This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Monday March 31 09:55 PM update.
To report call: (604) 737-3074

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
want to skip the update, press the '2' button on your touch-tone telephone;
otherwise please wait until the end of this update to leave your message.

An announcement before the sightings. At Birders' night on Thursday April
3rd, Dr Lee Gass of the UBC Hummingbird Lab will give a talk on Hummingbird
Biology: Cognition and Flight. This Birders' Night is also Dutch Auction
Night so bring your bird-related items for sale and come prepared to bring
home Bargains!

Birds mentioned:

Eurasian Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Turkey Vulture
American Kestral
Sandhill Crane
Long-billed Curlew
Barn Owl
Snowy Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Townsend's Solitaire
Northern Mockingbird (possible)
Northern Shrike

Sightings for Monday March 31

TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were at several locations, including the bowling green
at QE Park, on Kaslo st between Yale and Wall St. and at Almond Park on Kent
Ave. in Vancouver. An Immature NORTHERN SHRIKE and 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS were
at Deer Lake Park. A SNOWY OWL was at the entrance to the Pitt Polder in
Maple Ridge. 2 TURKEY VULTURES were over Spanish Banks and a EURASIAN
WIGEON was at Jericho Park in the West Pond. A LONG-BILLED CURLEW was at
Blackie Spit.

In a late report for Sunday, a male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was in the old
subdivision on Sea Island.

Sightings for Sunday March 30

A possible NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was at 8th and Yew in Vancouver. A
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was again seen in the SW corner of the bowling green at
Queen Elizabeth Park. Another bird was in a yard at 49th and Boundary Rd.
3 SNOWY OWLS and 4 EURASIAN WIGEON were seen from the Boundary Bay dike
between 64th and 72nd. A NORTHERN SHRIKE, a SHORT-EARED OWL, an AMERICAN
KESTRAL and a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL were at Colony Farm. 2 SANDHILL CRANES
were at the Aloette River in Pitt Meadows.

Sightings for Monday March 31

3 SANDHILL CRANES, 2 adults and an immature bird, were in the Aloette
Polder. In a late report from Friday, the spring arrival TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE was in the SW corner of the bowling green at Queen Elizabeth Park.
A BARN OWL was at Colony Farm.

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