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This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Sunday January 4 08:32 PM update.

To report call: (604) 737-3074

Featured birds are Xanthus Hummingbird, Rock Sandpiper and Yellow-billed
Loon

Birds mentioned:

Yellow-billed Loon
Greater White-fronted Goose
Redhead
King Eider
Northern Goshawk
Peregrine Falcon
Black Oystercatcher
American Avocet
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Least Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
Glaucous Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Red-breasted Sapsuckers
XANTHUS' HUMMINGBIRD
Black Phoebe
Hutton's Vireo
Green-tailed Towhee
Palm Warbler
Western Tanager
Lincoln's sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Lapland Longspur

Sightings for Sunday, January 4

The XANTHUS' HUMMINGBIRD continues to be seen in Gibsons at 221 2nd street.
Directions to this location will be included each week on Thursday's
update. Fourteen LEAST SANDPIPERS were at Blackie Spit and a ROCK
SANDPIPER and YELLOW-BILLED LOON were at Crescent Beach. A HUTTON'S VIREO
was at Reifel. The immature HARRIS' SPARROW was seen again today at the
Stone Bridge in Stanley Park. An immature WESTERN TANAGER was seen for the
eighteenth consecutive day in a yard in N Burnaby. For details, please
call 298-5490.

Rarities in Washington State include a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE, BLACK PHOEBE
and a SLATY-BACKED GULL. For more information, please contact the
Washington Birdbox at 425-454-2662. The KING EIDER continues to be seen at
Royston on Vancouver Island. For details, please call the Victoria bird
alert at 250-592-3381

Sightings for Saturday January 3

Provisional total for the White Rock CBC was 128 species. Highlights
include REDHEAD, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, HARRIS' SPARROW, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LEAST
SANDPIPER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and GLAUCOUS GULL.

A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen in aerial combat with a PEREGRINE FALCON over
Serpentine Fen. A HARRIS' SPARROW was near the red barn at Dunsmuir Gardens
behind Blackie Spit. A second HARRIS' SPARROW was towards the end of 40th
Ave, on the south side in a huge flock of sparrows near 3 silos. A
LONG-BILLED CURLEW and a LEAST SANDPIPER were at Blackie Spit. 2 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were at Rees Lake, which is towards the eastern end of
the Sunrise lakes in Langley west of 208th street between 28th and 32nd
Ave. Several Red-breasted Sapsuckers were seen, including one at
Brookswood Park.

Four over-wintering AMERICAN AVOCETS were at the mouth of the Serpentine
River. A ROCK SANDPIPER and 2 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were between 2nd and
3rd beach in Stanley Park. An immature WESTERN TANAGER continues to come
to a feeder in N Burnaby.

Sightings for Friday, January 2

A PALM WARBLER was again located towards the eastern end of Iona Island in
a field of broom. The bird often associates with Kinglets and may be
difficult to locate. Twenty-four LINCOLN'S SPARROWS and a number of
raptors were seen from No. 4 road in Richmond, about half a kilometer south
of the Steveston Highway. The WILLET was still at the base of the
Tsawwassen Jetty.

If you have a query about Vancouver Birds or birding please call:
John 274-8777 Mark or Eleni 438-6529
Jo Ann or Hue 538-1676 Catherine 685-7460

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
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Sunday January 4  08:32 PM update. To report call: (604) =
737-3074 
Featured birds are Xanthus Hummingbird, Rock Sandpiper and =
Yellow-billed Loon Birds mentioned: Yellow-billed =
Loon Greater White-fronted Goose Redhead King Eider Northern =
Goshawk Peregrine Falcon Black Oystercatcher American =
Avocet Willet	 Long-billed Curlew Least =
Sandpiper	 Rock Sandpiper	 Glaucous Gull Slaty-backed =
Gull Red-breasted Sapsuckers XANTHUS' HUMMINGBIRD Black =
Phoebe Hutton's Vireo Green-tailed Towhee Palm =
Warbler Western Tanager Lincoln's sparrow	 Harris' =
Sparrow Lapland Longspur Sightings for Sunday, January =
4 The XANTHUS' HUMMINGBIRD continues to be seen in Gibsons at =
221 2nd street.  Directions to this =
location will be included each week on Thursday's update.  Fourteen =
LEAST SANDPIPERS were at Blackie Spit and a ROCK SANDPIPER and =
YELLOW-BILLED LOON were at Crescent Beach.  A HUTTON'S VIREO was at =
Reifel.  The immature HARRIS' SPARROW was seen again today at the =
Stone Bridge in Stanley Park.  An immature WESTERN TANAGER was seen =
for the eighteenth consecutive day in a yard in N Burnaby.  For =
details, please call 298-5490. Rarities in Washington State =
include a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE, BLACK PHOEBE and a SLATY-BACKED GULL. =
 For more information, please contact the Washington Birdbox at =
425-454-2662.  The KING EIDER continues to be seen at Royston on =
Vancouver Island.  For details, please call the Victoria bird alert =
at 250-592-3381 Sightings for Saturday January =
3 Provisional total for the White Rock CBC was 128 species. =
 Highlights include REDHEAD, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, HARRIS' SPARROW, =
LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LEAST SANDPIPER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and =
GLAUCOUS GULL.   A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen in aerial =
combat with a PEREGRINE FALCON over Serpentine Fen. A HARRIS' SPARROW =
was near the red barn at Dunsmuir Gardens behind Blackie Spit.  A =
second HARRIS' SPARROW was towards the end of 40th Ave, on the south side in a huge flock of sparrows near 3 =
silos.  A LONG-BILLED CURLEW and a LEAST SANDPIPER were at Blackie =
Spit.  2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were at Rees Lake, which is =
towards the eastern end of the Sunrise lakes in Langley west of 208th street between 28th and 32nd Ave.  Several =
Red-breasted Sapsuckers were seen, including one at Brookswood =
Park. Four over-wintering AMERICAN AVOCETS were at the mouth of =
the Serpentine River.  A ROCK SANDPIPER and 2 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS =
were between 2nd and 3rd beach in Stanley Park.  An immature =
WESTERN TANAGER continues to come to a feeder in N Burnaby. =
  Sightings for Friday, January 2 A PALM =
WARBLER was again located towards the eastern end of Iona Island in a =
field of broom.  The bird often associates with Kinglets and may be =
difficult to locate.  Twenty-four LINCOLN'S SPARROWS and a number =
of raptors were seen from No. 4 road in Richmond, about half a kilometer =
south of the Steveston Highway.  The WILLET was still at the base =
of the Tsawwassen Jetty. If you have a query about Vancouver =
Birds or birding please =
call: John			274-8777	Mark or =
Eleni			438-6529 Jo Ann or =
Hue		538-1676	Catherine			685-7460 T=
hank you for calling the Vancouver Bird Alert & good =
birding. End transcript John Chandler Alandale Training =
Corporation Richmond, BC, Canada Phone: 604-274-8777 email: =
chandler at uniserve.com
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