This is the Vancouver, B.C. Bird Alert for Friday, February 26th, 10:20 PM
update.

Featured birds are Prairie Falcon and Clark's Grebe.

Birds Noted :
Eared Grebe
CLARK'S GREBE
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Tufted Duck
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Prairie Falcon
Golden Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Marbled Godwit
Rock Sandpiper
SLATY-BACKED GULL
Barn Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Shrike
Snow Bunting

Sightings for Friday, February 26th
The PRAIRIE FALCON was reported from it's usual location at the foot of
34th in Delta.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen grazing with Canada Geese at the
Burnaby Lake Sports Centre on Kennsington Ave. in Burnaby.

A GREEN HERON was observed near the residence of 4637 W 37th in Vancouver..


Thursday, February 25th
In a late report for Thursday a CLARK'S GREBE was located in the North Arm
of the Fraser River near Grauer Rd. west of the Arthur Laing Bridge.

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. Also reported from this location were 2 MARBLED GODWITS.

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.

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