This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Sunday November 29 08:34 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 Northern Mockingbird and Slaty-backed Gull.

Birds Mentioned:

Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Black Oystercatcher
American Avocet
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Black Turnstone
SLATY-BACKED GULL
Caspian Tern
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Horned Lark
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Townsend's Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
Swamp Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch

Sightings for Sunday, November 29

The Northern Mockingbird was seen again today in Richmond. To locate the
bird, travel east along Finn Road from No 3 Road and park in a small layby
on the south side of the road at the first bend in the road. The bird is
frequenting a large apple tree in a yard across the road.

A SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen in a grassy field at 68th and River road in
Delta and a CATTLE EGRET was at 72nd and 36th in Delta. A PEREGRINE FALCON
was at 56th and Highway 17 in Tsawwassen and a MARBLED GODWIT and 470 BRANT
were at Beach Grove lagoon. Another 50 70 BRANT were between the Roberts
Bank and Tsawwassen Jetties.

Matsqui Trail Regional Park in Matsqui had a male RUSTY BLACKBIRD, 4 HORNED
LARKS and two HERMIT THRUSHES.

Sightings for Saturday, November 28

The NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen at Finn Road and Woodward slough in
Richmond. Two male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS were in a large mixed flock of
blackbirds at Finn Road and No 3 Rd.

A CATTLE EGRET was at 72nd and 36th in Delta. Two SHORT-EARED OWLS and a
PEREGRINE FALCON stooping on a very large flock of Dunlin were at the foot
of 72nd. A MERLIN was at 72nd and highway 10 and another MERLIN was near
Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver. Two SNOW BUNTINGS were along the Iona
South jetty and a CASPIAN TERN was at the end of the jetty. Also at Iona
were a BLACK TURNSTONE and 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS.

Reifel had an AMERICAN AVOCET, a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, 8 BARN SWALLOWS, 3
CLIFF SWALLOWS, a VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, a MERLIN, a PEREGRINE FALCON, a
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and a SWAMP SPARROW.

A WILLET was at the base of the Tsawwassen Jetty and a GRAY-CROWNED ROSY
FINCH was on the north side of the jetty. Eight BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were
at the mouth of Cypress Creek.

Sightings for Friday, November 27

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen in Glenn Valley in the Fraser
Valley. 440 BRANT were in Boundary Bay and a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen
near Arthur Drive in Ladner.

If you have a query about Vancouver Birds or birding please call John
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