This is the Vancouver, BC Bird Alert for Wednesday September 08th 9:30 pm
update.

Species Noted:

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
PURPLE MARTIN
Nashville Warbler
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Black headed gull (possible)
Wandering Tattler
Heermann's Gull
Surfbird
Ruddy Turnstone
Bank Swallow
Lewis' Woodpecker
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Black Oystercatcher
Brant
Stilt Sandpiper
Parasitic Jeager
Horned Lark
Lapland Longspur
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpipers
Osprey
Caspian Tern
Black Turnstone
Willet
Peregrine Falcon
Common Tern
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Sightings for Wednesday September 08th

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN present for several months was again seen off the
Coal Port Jetty in south Delta.

Fourty-six PURPLE MARTINS were noted in Deer Lake Park in Burnaby this
evening. Most were perching in a snag in the old meadow at the west end of
the lake.


September 07th

The ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER present at the Reifel Refuge for the past two
days was not seen today.

One NASHVILLE WARBLER was at the east side of Maplewood Flats.


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 Niklmekel
River mouth.

On Sunday in a late report there 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.


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