Young Birds Abound Traditional Cache

Take some time to check out the birds and the other wildlife

Small container with snap lid.

Birds

Significant Species - Vaseux Lake supports nationally significant populations of Lewis's Woodpecker, Western Screech Owl, and Yellow-breasted Chat. Lewis's Woodpecker, determined to be Threatened by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC; wildlife species that have been assessed as at risk by COSEWIC may qualify for legal protection and recovery under Canada's Species at Risk Act) regularly breed here; between one and 25 individuals have been observed annually since 2000. Small numbers (1-5 individuals) of the Okanagan population of Yellow-breasted Chat (subspecies auricollis), listed as Endangered by COSEWIC, have been detected in the IBA since 2001. Threatened (COSEWIC) Western Screech Owls (macfarlanei subspecies; interior population) have been detected in the IBA most years since 2002, primarily during the fall and winter.