The annual Penticton Christmas Bird Count was held on Dec. 15.
There were 49 observers in 18 to 23 parties. They spent a total of 131 party-hours and covered 628 party-kilometres.
The temperature ranged from 3 to 5 C with a south wind between 21 and 44 kilometres an hour.
The snow depth was between five and 30 centimetres.
Canada Goose 1,410
Trumpeter Swan 10
Tundra Swan 7
Wood Duck 4
Gadwall 7
American Wigeon 124
Mallard 1,688
Canvasback 3
Redhead 244
Greater Scaup 275
Lesser Scaup 5
Bufflehead 81
Common Goldeneye 46
Barrow’s Goldeneye 3
Hooded Merganser 18
Common Merganser 26
Ruddy Duck 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 10
California Quail 1,630
Pacific Loon 1
Common Loon 2
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Horned Grebe 36
Red-necked Grebe 9
Western Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 11
Bald Eagle: adult 21
Bald Eagle: immature 4
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 13
Cooper’s Hawk 10
Northern Goshawk 1
Accipiter sp. 1
Red-tailed Hawk 41
Rough-legged Hawk 2
Golden Eagle: adult 3
American Kestrel 15
Merlin 7
American Coot 612
Mew Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 80
California Gull 71
Herring Gull 215
Thayer’s Gull 4
Glaucous-winged Gull 79
GW X Western Gull 1
Glaucous Gull 1
gull, sp. 611
Rock Pigeon 603
Eurasian Collared-Dove 65
Mourning Dove 49
Western Screech-Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 7
Northern Pygmy-Owl 3
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Downy Woodpecker 9
Hairy Woodpecker 10
Red-shafted Flicker 426
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Shrike 3
Steller’s Jay 61
Clark’s Nutcracker 60
Black-billed Magpie 404
American Crow 170
Common Raven 253
Black-capped Chickadee 136
Mountain Chickadee 116
Red-breasted Nuthatch 43
White-breasted Nuthatch 13
Pygmy Nuthatch 222
Brown Creeper 1
Canyon Wren 5
Bewick’s Wren 2
Pacific Wren 2
Marsh Wren 2
American Dipper 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 18
Western Bluebird 84
Townsend’s Solitaire 6
American Robin 214
Varied Thrush 11
European Starling 6,877
Bohemian Waxwing 4,125
Cedar Waxwing 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 7
American Tree Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 188
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 28
Dark-eyed (Ore) Junco 1,045
Dark-eyed (Sc) Junco 6
Red-winged Blackbird 21
Cassin’s Finch 2
House Finch 1207
Red Crossbill 46
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 419
House Sparrow 510
INDIVIDUALS 24,950
TOTAL SPECIES 96
