This was the weekend for the Vancouver (BC) area Big Day Birdathon. Three
of us managed 112 species from 05:30 until 17:00 on Sunday in less than
perfect conditons.

Highlight for me was the Common Eider socializing with 500+ Surf Scoters
almost under the First Narrows Bridge and visable from Ambleside, West
Vancouver.

We came across many large flocks of Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped and
Orange-crowned Warblers. Lots of White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows
too; the snow at higher elevations is hanging on this year so maybe the
sparrows are waiting before moving up.

Not yet arrived; Yellow Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, Black-headed Grosbeak,
Purple Martin, Oriole.

We missed some easy ones too; Bewick's Wren for example.

>Minnekhada Regional Park, Coquitlam
>
>KILL Killdeer
>RWBL Red-winged Blackbird
>AMRO American Robin
>WCSP White-crowned Sparrow
>COYE Common Yellowthroat
>CAGO Canada Goose
>WODU Wood Duck
>SOSP Song Sparrow
>RSTO Rufous-sided Towhee
>MALL Mallard
>GTBH Great Blue Heron
>NOCR Northwestern Crow
>RINP Ring-necked Pheasant
>WIWR Winter Wren
>GHOW Great Horned Owl
>VATH Varied Thrush
>MODO Mourning Dove
>BAEA Bald Eagle
>OCWA Orange-crowned Warbler
>BCCH Black-capped Chickadee
>BUFF Bufflehead
>YRWA Yellow-rumped Warbler
>RUHU Rufous Hummingbird
>AMBI American Bittern
>RCKI Ruby-crowned Kinglet
>GCSP Golden-crowned Sparrow
>PBGR Pied-billed Grebe
>SACR Sandhill Crane
>BTYW Black-throated Gray Warbler
>MAWR Marsh Wren
>TOWA Townsend's Warbler
>DEJU Dark-eyed Junco
>WAVI Warbling Vireo
>AMCO American Coot
>STJA Steller's Jay
>RBNU Red-breasted Nuthatch
>PSFL Pacific-slope Flycatcher
>PIWO Pileated Woodpecker
>DOWO Downy Woodpecker
>GCKI Golden-crowned Kinglet
>BRCR Brown Creeper
>BLGR Blue Grosbeak
>BHCO Brown-headed Cowbird
>NRWS Northern Rough-winged Swallow
>VGSW Violet-green Swallow
>PISI Pine Siskin
>OSPR Osprey
>RNDU Ring-necked Duck
>NSHO Northern Shoveler
>GWTE Green-winged Teal
>COME Common Merganser
>BEKI Belted Kingfisher
>RBSA Red-breasted Sapsucker
>SOVI Solitary Vireo
>WIWA Wilson's Warbler
>EUST European Starling
>HOFI House Finch
>AMGO American Goldfinch
>GADW Gadwall
>BRBL Brewer's Blackbird
>BARS Barn Swallow
>
>De Bouville Slough, Coquitlam
>
>GNBH Green-backed Heron
>NOHA Northern Harrier
>
>Colony Farm, Port Coquitlam
>
>GWGU Glaucous-winged Gull
>SAVS Savannah Sparrow
>RTHA Red-tailed Hawk
>
>Coquitlam
>
>RODO Rock Dove
>
>Maplewood Flats Sanctuary, North Vancouver
>
>MEGU Mew Gull
>RNGR Red-necked Grebe
>PECO Pelagic Cormorant
>HARD Harlequin Duck
>LBDO Long-billed Dowitcher
>COLO Common Loon
>SSHA Sharp-shinned Hawk
>BUSH Bushtit
>DCCO Double-crested Cormorant
>SUSC Surf Scoter
>WWSC White-winged Scoter
>GRSC Greater Scaup
>RBGU Ring-billed Gull
>AMWI American Wigeon
>PIGU Pigeon Guillemot
>COGO Common Goldeneye
>YHBL Yellow-headed Blackbird
>CITE Cinnamon Teal
>VASW Vaux's Swift
>CORA Common Raven
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>Sea Wall at Ambleside and Ambleside Park, West Vancouver
>
>WEGR Western Grebe
>HOSP House Sparrow
>MUSW Mute Swan
>LESC Lesser Scaup
>HOME Hooded Merganser
>COEI Common Eider
>RBME Red-breasted Merganser
>BAGO Barrow's Goldeneye
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>Oakhill Place, Burnaby
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>BTPI Band-tailed Pigeon
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>Settling ponds, Iona Island sewage plant
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>LESA Least Sandpiper
>DUNL Dunlin
>WESA Western Sandpiper
>COHA Cooper's Hawk
>SEPL Semipalmated Plover
>SESA Semipalmated Sandpiper
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>Outer pond, Iona Beach Regional Park
>
>CANV Canvasback
>RUDU Ruddy Duck
>CLSW Cliff Swallow
>GRYE Greater Yellowlegs
>BOGU Bonaparte's Gull
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>Reifel Refuge, Westham Island
>
>NOPI Northern Pintail
>MERL Merlin
>SNGO Snow Goose
>PEFA Peregrine Falcon
>HAFL Hammond's Flycatcher
>

Eric Greenwood
Vancouver, B.C.
egreenw at IntraNet.bc.ca