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

Featured bird is REDHEAD.

Species Noted:
Eared Grebe
Brant
Redhead
Tufted Duck
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Surfbird
Red Knot
Western Sandpiper
RED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Barn Swallow
Townsend's Solitaire
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Shrike
Crested Myna
American Tree Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Common Redpoll

Sightings for November 26

Two CRESTED MYNAS were reported near the intersection of Cambie & West 6th
in Vancouver.

A male REDHEAD was seen on Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park. Also in the woods
near Ferguson Point was a BARRED OWL.

Sighted from the tip of the Iona Jetty were 20 SURFBIRDS and an EARED
GREBE.

A SHORT-EARED OWL was observed from the dike near the end of 41B in Delta..
Close by at the Robert's Bank Jetty were a PERGRINE FALCON and a WESTERN
SANDPIPER.

Thursday November 25

No sightings

Wednesday November 24

Iona had 2 male REDHEAD and a female TUFTED DUCK on the outer pond as well
as an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW on the north side of the sewage treatment
buildings.

Tuesday November 23

A COMMON REDPOLL was seen in south Surrey at the Nico Wynd golf course.
The bird was in a large mixed flock of PINE SISKINS, CEDAR WAXWINGS and
KINGLETS and was seen briefly at about noon but was not relocated.

A BARRED OWL was seen in a small woodlot NW of the Loughheed Mall.

In an unusual out-of-town sighting, a PARASITIC JAEGER has been at Shuswap
Lake for about a week.


Monday November 22

A NORTHERN PYGMY OWL was seen at Clements Street in North Vancouver.

A female ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD is coming to a feeder in the Eagle Harbour area
of West Vancouver.

Sunday November 21

Four RED PHALAROPES were seen from the ferry on the Vancouver side of
Active Pass. These birds were also seen 10 days earlier.

A PRAIRIE FALCON was reported from the foot of 34th in Delta.

Beach Grove in Tsawwassen had 10 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a PEREGRINE FALCON.

Another 2 PEREGRINES and two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were near the base of the
Roberts Bank Jetty. 500+ BRANT were between the Roberts Bank and
Tsawwassen Jetties.

A female RUSTY BLACKBIRD was in a large mixed flock at River road and 34th
in Delta.

Two RED KNOTS in winter plumage were in a large flock of BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS at the foot of 104th in Delta.

A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, a late BARN SWALLOW, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE and 2
NORTHERN SHRIKES were reported from Reifel.

ND TRANSCRIPT

Visit the VNHS web site at www.naturalhistory.bc.ca/VNHS or call the
Vancouver hotline at (604) 737-3074