Hi Tweets,

Up to the UBC campus yesterday for a couple of things, and stopped in
briefly at Cecil Green Park at the end of Cecil Green Blvd, and the forest
behind the Museum of Anthropolgy. Very quiet, only residents singing, no
songbird migrants whatever, though a male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD Stellula
calliope was nosing around in the vegetation along the bluff edge directly
behind the Anthrop Museum.

Only one eagle at the NW Marine Drive eyrie, the female, and while she
seemed observant--at one point chivvying off an immature--there seemed to be
no activity at the nest itself.

Anyone wanting an easy look at and listen to Northern Rough-winged Swallows
Stelgidopteryx serripennis need only go to the huge old house at the end of
Cecil Green Blvd; several nesting pairs have returned to their nest-sites
there in the last few days. No swifts yet.

And a big green parakeet (Psittacula sp?) of some kind went over the Anthrop
Museum screaming its head off in what I'm sure it was pleased to think was
lusty spring song.

Offshore:

Common Loon: 5, 3 in flypast
loon sp. 8 in flypast
Great Blue Heron 1
Surf Scoter 2 2m
California Gull ~100 along tideline, well out
Glaucous-winged Gull ~200 " " " "
gull sp. ~150 " " " "
Belted Kingfisher 1 unsexed


Park:

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 imm
Rock Dove 2
Band-tailed Pigeon 2
parakeet (Psittacula?) sp. 1 large, pale green
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD 1 m
Rufous Hummingbird 1 m
Northern Flicker 1 voice-only
Violet-green Swallow 6
N. Rough-winged Swallow 6
Steller's Jay 1
Northwestern Crow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Bushtit 4
Bewick's Wren 3 2 in distraction display
Winter Wren 3 3m
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 3m
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 7
European Starling 5
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 voice-only
Spotted Towhee 2 1m
Song Sparrow 4 1m
White-crowned Sparrow 2 2m 'pugetensis'
House Finch 1 m
American Goldfinch 2 1m
House Sparrow 4


Cheers

Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery, and change;
mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)