This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Monday June 9 09:21 PM update.

To report call: (604) 737-3074

Featured bird is Eastern Kingbird

Birds mentioned:

Sooty Shearwater
American Bittern
Green Heron
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brandt
Canada Goose
Cinnamon Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Turkey Vulture
Sandhill Crane
Western Sandpipers
Dunlin
Caspian Tern
Barred Owl
Eastern kingbird
Western Kingbird
Purple Martin
Black-billed Magpie
Gray Catbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chipping Sparrow

Sightings for Monday June 9

A quiet day after all the excitement and rare birds yesterday. 3 TURKEY
VULTURES were seen over UBC. 8 BRANDT were in the small marsh on the north
side of the Tsawwassen ferry terminal. An EASTERN KINGBIRD was along the
Boundary Bay dike between 64th and 17A. A dozen Western Sandpipers in
breeding plumage and a dozen DUNLIN, also in breeding plumage, were at the
foot of 96th.

Sightings for Sunday June 8

RARE BIRD ALERT. A CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was located this morning singing
in a woodlot north of University Hill Elementary School on Acadian Rd. in
the U.B.C. area. It was present from 9a.m. till about 2p.m. A
Black-and-white Warbler was also heard singing near this location.

A SOOTY SHEARWATER was seen from the end of the Iona South Jetty this
evening. 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were with CANADA GEESE on the Iona
causeway and 3 male CANVSABACK were off the causeway. A WESTERN KINGBIRD
was in the old subdivision on Sea Island.

A BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE was seen at Wreck Beach. Previous sightings of this
bird in the checklist area have turned out to be escaped birds, so this
sighting is also suspect.

2 PURPLE MARTINS and 10 CASPIAN TERNS were at Blackie Spit.

Sightings for Saturday, June 7th

On a VNHS field trip to Colony Farm it was discovered the WESTERN KINGBIRDS
are again nesting. They have constructed a nest on the first tower west of
Mary Hill Rd. The nest can easily be seen from the paved parking area. Also
along the north dike was a CHIPPING SPARROW. Other birds of note were
RING-NECKED DUCK and CINNAMON TEAL.

Two TURKEY VULTURES were seen soaring over the Polo Fields near 176th & 8th
in south Surrey.

In the Ridge meadows area were 6 SANDHILL CRANE, several GRAY CATBIRDS, 5
AMERICAN BITTERNS, and 3 GREEN HERON.

In Derby Reach Park were 3 BARRED OWL.

If you have a query about Vancouver Birds or birding please call:
John 274-8777 Dave 929-4310
Larry 942-0931 Jo Ann or Hue 538-1676

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