This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Wednesday November 11 09:35 PM update.

To report call: (604) 737-3074

Visit the VNHS web site at http://www.naturalhistory.bc.ca/VNHS/index.htm

Featured birds are Cattle Egret and Long-billed Curlew

Birds Mentioned:

Cattle Egret
Eurasian Wigeon
Black Duck (possible)
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-Billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Sabine's Gull
Northern Pygmy-owl
BLUE JAY
Hermit Thrush
American Pipit
Northern Shrike
American Tree Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Snow Bunting

Sightings for Wednesday November 11th

A possible BLACK DUCK was seen at the end of the Tsawwassen Jetty on the
south side. Two CATTLE EGRETS were in a farmyard at 72nd Street and 36th
Avenue in Delta. Eleven EURASIAN WIGEON were at Roberts Bank. Another six
birds were at Beach Grove in Tsawwassen, along with two MARBLED GODWITS, 40
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and six GREATER YELLOWLEGS.

A LONG-BILLED CURLEW and two MARBLED GODWITS were at Blackie Spit.

Sightings for Tuesday November 10th

A NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL was seen atop a fir tree north of the road to the upper
works yard in Cypress Provincial Park. A HERMIT THRUSH was seen in a yard
in West Vancouver. In a late reports for Sunday two immature SABINE'S GULLS
were seen from the Horseshoe Bay Nanaimo ferry and two CATTLE EGRETS were in
a field at 72nd Street and 36th Ave. in Delta.

Sightings for Monday November 9th

A BLUE JAY is coming to a feeder at the end of Scarborough Rd on Bowen
Island. A LONG-BILLED CURLEW and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were at Blackie Spit.
Maplewood Flats had 2 SNOW BUNTINGS, 8 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 3 AMERICAN TREE
SPARROWS, a Juvenile NORTHERN SHRIKE and 3 AMERICAN PIPITS.

If you have a query about Vancouver Birds or birding please call John at
274-8777

Thank you for calling the Vancouver Bird Alert & good birding.

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John Chandler
Alandale Training Corporation
Richmond, BC, Canada
Phone: 604-839-8777
Email: chandler at uniserve.com