Please note that we are gradually accumulating references for this species.  We welcome additional full citations.  Please send them to Michael G. Shepard at data@birdinfo.com

References in bold contain a substantial amount of useful information.  The others are either standard regional resources, or citations for the observation database.

British Columbia Nest Records Scheme

Campbell, R.Wayne.  1986.  Wildlife atlases progress report - autumn 1986.  B.C. Naturalist 24(4):6-7.

Campbell, R.W., N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan, J. M. Cooper, G. W. Kaiser, M. C. E. McNall. 1990.  The birds of British Columbia - volume 1: nonpasserines - introduction, loons through waterfowl. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, and Canadian Wildlife Service, Delta. 514pp.

Cannings, R.A., R.J. Cannings and S.G. Cannings.  1987. Birds of the Okanagan Valley.  Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria. 420pp.

Charlesworth, Chris. 2002a.  Okanagan Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert - April 22nd update.  Communication posted to BCINTBIRD newsgroup on April 22, 2002.

Charlesworth, Chris. 2002b.  Okanagan Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert - August 24th update.  Communication posted to BCINTBIRD newsgroup on August 24, 2002.

Charlesworth, Chris. 2002d.  Okanagan Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert - Sept 4th update.  Communication posted to BCINTBIRD newsgroup on September 4, 2002.

Charlesworth, Chris. 2003a.  Okanagan Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert - Feb 23 update.  Communication posted to BCINTBIRD newsgroup on February 23, 2003.

Ehrlich, P., D. Dobkin and D. Wheye.  1988. The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc.

Fenneman, Jamie. 2002.  Kittiwake kwest.  Communication posted t o NCENBIRD newsgroup on October 16, 2002.

Godfrey, W.E. 1986.  The birds of Canada, revised edition.  National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. 595pp.

Howell, S.N.G., and S. Webb. 1995.  A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America.  Oxford University Press.  851pp.

Merrifield, Kathy.  2003.  Pacific Loon.  Pp. 24-25 in Birds of Oregon: A General Reference.  David B. Marshall, Matthew G. Hunter, and Alan L. Contreras, Eds.  Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Munro, J.A. and I.McT. Cowan.  1947.  A review of the bird fauna of British Columbia.  British Columbia Provincial Museum Special Publication 2. Victoria. 285pp.

National Geographic Society. 1999.  Field guide to the birds of North America (third edition).  National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. 480pp.

Pickering, Phil. 2002b.  Boiler Bay.  Communication posted to Oregon Birders On Line newsgroup on April 25, 2002.

Rawluk, Randy. 2002.  Loons Galore.  Communication posted t o NCENBIRD newsgroup on April 30, 2002.

Royal British Columbia Museum: a) card database of British Columbia bird observations, b) museum specimens.

Sinclair, Pamela H., Wendy A. Nixon, Cameron D. Eckert, and Nancy L. Hughes, Eds.  2003.  Birds of the Yukon Territory.  UBC Press, Vancouver, BC.

Toochin, Rick. 2002.  Friday Birding.  Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on May 4, 2002.