A kayak from Mac park to Tranquille produced two fantastic smaller gull species. The Franklin’s Gull had been reported the day before by a different birder. Six Sabine’s Gulls along the Thompson River must be a record?

Float, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, CA
Sep 12, 2023 9:13 AM – 2:38 PM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 kilometer(s)
50 species

Canada Goose  50
Wood Duck  1
Northern Shoveler  10
Gadwall  1
American Wigeon  1
Mallard  25
Green-winged Teal  1
Lesser Scaup  15
Bufflehead  8
Barrow’s Goldeneye  15
Common Merganser  21
Ruddy Duck  5
Horned Grebe  2
Eurasian Collared-Dove  3
Sandhill Crane  2
Killdeer  3
Western Sandpiper  1
Red-necked Phalarope  3
Spotted Sandpiper  5
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Sabine’s Gull  6

Franklin’s Gull  1

Ring-billed Gull  500

California Gull  50

Herring Gull  100
American White Pelican  200     
Great Blue Heron  3

Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  4
Bald Eagle  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  5
Merlin  1

Black-billed Magpie  2
American Crow  30
Common Raven  8
Marsh Wren  1
European Starling  20
American Robin  2
American Pipit  4
American Goldfinch  2
White-crowned Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  2
Western Meadowlark  3
Brewer’s Blackbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)  7
Wilson’s Warbler  1