Subject: Vancouver Area raptor counts
Date: Nov 24 13:51:47 1997
From: Kyle Hamish Elliott - khelliot at unixg.ubc.ca



Here are the results for a raptor census conducted by VNHS and Burke
Mountain Naturalists the weekend of 15-16. Many areas have not phoned me
yet.

AREA A: PITT MEADOWS NORTH, Pitt Meadows north of Dewdney Trunk Road and
Highway 7.
count on November 15, area leader Larry Cowan, other obs. Brian Scott

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 3
NORTHERN HARRIER f 6
NORTHERN HARRIER m 3
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 1
RED-TAILED HAWK ad 16
HARLAN'S HAWK ad 1
RED-TAILED HAWK imm 2
BALD EAGLE 4
NORTHERN SHRIKE imm 1
NORTHERN SHRIKE ad 1

AREA B: PITT MEADOWS SOUTH: Pitt Meadows south of Dewdney Trunk Rd and
Highway 7
November 15,
Larry Cowan (leader), Brian Scott

NORTHERN HARRIER (m) 1
RED-TAILED HAWK ad 4
BALD EAGLE AD 2
AMERICAN KESTREL 1

AREA C/D: NO REPORTS YET (SURVEY BY MARTIN MCNICHOLL)

AREA E: RICHMOND EAST: Lulu Is east of Hwy 99
November 15, George Clulow and Kevin Bell

NOHA 1
SSHA 1
RTHA 10
BAEA AD 3
PEFA AD 1
SEOW 1
GBHE 14 (NO GBHE'S AREN'T CONSIDERED RAPTORS IN BC, BUT WE THOUGHT WE'D
INCLUDE IT ANYHOW)

AREA F: RICHMOND WEST NO REPORTS YET (SURVEY BY TOM PLATH)

AREA G: DELTA NORTH: Delta north of Hwy 99
census by Sandy Lee
completed on Nov 15

NOHAf 1
RTHA ad 5
RTHA imm 3
RTHA ? 4
BAEA ad 7
PEFA 1

AREA H, I, J, K NO ANSWERS YET (SURVEYED BY JOHN IRELAND/BRIAN SELF/AL
GRASS)

AREA L DELTA SOUTH Delta and Point Roberts south of Hwy 17
census by John Chandler completed Nov. 14

COHA 1
ACCIPITER SPECIES 1
NOHA f 14
NOHA m 1
RTHA ad 4
RTHA dark 1
BAEA ad 4
BAEA imm 2
AMKE f 1
BUTEO sp 1

AREA M WHITE ROCK/CRESCENT BEACH
completed Nov 15 by Prue and Bernie Spitmann

COHA 1
SSHA 2
NOHA F 1
NOHA M 1
RLHA 2
RTHA 18 AD
RTHA 1 IMM
BAEA AD 1
MERL 1
BDOW 1

AREA N SURREY SOUTH: Surrey south of Hwy 10 and east of 176th
Completed Nov 15 by Wayne Weber

NOHA F 1
RTHA ad 13
BAEA ad 3

AREA O SURREY EAST (SURVEYED BY FRED COOKE) HAS NOT REPORTED YET

AREA P SURREY NORTH north of 40th, west of 176th/168th, east of King
George
Census completed on Nov 14 by Brian Scott

BAEA 2 AD
NOHA 1 M
RTHA 12

AREA Q SURREY WEST: Surrey north of Serpentine River and west of King
George Hwy
Census completed on Nov 15 by Kyle and John Elliott

RTHA 6 AD
NOHA 2
BAEA 3

AREA R COLONY FARM WAS NOT SURVEYED

NEXT COUNT WILL OCCUR ON THE THIRD WEEKEND IN JANUARY (CHECK DISCOVERY FOR
MORE INFO)