The Okanagan Valley is one of the premiere birding hotspots in Canada. A small finger of semi-arid desert habitat that extends north from the United States into British Columbia, brings with it a number of birds that cannot be found anywhere else in the country. For instance, in the sagebrush and Ponderosa Pine forests, Pygmy Nuthatches, Canyon Wrens, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Flammulated Owls, Western Bluebirds and Lewis’ Woodpeckers can be enjoyed in Southern British Columbia, but nowhere else in Canada.

Black-backed Woodpecker © Trevor Forder

Winter birding is also quite interesting in the Okanagan. Why not set up a day tour to find Boreal Chickadee, Northern Shrike, Pine Grosbeak, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Three-toed Woodpecker, Bohemian Waxwing, 7 species of gulls and many water birds in the winter!