This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Sunday July 27 08:31 PM update.

To report call: (604) 737-3074

Featured birds are Red-necked Phalarope.

Birds mentioned:

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Canvasback
Common Eider
Virginia Rail
Semipalmated Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Baird's Sandpiper
Sanderling
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Rhinoceros Auklet
Common Murre
Western Screech-Owl
Barred Owl
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Kingbird
Lazuli Bunting

Sightings for Monday, July 28

At Lily point in Point Roberts today were 12 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS and 3.
Reported from the Iona South Jetty were 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 12 COMMON
LOONS, a RED-THROATED LOON, 12 COMMON TERNS and a SANDERLING. A CANVASBACK
was at the base of the jetty and a MERLIN was seen from the causeway.

The female LAZULI BUNTING was feeding young at Interriver Park in North
Vancouver.

In late reports for Sunday the COMMON EIDER was at the tip of the Iona
South Jetty and 2 juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were on the inner ponds. A
VIRGINIA RAIL was seen near the NE pond at Iona on Saturday.

Sightings for Sunday, July 27

A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 135 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and
2 juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen on the Blaine mud flats. One
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE is still at Reifel. The EASTERN KINGBIRD nestlings at
Reifel will likely fledge in the next few days.

Sightings for Saturday, July 26

The COMMON EIDER was reported from the Iona South Jetty and 5 COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS were in overflight in North Delta. A BARRED OWL was at the
beginning of the Lions Trail above Lions Bay and on the trail, RED-BREASTED
SAPSUCKERS were feeding young.

In a late report from Friday, 75 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, a SANDERLING, 2
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and 30 CASPIAN TERNS were between the Roberts Bank and
Tsawwassen jetties. 100 CASPIAN TERNS and 2 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were in
the marsh at the end of the Tsawwassen jetty.

If you have a query about Vancouver Birds or birding please call:
John 274-8777 Mark or Eleni 438-6529
Jo Ann or Hue 538-1676 Catherine 685-7460

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

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John Chandler
Alandale Training Corporation
Richmond, BC, Canada
Phone: 604-274-8777
email: chandler at uniserve.com