This is the Vancouver, BC Bird Alert for Monday September 06th 10:00pm
update.

Species Noted:

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
COMMON BLACK HEADED GULL (possible)
Wandering Tattler
Heermann's Gull
Surfbird
Ruddy Turnstone
Bank Swallow
Lewis' Woodpecker
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Black Oystercatcher
Brant
Purple Martin
Stilt Sandpiper
Parasitic Jeager
Horned Lark
Hudsonian Godwit
Lapland Longspur
Sandhill Crane
American White Pelican
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Horned Lark
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpipers
Osprey
Caspian Tern
Green Heron
American White Pelican
Black Turnstone
Semipalmated Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Rhinoceros Auklet
Willet
Peregrine Falcon
Common Tern
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Sightings for Monday September 06th

The juvenile ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was seen several times today at Reifel
Refuge in the vicinity of the Rom Trents Memorial blind. Trying to get a
good look was difficult however due to the strong wind and the birds habit
of dissapearing into the trees and staying out of site for long periods. It
was last seen today at about 7 pm.

At Blackie spit were 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR, 1 LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 1 OSPREY, 2
PURPLE MARTIN and 2 MARBLED GODWITS on the north side of the Nikelmekel
River mouth.

On Sunday in a late report the was a sighting of a possible COMMON BLACK
HEADED GULL an adult, basic plumage seen in flight at Spanish Banks east of
the anchor.


September 05th

A juvenile ASH -THROATED FLYCATCHER was discovered this morning at the
Reifel Refuge along the east dike trail. The bird was relocated later in
the afternoon near the Rom Trents Memorial blind.

At the Tswwassen ferry terminal, berth 3, an observer aboard a ferry looked
out over the stone breakwater and noted the first WANDERING TATTLER of the
season along with, 1 SURFBIRD, 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE and 60 BLACK TURNSTONES.

Several PARASITIC JEAGERS were seen in the Georgia Strait about 15 minutes
out of Tswwassen. Two more PARASITIC JEAGERS and an adult HEERMANN'S GULL
were seen from the tip of the Iona south jetty. A BANK SWALLOW was over the
Iona ponds.

After a slow month of August large numbers of migrating passeines are now
being noted everywhere.


September 04th

Two LEWIS' WOODPECKERS were at Grant Narrows Pitt Lake this morning. The
birds were observed high in trees about three quarters of a kilometer along
the nature dike trail just before the woods open up.

The WILLET was once again on the south side of the base of the Tswwassen
ferry jetty.

Fourty-eight CASPIAN TERNS, 2 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, and 1 BRANT were in the
vicinity of the wetland reclammation area.

COMMON TERNS are moving through our area in large numbers now, 100 were
noted at Crescent Beach. One LONG-BILLED CURLEW and PURPLE MARTINS were at
Blackie Spit.

Along the north shore of Bounday Bay near the mansion west to the foot of
96th sreet were 1 MARBLED GODWIT, and in ovew flight 10 HORNED LARKS.


September 03rd

At Maplewood Flats were 4 PURPLE MARTIN, 5 OSPREY and a Black Bear!!! near
the pond. Visitors to our are warned that bears are sometimes encountered
in and near forested areas. Use common sense and do not approach the
animal.


September 02nd

A juvenile STILT SANDPIPER was seen at the north east pond of Iona along
with good numbers of PECTORAL and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS.

Three HORNED LARKS, 4 PARASITIC JEAGERS and a juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON were
all seen from the Iona south jetty.

Nine PURPLE MARTINS were reported in over flight in the 5800 block Sumas St.
Burnaby and an OSPREY was working the Fraser River beneath the Patelo
Bridge.


September 01st

There has been no relocation of yesterday's SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER.

A juvenile HUDSONIAN GODWIT was observed between 2:00 pm and 4:30 pm at
Blackie Spit. Aslo at Blackie were 2 GREEN HERONS and a very vocal PURPLE
MARTIN.

>From Beach Grove Lagoon came reports of 4 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 3 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER and close up views of 20 COMMON TERNS near the
pump house.

Two birders hoping for something more exotic at Beach Grove were surprised
when a SANDHILL CRANE flew in for a brief visit.

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN is still in residence at Roberts Bank.
Meanwhile, Iona's south jetty was the local for the first LAPLAND LONGSPUR
of the season as well as a HORNED LARK, 2 BLACK TURNSTONES, and 58 COMMON
TERNS. Three PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen at various Iona locations.


August 31st

Several observers have reported a juvenile SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER, the first
of the fall migration at Beach Grove Lagoon, Tsawwassen.

>From Iona, a STILT SANDPIPER was seen at the south west pond. Five HORNED
LARKS were at the first shelter at the south jetty, and also reported from
the south jetty were 2 PARASITIC JEAGERS. Six PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and 6
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were observed near the mansion at the foot of 96th st
though a PEREGRINE FALCON kept shorebird numbers generally low.

Twenty two SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS could still be found at Beach Grove. Two
PURPLE MARTINS and a GREEN HERON could be found at Blackie Spit and a check
at Serpentine Fen produced 8 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS.


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