Bird observations by H.H. Currie in the West Kootenay area of British Columbia, 1940 – 1944

Bill Merilees

3205 Granite Park, Nanaimo, B.C., V9T 3C8; e-mail: bmerilees@hotmail.com

Abstract: The bird observations made by H. H. Currie (1880–1950) from the vicinity of Nelson on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake for the years 1940 to 1945 are presented. Though not formally trained in ornithology, he conducted the first systematic counts of wintering waterfowl at Nelson and kept regular, sometimes daily, notes on all the bird species he observed. More than 6,200 observations of 130 bird species were recorded during this period. Eleven species are the first known records for the West Kootenay area.

Key Words: H.H. Currie, historic bird records, West Kootenay

PDFicon Merilees, B. 2014. Bird observations by H.H. Currie in the West Kootenay area of British Columbia, 1940–1944. British Columbia Birds 24:26–28. First published on-line December 2013.

 

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