Hi Tweets,

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>From: Larry Cowan <LarryCowan at COMPUSERVE.COM>
>Subject: [BIRDWEST] RBA Vancouver, BC June 25
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>Subject: RBA June 25
>
>This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Thursday June 25 09:50 PM update.
>
>Featured bird:
>
>American Bittern
>Green Heron
>Brant
>Oldsquaw
>Peregrine Falcon
>Black Oystercatcher
>Greater Yellowlegs
>Lesser Yellowlegs
>Whimbrel
>Western Sandpiper
>Least Sandpiper
>Wilson's Phalarope
>Heermann's Gull
>Common Nighthawk
>Black Swift
>XANTUS'S HUMMINGBIRD
>DUSKY FLYCATCHER
>Eastern Kingbird
>Purple Martin
>Crested Myna
>
>The female XANTUS' HUMMINGBIRD continues to be seen daily in Gibsons. The
>homeowner requests that birders phone ahead to arrange a time to visit and
>to obtain directions. Please call Lynn at 604 886-3338.
>
>Sightings for Wednesday June 24
>25 LACK SWIFTS were at 216 and 64 in Langley and 3 AMERICAN BITTERNS were
>at Brunswick Point. In late reports, Reifel had a PEREGRINE FALCON on
>Wednesday 24th, and 8 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 2 LEAST SNADPIPERS, 7 GREATER
>YELLOWLEGS, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a WILSON'S PHALAROPE and a COMMON
>NIGHTHAWK on Tuesday 23rd. A CRESTED MYNA was seen at Lee Valley Tools
>near the Arthur Laing bridge in Vancouver on Sunday 21st.
>
>Sightings for Wednesday June 24
>A DUSKY FLYCATCHER was seen this afternoon west of the gravel parking lot
>at Cecil Green Park. A possible HEERMAN'S GULL and 3 BRANT were at Point
>Roberts. The Tsawwassen Jetty had 4 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, 15 WHIMBREL a
>male OLDSQUAW and 23 BRANT. GREEN HERONS are nesting at Maplewood Farm in
>N Vancouver
>
>Sightings for Tuesday June 23
>23 BRANT and 8 WHIMBREL were seen from the Tsawwassen Jetty. 3 CRESTED
>MYNAS were at 1st and Wylie in Vancouver.
>
>No Sightings for Monday June 22
>
>Sightings for Sunday June 21
>A female PEREGRINE FALCON was hunting pigeons at Davie and Nicola in
>Vancouver. At Iona were an EASTERN KINGBIRD, a GREEN HERON, 2 LESSER
>YELLOWLEGS and a male WILSON'S PHALAROPE.
>
>Five BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, including 2 juveniles were on the Tsawwassen
>jetty. 2 PURPLE MARTINS were at Blackie Spit and BLACK SWIFTS were over
>Sunnyside Park in S Surrey
>
>John Chandler
>Alandale Training Corporation
>Richmond, BC, Canada
>Phone: 604-274-8777
>email: chandler at uniserve.com
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