This is the Vancouver, B.C. Bird Alert for Sunday, February 14th, 10:00 pm
update.

Featured bird is Prairie Falcon.

Birds noted :

ROSS'S GOOSE
American Black Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
Red-tailed Hawk, Krider's race
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Prairie Falcon
Marbled Godwit
Herring Gull
SLATY-BACKED GULL
Western Gull
Glaucous Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
American Dipper
Crested Myna
Yellow-headed Blackbird



Sightings for Sunday, February 14th
On the monthly VNHS raptor count in the Brunswick Point area of Delta was
the PRAIRIE FALCON at the foot of 34th, an AMERICAN KESTREL & MERLIN at the
foot of the Robert's Bank Jetty and along Delta Point Road a PEREGRINE
FALCON. A total of 11 SHORT-EARED OWLS were counted in the Bruswick Point
portion of the count.

Another SHORT-EARED OWL was reported from Boundary Bay Regional Park.

From the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty came sightings of an AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
and 6 EURASIAN WIGEON.

A LONG-EARED OWL was discover on 72nd.

Spring might be closer than we think with the report of a courtship
displaying BAND-TAILED PIGEON from 37A Ave. in Langley.

A CRESTED MYNA was seen at 1st & Crowe St. in Vancouver. This location is
only a block from Wylie & 1st.

A KRIDER'S RACE RED-TAILED HAWK was observed in the N.E. field of Colony
Farm.



Saturday, February 13th
The GYRFALCON was sighted on a light beacon off Steveson's Gary Point.

The PRAIRIE FALCON was at the foot of 34th in Delta. Also in Delta was a
PEREGRINE FALCON at 80th & Hwy #10 and an AMERICAN KESTREL at 41B & 28B St.
Also at this location were 5 male EURASIAN WIGEON.

In a gull roost off Burns Rd. near 88th were a SLATY-BACKED GULL, HERRING
GULL, a 1st year GLAUCOUS GULL and a WESTERN GULL. A MERLIN was also
reported from this area.

Another SLAY-BACKED GULL was seen in a roost along 72nd.

The ROSS'S GOOSE was seen at Coquitlam's Como Lake Park between 2:00 & 3:00
this afternoon.

On the Port Coquitlam side of Colony Farm Regioinal Park were 2 SHORT-EARED
OWLS and a KRIDER'S RACE RED-TAILED HAWK.

Three CRESTED MYNAS were reported from Wylie & 1st in Vancouver.



Friday, February, 12th
Two MARBLED GODWITS were reported from the foot of 12th in Tsawwassen.

An AMERICAN KESTREL was sighted along the Coal Port Hwy west of Hwy 17.



Thursday, February 11th
A GYRFALCON was observed flying south along the foreshore at the Reifel
Refuge.

The PRAIRIE FALCON was sighted at the foot of 34th St. in Delta.

Also in Delta on 41B near 33A Ave. was a male winter plumaged YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD in the company of Red-winged and Brewer's Blackbirds.

Three WESTERN GULLS were located on Burns Dr. near 88th,

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