This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Saturday March 15 08:31 PM update.
To report call: (604) 737-3074

Birds mentioned:

CLARK'S GREBE
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Trumpeter Swan
Brandt
Eurasian Widgeon
Tufted Duck
Rough-legged Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Golden Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Rhinoceros Auklet
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Shrike
Hutton's Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Sightings for Saturday March 15

A CLARK'S GREBE was on the middle arm of the Fraser river near the Sea Air
dock. A male TUFTED DUCK was at the west end of Lost Lagoon and a female
was at the east end. At the foot of 64th Ave. were a SNOWY OWL, a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and a NORTHERN SHRIKE.

Sightings for Friday March 14

A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and a EURASIAN WIDGEON
were at Reifel. A BARRED OWL was west of the Nature house at Burnaby Lake
and 2 HUTTON'S VIREOS were singing at Rosemary Heights in S Surrey. A
VIRGINIA RAIL was calling at Campbell Valley Park

In late reports for Thursday, a RHINOCEROS AUKLET was at Point Roberts, a
PEREGRINE FALCON was at Tsawwassen and 16 SNOWY OWLS were at foot of 64th on
Boundary Bay.


Sightings for Thursday March 13

At Iona, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK was flying along the north arm of the Fraser.
The northern migration of BRANDT is definitely in full swing as 6-700 were
on Boundary Bay. The birds are best seen on the falling tide from the foot
of 12th Ave. A PEREGRINE FALCON was North of the Roberts Bank jetty. A
female EURASIAN WIDGEON was at 6905 Bradner Rd. 3 SHORT-EARED OWLs and a
GOLDEN EAGLE in overflight were along the Aloette River dike West of 203rd.
60 TRUMPETER SWANS were in a field near the dike.

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