This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Saturday November 21 11:07 PM update.

To report call: (604) 737-3074

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

Featured bird is Gyrfalcon.

Birds Mentioned:

Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-heron
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Cliff Swallow
Crested Mynah
White-throated Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow

Sightings for Saturday November 21st

A gray phase Gyrfalcon was seen in Pitt Meadows north of the Dewdney Trunk
Road between McKinstry and Sharp

Sightings for Friday November 20th

A tan morph WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was at Cecil Green Park. Reifel had a
HARRIS' SPARROW along the East dike, a SWAMP SPARROW, 3 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS, a PEREGRINE FALCON and up to 18 swallows including at least 2
Cliff Swallows. A Cattle Egret was on the golf course at the foot of 72nd
street.

Sightings for Thursday November 19th

A PEREGRINE FALCON was in a yard at Thornhill and Prestwick in Vancouver.
In a late report for Wednesday, two PEREGRINE FALCONS were hunting
shorebirds at 6 p.m. in the light of the Howlings nurseries at Boundary
Bay.

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.

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