Hi Tweets,

Some seawatching and passerine migrants off Point Grey and Spanish Banks on
the western side of Vancouver BC.

Common Loon 8 7a 2jv
Horned Grebe 2 2jv, new returns
Red-necked Grebe 13 8a 5jv " "
Double-cr. Cormorant 22 15a 7jv
Pelagic Cormorant 2 2a
Great Blue Heron 1 ad
Green-winged Teal 5 all f/jv
Mallard 6 4m 2 f/jv
Northern Pintail 6 4m 2 f/jv
American Wigeon 97 21m 19 f/jv
Greater Scaup 3 1m 2f/jv
Surf Scoter 31 appx 25% m
White-winged Scoter 5 4m 1f
Common Merganser 11 f/jv
Northern Harrier 1 jv, high migrant
Pom. Jaeger (rare Vcr)1 light morph ad attacking Calif. Gull
Parasitic Jaeger 10 6 light, 2 dk/intermed., 2 jv
Jaeger sp. 2 2 jv
Bonaparte's Gull c250 3jv, remainder Bsc1 or Def Bsc
Heerman's Gull 1 ad, Pre-Bsc Molt, rare in Burrard Inlet
Mew Gull 5 4 ad
Ring-billed Gull c50 appx 50% jv/Bsc1
California Gull c30 " " " "
Glaucous-w. Gull c250 " 10% " "
Common Tern c60
Arctic Tern 1 Alt, rare in Vcr
Sterna sp. c150 all plumage states
Rhinoceros Auklet 1 ad, rare in Burrard Inlet
Vaux's Swift 2
Sapsucker sp. 1
Northern Flicker 4 all RS
Barn Swallow 3
Steller's Jay 7
Northwestern Crow 16
Common Raven 1
Bl.-capped Chickaee 38 a real wave!
Chestnut-b. Chickadee 7
Bushtit 12
Red-br. Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 7
Bewick's Wren 2
Winter Wren 22 another wave!
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 early
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 8
Varied Thrush 1
American Pipit c40
Cedar Waxwing 9
European Starling c20
Orange-cr. Warbler 5
Black-headed Grosbeak 2 1f/jv
Spotted Towhee 4 2a 2jv
Savannah Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 7
Golden-cr. Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 12 all 'oreganus'-type
House Finch 5

Fresh (last three days) influx from the Interior and Northern BC, Yukon,
Alaska are Winter Wrens, Varied Thrush, Golden-crowned Sparrows,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and nuthatches. On the water, Horned & Red-necked Grebes.

Michael Price If asked "What is Man?" a biologist might
Vancouver BC Canada answer, "Well, 99% a Chimpanzee..."
mprice at mindlink.net -The Economist







Michael Price If asked "What is Man?" a biologist might
Vancouver BC Canada answer, "Well, 99% a Chimpanzee..."
mprice at mindlink.net -The Economist