This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Wednesday March 12 09:14 PM update.
To report call: (604) 737-3074

Birds mentioned:
Eared Grebe
Trumpeter Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brandt
Snow Goose
Eurasian Widgeon
Tufted Duck
COMMON EIDER
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Snowy Owl
Short-eared Owl
Rufous Hummingbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
Northern Shrike
Snow Bunting

Sightings for Wednesday March 12

At Boundary Bay regional park were 138 BRANDT, 3 EURASIAN WIDGEON and a
SHORT-EARED OWL. 200 SNOW GEESE were seen in overflight.

In late reports for Tuesday March 11, over 500 BRANDT were on Boundary Bay,
2 SHORT-EARED OWLs were in Boundary Bay Regional Park and an Eared grebe was
seen form the Iona South Jetty.

Sightings for Monday March 10

The COMMON EIDER was relocated from the Iona South Jetty. The bird was
associating with large flocks of scoters, first on the north side of the
jetty and then on the south side. It was last seen far to the south of the
jetty. Also seen from the jetty were an EARED GREBE and SNOW BUNTINGS. 2
TREE SWALLOWS were over the inner ponds and a female PEREGRINE FALCON was on
the causeway. 29 SWANS, probably TRUMPETER were on Semiahmoo Bay.

Sightings for Sunday March 9

Between 64th and 72nd on Boundary Bay were 20 SNOWY OWLS and 1 ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK. West of 64th were 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES and 105 TRUMPETER SWANS. At
Derby Reach Regional Park were a PILEATED WOODPECKER and a GREATER-WHITE
FRONTED GOOSE in a flock Canada geese. 10 SNOW BUNTINGS were on the Iona,
South Jetty and a male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was in the 14900 block of 24th
Ave. in S. surrey. In a late report for Saturday the male TUFTED DUCK was
by the stone bridge at the West end of Lost Lagoon.


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