2010 Nesting Season - Biodiversity Centre for Wildlife Studies

If you want to find a Pacific-slope
Flycatcher nest in the interior, it is a good idea
to check abandoned buildings, bridges, and
seldom used human-made structures. Nancy
Krueger did just that and discovered an adult
on a nest inside a women’s outdoor toilet in
Barkerville and at the same time provided a
nesting location for a species that nests only
locally in the interior of the province (Figure 40
a and b).
saddled among telephone wires, crotches of
trees, and wedged behind transformer boxes.
In rural areas, any structure big enough to
support a nest was often utilized (Figure 41 a
and b).
Figure 40. This incubating Pacific-slope
Flycatcher decided to build its nest inside
a women’s outdoor toilet (a) for visitors to
Barkerville, BC., inside a metal air freshener
cage (b) attached to the wall. The nest had four
eggs. 6 July 2010 (Photo by Nancy Krueger).
Vicky and Lloyd Atkins continued to
enhance the Western Kingbird database with
many breeding records from the Vernon area.
This year nests were spotted in a variety of
sites including crossbeams of city utility poles,
Figure 41. This pair of Western Kingbirds, a
new nest site for Vicky and Lloyd Atkins, built
their nest on a metal flange attached to utility
pole (a). It contained three downy nestlings
(b). Near Vernon, BC. 27 June 2010 (Photos by
Vicky Atkins).
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