This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Wednesday November 18 08:48 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 Crested Mynah and Long-billed Curlew.

Birds Mentioned:

Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-heron
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
Black Duck
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Townsend's Solitaire
Crested Mynah
American Tree Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Western Meadowlark

Sightings for Wednesday November 18th

Five CRESTED MYNAHS were at 2nd and Wylie in Vancouver. Blackie Spit had 2
MARBLED GODWITS and a LONG-BILLED CURLEW. Another two MARBLED GODWITS and
a PEREGRINE FALCON were at Beach Grove in Tsawwassen. Nine GREATER
YELLOWLEGS were at Boundary Bay Regional Park.

Sightings for Tuesday November 17th

Two CATTLE EGRETS were in their usual location at 72nd and 36th Ave in
Delta. A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen in a yard in Coquitlam. A PRAIRIE
FALCON, a SHORT-EARED OWL and 14 WESTERN MEADOWLARKS were along the dike
between Brunswick Point and the Roberts Bank jetty. AN AMERICAN KESTREL
was at the base of the Roberts Bank jetty.

McDonald Beach on Sea Island had an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, a HARRIS'
SPARROW, a SAVANNAH SPARROW and 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. An AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW was on the south fence of the Iona inner ponds and three WESTERN
SANDPIPERS were with about 3000 DUNLIN along the Iona Causeway.

Sightings for Monday November 16th

No sightings

Sightings for Sunday November 15th

Two CATTLE EGRETS were in a field north of 36th Ave at 72nd street in
Delta. Twenty TUNDRA SWANS were near the North end of the Westham Island
Bridge. Reifel had a GREAT HORNED OWL, 3 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, an
AMERICAN AVOCET, 3 EURASIAN WIGEON, 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, a SWAMP
SPARROW and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS. An AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was at Colony
Farm.

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