This is the Vancouver, B.C. Bird Alert for Tuesday, July 1st, 10:30 P.M.
update.

Rare bird alert for a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD.

BIRDS MENTIONED

Green Heron
Black-crowned Hight-Heron
Osprey
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Black Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Barn Owl
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Gray Catbird
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
Hutton's Vireo
Lazuli Bunting
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bullock's Oriole

SIGHTINGS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 1st

Rare bird alert. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was present in the yard of 4635
Bellevue Dr. in the west Pt. Gray area of Vancouver. If you would like to
see this bird please get permission from the home owner before venturing
onto the premises.

Sighted from the Tsawwassen Jetty were a WHIMBREL, BLACK OYSTERCATCHER and
numerous CASPIAN TERN.

On Boundary Bay between 96th and 88th were numerous WESTERN and LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a PEREGRINE.

Out in the Pitt Meadows area were one singing GRAY CATBIRD at the beginning
of the Nature Dike Trail at Grant Narrow's R.P. Approx. 2.2 km south of
this location were another 2 GRAY CATBIRDS, 2 BULLOCK'S ORIOLES, 2 EASTERN
KINGBIRDS and a VIRGINIA RAIL. Also in Pitt Meadows was a GREEN HERON along
Neaves Rd. north of Dewdney Trunk.

Two female PURPLE MARTINS were again observed at Maplewood Flats.

Also seen in North Vancouver was a LAZULI BUNTING at Inter River Park.

Three HUTTON'S VIREO were seen east of the Nature Hut at Burnaby Lake R.P.

MONDAY, JUNE 30th

Sighted on Sea Island east of the tank farm were a WESTERN KINGBIRD and a
BARN OWL.

A VIRGINIA RAIL was reported north west of the gravel parking area at
Boundary Bay R.P.


SUNDAY, JUNE 29th

Between 96th and 88th on the Boundary Bay dike were 2 DUNLIN and a
PEREGRINE FALCON.

Out of town on Bowen Island were 4 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS. Also in
another out of town report was an EASTERN KINGBIRD on Gibsons Island.

Saturday, June 28th

The nesting WESTERN KINGBIRDS at Colony Farm were busily feeding 2
nestlings at the nest on the first tower west of the Mary Hill Rd. parking
area.

At Maplewood Flats were 3 OSPREY, an AMERICAN KESTREL and 2 female PURPLE
MARTINS.

>From Mount Seymour 2 RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKERS were sighted at the 4th
parking area.

Boundary Bay Regional Park was the location of a VIRGINIA RAIL.

A PEREGRINE FALCON was reported from Iona R.P.

A BLACK OYSTERCATCHER was sighted on the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty.

In a late report a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was sighted at Burnaby Lake
R.P.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27th

A BARN OWL was observed hunting at the base of the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty,

If you have a query about Vancouver birds or birding, please call

Jo Ann or Hue 538-1676 Catherine 685-7460
John 737-1611 Larry 942-0931

Thank you for calling the Vancouver Bird Alert & good birding. If you would
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