Birders,

As related by Calvin Gehlen, the COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD was still at
Brackendale, B.C, today, April 28. It has now been there 4 days in a
row
(April 25-28). If you want to see this bird, it may be worth a try
this weekend!

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


-----Original Message-----
From: Calvin Gehlen <calvin at gobirding.com>
To: BCVANBIRDS (E-mail) <bcvanbirds at egroups.com>
Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 2:23 PM
Subject: [bcvanbirds] Costa's Hummingbird and that ain't all!


>Hello Birders,
>
>Exciting News!
>
>I drove up to Brackendale this morning and was rewarded with a
gorgeous male
>COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD. I observed the bird feeding at a feeder and
hanging
>around a yard for about half an hour. Unbelievable!
>
>If you want to get to the bird, take Highway 99 north past Squamish.
Turn
>left where you see signs indicating Brackendale. This is Depot Road.
Follow
>Depot Road west until you reach Government Road then turn left or
south.
>Less than a kilometer down this road you will see Eagle Run Road on
which
>you turn left. On your left you will see Meadow Road; make a left
turn. The
>house is on the right about a block down this road. 41458 Meadow
Road.
>
>On the way back home I decided on a whim to check out Porteau Cove
and I'm
>glad I did. On the rocky beach opposite Campsite #18 were two WESTERN
>KINGBIRD. Very nice birds indeed.
>
>Also at Porteau Cove were:
>
>3 Common Loon
>3 Horned Grebe
>1 Double-crested Cormorant
>6 Harlequin Duck
>2 Common Merganser
>2 Killdeer
>2 Glaucous-winged Gull
>1 Pigeon Guillemot
>2 Rufous Hummingbird
>1 Hammond's Flycatcher
>2 Steller's Jay
>2 Northwestern Crow
>2 Common Raven
>1 Hermit Thrush
>2 American Robin
>6 European Starling
>4 American Pipit
>12 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon)
>2 Song Sparrow
>12 White-crowned Sparrow
>20 Golden-crowned Sparrow
>4 Dark-eyed Junco
>
>
>You MUST go see the Costa's Hummingbird!
>
>Happy Birding!
>
>Calvin
>
>
>Calvin Gehlen
>Vancouver, BC
>calvin at gobirding.com
>
>
>
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