This is the Vancouver, B.C. Bird Alert for Saturday March 6th, Midnight
update.

The featured bird for todays report are:

PAIRIE FALCON and
GYR FALCON


Sightings for Saturday March 6th;

The PRAIRIE FALCON was reported from Brunswick Point. Also in the area were
the GYR FALCON and a singing WESTERN MEADOWLARK. Three MARBLED GODWITS were
at Beach Grove Lagoon and the ROSS' GOOSE was seen in the late morning with
CANADA GEESE at Como Lake in Port Coquitlam.

Friday March 05th;

Spring arrival of VIOLET -GREEN SWALLOWS and TREE SWALLOWS were reported in
small numbers at the ponds of the Iona Sewage Treatment Plant and at the
Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Also at Reifel were BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, an
AMERICAN BITTERN, up to 600 SNOW GEESE and 350 TRUMPETER SWANS. TRUMPETER
SWANS were also reported from 2 other locations with 50 in overflight in the
2100 block of 154th St. in South Surrey and a further two birds along the
Iona Causeway.

The WILLET was observed near the mid point along the Tswwassen causeway the
PRAIRIE FALCON was in its usual Brunswick Point local and about 500 SNOW
GEESE were noted in the same general area.

A late report indicted the following gulls were seen in a roost along both
Burns Drive at 96th st in Delta. 8 CALIFORNIA, 2 WESTERN and a single
GLAUCOUS. The only report received for Wednesday March 3rd was a further
sighting of the ROSS'S GOOSE which has spent the past several weeks at Como
Lake in Port Coquitlam and there was a late report of a NORTHERN SHRIKE at
1274 Beach Grove Road Tsawwassen.

Tuesday March 2nd;

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS were reported visiting feeders at two south Surrey
locations. A male at Marine 146th Street at 17th Ave. The second male was
reported from a home at 140th Street. The latter bird arriving on February
25th.

An AMERICAN BITTERN was sighted in a roadside ditch at the north end of
224th Street in Maple Ridge and three SHORT-EARED OWLS were at the foot of
22nd Street Delta.

An OSPREY was noted in flight high over the Cypress Bowl Cross-country Ski
area.

Monday March 1st:

A LEAST SANDPIPER thought to be an over wintering bird was heard and seen in
a field at the foot of 34th Street Delta. Also in Delta a BARN OWL was
reported from the base of the Robert's Bank Jetty.

There were late reports of a HORNED LARK along the dyke at Beach Grove. A
NORTHERN PYGMY OWL seen after dusk in the north parking lot at Park Royal
west Vancouver, and a BARN OWL hunting at the foot of 22nd Street.

Sunday, February 28th:

The Burrard Inlet Environmental Survey located the following species:

a HORNED LARK at west Vancouver's Ambleside Park on the rock jetty west of
the Capilano
River mouth. A GOLDEN EAGLE, a PEREGRINE FALCON and a BONEPARTE'S GULL at
Indian Arm south of the Buntzen Power Generating Plant and a SPOTTED
SANDPIPER at Barnet Reen Park. In a late report also from the Burrad Survey
4 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, 40 BLACK TURNSTONES and a ROCK SANDPIPER were
tallied in Stanley Park between Second Beach and Fergesson's Point.

The ROSS'S GOOSE was again at Coquitlam's Como Lake Park and in Delta the
PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER was again located on 64th south of the RR crossing.

South Surrey's HARRIS' and AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were seen east of 13846 -
40th Ave. in Surrey.

Meanwhile Vancouver's overwintering HARRIS' SPARROW could still be seen at
the 2500 block of west 12th Avenue.

SHORT-EARED OWLS were observed in numerous Delta locations including two at
the at the foot of 72nd, two along 31A, a single bird at the Boundary Bay
Reg Park, another at the
foot of the Tsawwassen Jetty, and finally one on 52nd north of Hwy 17.


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