Subject: RBA: Victoria, BC -- May 30/98
Date: May 31 13:43:03 1998
From: Kevin Slagboom - boom at islandnet.com


This is the Victoria Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, May 30 at 10:00 p.m.

Feature Birds
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EASTERN KINGBIRD
HEERMANN'S GULL

May 30
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EASTERN KINGBIRD (a rare spring migrant here) was on the Galloping Goose
Trail at Lindholm Road in Metchosin.

The first HEERMANN'S GULL reported for the spring, a first year bird was at
Clover Point in Victoria around 8.

A RED-EYED VIREO was seen in the top end of the Cowichan Bay Dock road,
actually on that portion of the road that's west of Tsouhalem Road. The
first RED-EYED VIREO reported this spring was at Currie Creek of the Lake
Cowichan Road on May 28.

An immature Bald Eagle bearing a blue leg band on the right and a white or
aluminum band on the left was at Cowichan Bay. Anyone with knowledge of
the origin of these blue leg bands on Bald Eagles is asked to leave
information on this Rare Bird Alert so that the banders can be contacted.

Up to 8 Blue-winged Teal and a Cinnamon Teal were at Cowichan Bay.

5 Blue-winged Teal and a Cinnamon Teal remain at Viaduct Flats in Saanich,
as do 3 Wood Ducks.

May 29
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An adult male Peregrine Falcon, believed to be of the interior
(Anatum)sub-species was observed very carefully and at length near the
Victoria International Airport. Birders should look carefully at all
Peregrine Falcons here, perhaps to determine if there are a few of the
interior birds here or moving through the coast region.
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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.

To summon those who can confirm a rare species, call Brian Gates at (250)
598-7899 or the Goodwills' at (250) 382-9652 or Hank Vanderpol at 658-3482.

Latest Victoria & Vancouver RBA reports are available on the web at:
Birding in British Columbia:
http://www.islandnet.com/~boom/birding/bc-home.htm

[Original Taped Message by Brian Gates. Transcribed by Virginia Jessop.]

Good Birding!