Subject: RBA Vancouver, BC -- Feb 25/99
Date: Feb 25 23:52:21 1999
From: Larry Cowan - LarryCowan at compuserve.com


This is the Vancouver, B.C. Bird Alert for Thursday, February 25th, 11:30
PM update.

Featured birds are Tufted Duck, Golden Plover & Gyrfalcon.

There will be a short announcement after the sightings.

Birds Noted :

Eared Grebe
Black-crowned Night Heron
Brant
TUFTED DUCK
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Golden Plover species
Black Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Marbled Godwit
Rock Sandpiper
SLATY-BACKED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Shrike
Snow Bunting

Sightings for Thursday, February 25th

A male TUFTED DUCK was seen with a small flock of Scaup on Stanley Park's
Lost Lagoon.

From the Reifel Refuge came a report for the GYRFALCON, 2 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT HERON, 11 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 4 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS.

A GOLDEN PLOVER was sighted along 64th south of the railway crossing.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on the dike west of 72nd.

Seven SNOW BUNTINGS were observed on the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty.

Boundary Bay Regional Park was the location for 140 BRANT and a SHORT-EARED
OWL.

An AMERICAN KESTREL was sighted near 41b & 28B in Delta.

Wednesday, February 24th

Three EARED GREBES were seen from the White Rock Pier.

A PEREGRINE FALCON was observed on a light standard at the Tsawwassen Ferry
Terminal.

Tuesday, February 23rd

The SLATY-BACKED GULL was sighted along Burns Dr. near 80th.

Near the base of the Roberts Bank Jetty was the GYRFALCON and a MERLIN.

A PEREGRINE was seen near 27B & 52nd St. in Delta. Further west along 27B
were a MERLIN and a SHORT-EARED OWL. Another SHORT-EARED OWL was observed
at Boundary Bay Regional Park. At the Beach Grove Lagoon at the foot of
12th in Tsawwassen was a MARBLED GODWIT. A BARN OWL was on 52nd near Hwy
17.

A BLACK OYSTERCATCHER was reported from the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty.

The only report not coming from Delta was from Stanley Park's Ferguson
Point with the sighting of 2 ROCK SANDPIPERS.

Monday, February 22nd

The SLATY-BACKED GULL along with a 1st winter plumaged GLAUCOUS GULL were
seen in a large gull roost on 88th north of Burns Dr. in Delta.

Two BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were observed on the north side of the Roberts
Bank Jetty.

A PEREGRINE FALCON was sighted at the junction of Hwy's 10 & 17.

From Burnaby's Deer Lake Park came the report of a GREAT HORNED OWL.

The Burrard Clean organization is holding a volunteer training session this
Saturday on "How to handle oiled birds resulting from an oil spill". If
you are interested in attending please call Brenda McGivern at 985-0855.

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