This is the Victoria Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 17th at 11 p.m.
Sponsored by the Victoria Natural History Society

Compiled by Hank Vanderpol. Transcript by Virginia Jessop.

Feature Bird
------------
POSSIBLE WHITE-TAILED KITE

Sunday, August 16
-----------------
A bird thought to be a WHITE-TAILED KITE was seen by an experienced birder
of Strathcona Provincial Park. It was seen in the vicinity of Cruickshank
Canyon in the Forbidden Plateau area. A written description for the
Victoria Natural History Society's Bird Records Committee would be
appreciated. The range of this species is expanding and the bird should be
looked for in the Victoria area in the next month or so.

Also in the vicinity of Mount Frink and Mt. Albert Edward on Forbidden
Plateau were WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN, GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCHES and Black
Swifts.

At Esquimalt Lagoon there was one juvenile Baird's Sandpiper, 4
Black-bellied Plover and 5 Black Oystercatchers.

A Victoria Natural History Society Field Trip on Sunday to Iona Island in
Richmond produced 75 species, including a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW between the
northeast and southeast sewage ponds. Also there, was a TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE, and an almost completely ALBINO BARN SWALLOW. 3 WANDERING
TATTLER'S were on the south Iona jetty.

Monday, August 17
-----------------
At Clover Point there was 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE and 37 Black Turnstones.

An early RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was at Pedder Bay.

It is time to start checking some of the Martindale ponds for Stilt
Sandpipers and Pectoral Sandpipers, and some of the fields for Golden
Plover and Buff-breasted Sandpipers. Check out those American Goldfinches
for a possible Lesser Goldfinch.

Out of the town, a GREAT EGRET was at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, a LONG-BILLED
CURLEW at Blackie's Spit, and a LITTLE GULL at Point Roberts Lighthouse
Park. Phone the Vancouver Rare Bird Alert at (604)737-3074 for locations to
these species.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
To report sightings of Interest, call the Victoria RBA Hotline at (250)
592-3381 and leave you NAME & TELEPHONE NUMBER plus a brief message
discribing the birds you saw. Or you may email: boom at islandnet.com and
submit your report.

Latest Victoria RBA reports are available on the web at:
Birding in British Columbia:

http://www.islandnet.com/~boom/birding/

Good Birding!