This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Tuesday January 20 10:33 PM update.

To report call: (604) 737-3074

Featured birds is Western Screech-owl

Birds mentioned:

Green-winged Teal
Redhead
COMMON EIDER
Peregrine Falcon
American Avocet
Long-billed Curlew
Rock Sandpiper
Western Screech-owl
XANTUS' HUMMINGBIRD
American Dipper
Crested Mynah
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Harris' Sparrow
Hooded Oriole (Terrace, BC)

Sightings for Tuesday, January 20

A quite day for reports. A WESTERN SCREECH-OWL was at the north end of
Burnaby Lake. A PEREGRINE FALCON was at Marsh McCormick rd and Lefevre rd
in Glen Valley, near Fort Langley. A REDHEAD was with canvasbacks on Lost
Lagoon.

Sightings for Monday, January 19

The COMMON EIDER was in English Bay in a flock of Western Grebes. The
Immature HARRIS' SPARROW was in brambles near the Stone Bridge in Stanley
Park. A REDHEAD was with canvasbacks on Lost Lagoon.

Two CRESTED MYNAHS were in a tree south of 73rd and Angus and an AMERICAN
DIPPER was seen on a tributary of Lynn Creek north of the Premier Creek
Landfill in N Vancouver. A ROCK SANDPIPER was at the foot of Sullivan
Street in Crescent Beach and a LONG-BILLED CURLEW was at Blackie Spit.
Four AMERICAN AVOCETS are at the mouth of the Serpentine River.

For those of you that want to go on a long distance trip a HOODED ORIOLE is
still coming to a feeder at 5021 Medeek Ave in Terrace, BC.

Sightings for Sunday, January 18

The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was at 1773 El Verano on Gabriola Island. The
XANTUS' HUMMNIGBIRD was seen at 221 2nd Street in Gibsons. The Immature
Harris' Sparrow was in brambles near the Stone Bridge in Stanley Park.

A Eurasian race GREEN-WINGED TEAL was at the eastern end of River Road in
Richmond. After you come over the Queensborough Bridge, turn north onto
Boyd and then West onto River Rd. The bird is about 200 m along River Rd.

In a late report for Friday a CRESTED MYNAH was at West 73rd and Selkirk in
S Vancouver.

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