Hi Tweets,

The rain stopped, so a brisk walk to Third Beach from the Stanley Park
Entrance on the seawall along the west side of the park. Then back through
the forest (f) and out to Lost Lagoon (separate list). Tide very high,
slack, and the water very calm.

Highlights:

--the reappearance in English Bay of a number of RED-NECKED GREBES Podiceps
grisegena, all Basic-plumaged birds; HORNED GREBES P. auritus chumming
around indiscriminately with the other grebes and scoters, though one small,
dense flock (~15) on the outer edge of the Ferguson Point
mixed-scoter/diving duck flock; no synchronous diving, no gull theft.
--got curious just how many WESTERN GREBES Aechmophorus occidentalis there
were in the flock off Second Beach/Ferguson Point: 386 this weekend, 364
last, no CLARK'S GREBE A. clarkii evident;

Seawall:

Red-throated Loon 8
Pacific Loon 1
Common Loon 3
Horned Grebe 21
Red-necked Grebe 8
Eared Grebe 1
Western Grebe 386
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Brandt's Cormorant 3
Pelagic Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
American Wigeon ~150
Mallard 25
Greater Scaup 20
Lesser Scaup 3
Harlequin Duck 12 9m 3f; couldn't see bands
Surf Scoter ~2000
White-winged Scoter 7
Black Scoter 2 m,f
Bufflehead 11
Common Goldeneye 9
Barrow's Goldeneye 125
Hooded Merganser 1 m
Red-breasted Merganser 7 2m 5f
Bald Eagle 1
American Coot 1
Mew Gull 6
Ring-billed Gull 9
California Gull 2
Glaucous-w. & hybrids Gull 15
Pigeon Guillemot 1 bsc
Rock Dove 12
Downy Woodpecker (f) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (f) 2
Northern Flicker (f) 2
Northwestern Crow 8
Black-capped Chickadee (f) 4
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (f) 9
Bushtit (f) 5
Brown Creeper (f) 1
Winter Wren (f) 16
Golden-crowned Kinglet (f) ~50
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (f) 2
American Robin (f) 1
Varied Thrush (f) 1
European Starling (f) 2
Spotted Towhee (f) 4
Dark-eyed Junco (f) 3
Pine Siskin ~60
American Goldfinch 1


Lost Lagoon:

Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron 2
Canada Goose ~60
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 1 m (low!)
American Wigeon ~50
Mallard ~300
Northern Shoveler 8
Canvasback 24
Greater Scaup ~20
Lesser Scaup ~200
Bufflehead 5
Common Goldeneye ~75
Barrow's Goldeneye 12
Hooded Merganser 12 9m 3f
Common Merganser 17 13m 4f (35 rpt'd earlier)
Ruddy Duck 1
American Coot ~50
Mew Gull ~15
Ring-billed Gull ~25
Glaucous-w. & hybrid Gull ~150
Rock Dove 20
Northwestern Crow ~20
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4
Bushtit 3
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet ~10
American Robin 4
European Starling ~30
Spotted Towhee 7
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 15
Red-winged Blackbird 2
House Finch 5
Pine Siskin ~20
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 10

Cheers,

Michael Price
Vancouver BC Canada
mprice at mindlink.net

"She's psychic....we've decided to find it charming."
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