Dear Birders,

I thought some of you might be interested in this report of the
Yukon's first documented record of IVORY GULL at Tagish Narrows
yesterday. It's been quite a fall here in the Northwest, with birds
like BEAN GOOSE in the Yukon, WHOOPER SWAN and RED-THROATED PIPIT in
B.C., EURASIAN KESTREL and EURASIAN DOTTEREL in Washington, etc.
And like the Eurasian Dotterel, the appearance of the Ivory Gull
was predicted (see below!)
Anyone wishing to subscribe to YBC BIRDS, which goes out at most
once or twice a week and reports rare bird sightings for the Yukon,
can email Cameron Eckert at ceckert at yknet.yk.ca and request to be
added to the mailing list.

Wayne Weber
Kamloops, B.C.
wayne_weber at bc.sympatico.ca


-----Original Message-----
From: Cameron Eckert <ceckert at yknet.yk.ca>
Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 8:20 PM
Subject: YBC BIRDS: November 21, 1999


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YBC BIRDS: November 21, 1999
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A first-winter IVORY GULL was an absolutely stunning find at Tagish
Narrows
(Tagish Bridge area) on Sunday 21 November, 1999 -- a first documented
Yukon record!! It is interesting to note that a first-winter Ivory
Gull
photographed at Atlin, BC on 15-22 November 1987 established the
second
record for British Columbia this century. If anyone finds the Ivory
Gull at
Tagish please call Cameron Eckert (667-4630) immediately.

Ironically, the following note appeared at the bottom of YBC BIRDS on
November 8, 1999: "To discontinue YBC BIRDS simply email
ceckert at yknet.yk.ca. But you'll be sorry when the Ivory Gull shows
up!"

The long-staying YELLOW-BILLED LOON was seen at Lake Laberge on
November 20.

A flock of 25 MALLARDS (counted on November 20) appear set to spend
the
winter at McIntyre Creek wetlands.

On a sad note, the very cooperative Two-mile Hill NORTHERN HAWK OWL
surived
a collision with a car and is now in rehab. Many birders enjoyed this
bird
which appeared set to spend its second winter in Whitehorse.



*** GODWIT MIGRATION, SPRING 1999 ***

The following recent article from Birders Journal highlights godwit
migration in southern Yukon this past spring (1999):

Eckert, C.D. 1999. A Notable Movement of Godwits in the Yukon, Spring
1999.
Birders Journal 8(3):149-150.

It is online at: http://www.yukonweb.com/community/ybc/godwit.html

For Birders Journal subscription information contact: Birders Journal
Publishing, 8 Midtown
Drive, Suite 289, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, L1J 8L2. Email:
holder at netcom.ca.


*** 4 LETTER CODES ***

The 4 letter codes for the common names of all Yukon species (277) are
online at:

http://www.yukonweb.com/community/ybc/ytlist.txt

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Cameron Eckert - Email: ceckert at yknet.yk.ca (phone/fax: 667-4630)
Helmut Gr?nberg - Email: Hgrunberg at hypertech.yk.ca (phone 667-6703)

To discontinue YBC BIRDS simply emailceckert at yknet.yk.ca.
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(hey, its worth a try).

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