Hi Tweets,

last weekend was a long one in B.C., so we went off for a backcountry
trip in Mt. Robson Prov.Park (highest peak in the Canadian Rockies;
adjacent to Jasper Nat'l Park). And we even saw the peak - half a minute or
so.
Some rain did not help with bird sightings, as juvenile chirping and
plumage did not help with ID. Anyway, we got more than 20 species.
The unexpected birds of the weekend were 2 Western Tanager in open spruce in
the forefield of a glacier, altitude 1600m. Also, comments on the gulls
up there are welcome.

Harlequin Duck (2fem, with 5chicks)
Canada Goose 5
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Gull sp. (a flock of 21 big ones)
Three-toed Woodpecker (fem; Kinney Lake; lifer for me)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Common Raven
Gray Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Rufous Hummingbird
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Am.Pipit
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Am.Robin
Hermit Thrush
Townsend's Solitaire (?) (alt. 1800m)
Western Tanager
Wilson's Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chipping Sparrow ++
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

Reto Riesen
Dept. Chem., UBC
Vancouver, BC
riesenr at chem.ubc.ca