Little Blue Heron/Northern Parula

[b1schmor]

Hello birders,

I took a whirlwind trip up to the Okanagan today with the hopes of seeing these two rarities. I left at 3:30am, and as luck would have it, they both obliged. I managed to see the Little Blue Heron in Westbank at 6:50 and then met Thor, where we quickly spotted the Northern Parula at Inkaneep Provincial Park. Back home by 3:30 with my two new BC ticks.

Cheers,
Brent Schmor
Harrison Mills

[Dave]

12 hours....2 BC ticks....well done! Glad to hear your trip was successful. That Parula sure has been around a while!
It certainly was the week of rarities!

[butterfly]

Another amazing drive with incredible results! Good work!

[butterfly]

Here is a link to Chris Charlesworth's photos of both birds on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/charlesworth30/
The Northern Parula is on the second page of photos.

[murraybrown]

Congratulations Brent, I had to make two trips to get the birds.

We managed to relocate the heron a little north of where it was previously being seen, around noon today.
It was moving around a fair bit in the vicinity of Pritchard Creek and Pritchard Park.
Hopefully it will stay long enough for others to see this mega-rarity.

Murray Brown,
Agassiz

[b1schmor]

Hi Murray,

glad to hear you made the second trip up for the Little Blue Heron. It is not too often that you get a chance for two excellent rarities on the same day or even in the same week.

Cheers,
Brent