastern part of the bay and then the pier and mud areas for shorebirds.
Salmon Arm–Nature Bay Trail (To Christmas Island), Columbia-Shuswap, British Columbia, CA
Aug 7, 2019 5:14 PM – 6:29 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 kilometer(s)
34 species
Canada Goose 70
Wood Duck 20
American Wigeon 9
Mallard 300
Hooded Merganser 2
California Quail 5
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Red-necked Grebe 1
Western Grebe 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Great Blue Heron 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1
Merlin 1
Willow Flycatcher 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
American Crow 50
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Marsh Wren 1
Gray Catbird 15
Cedar Waxwing 5
House Finch 5
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 4
Song Sparrow 6
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 1 record image
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) 20
Western Tanager 1
Salmon Arm Bay (general), Columbia-Shuswap, British Columbia, CA
Aug 7, 2019 7:30 PM – 8:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 kilometer(s)
25 species
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 5
Northern Shoveler 7
Mallard 120
Green-winged Teal 5
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Western Grebe 100
Sora 3
Killdeer 30
Stilt Sandpiper 3
Baird’s Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 2
Wilson’s Snipe 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 110
Ring-billed Gull 80
Great Blue Heron 3
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 4
Northern Flicker 1
Barn Swallow 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Brewer’s Blackbird 1
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