This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Wednesday March 5 08:40 PM update.

Featured bird is Snow Bunting. There will be a short announcement at the
end of this message.

If you have a report, please leave your name, telephone number & the date of
your sighting. This information is very important for our records. If you
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Sightings for Wednesday March 5

Today 23 snow buntings were on the Iona S jetty. A couple of the males are
molting into breeding plumage. In a late report from Tuesday, 80 Trumpeter
Swans, 1 American bittern, a Harlans Hawk, 2 Sandhill cranes , 12 Eurasian
widgeons, a Northern Goshawk and 2 Green Herons were seen in the Pitt and
Alloette Polders.

Sightings for Tuesday March 4

A Slaty-backed Gull in breeding plumage and a Western Gull were seen today
at Burns drive in a large flock of mixed gulls. Seen from the Iona S jetty
were 3 snow buntings and an Eared Grebe.
Four of the 7 Brandt seen at Boundary Bay Regional Park in the morning were
shot by hunters. Two Eurasian Widgeon were seen off the Coal Port jetty.

Sightings for Monday March 3

In Delta 4 Bohemian Waxwings were in crab apple trees on 64th south of 34b
and a dark phase Rough-legged Hawk was near the railway tracks on 64th. A
SE Owl was at Boundary Bay Regional Park.

2 Greater White fronted geese were in a flock of Canada Geese at Mason creek
E of Fort Langley and 2 Coopers Hawks were in a yard in the 6600 block of
Kalodin in Vancouver.

This month's Birders night program will be held at St. Matthias Anglican
Church, 680 W 49th Avenue in Vancouver, starting at 7:30 p.m. Artist Lex
Hedley will speak on Sketching and Painting Birds in British Columbia.

If you have a query about Vancouver Birds or birding please call:

John 274-8777 Dave 929-4310
Larry 942-0931 John 857-1768

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