This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000: Evening Update.

Species mentioned:

Arctic Loon [Point No Point - Washington]
Eared Grebe [White Rock]
BEWICK'S SWAN [Kilby Park - Harrison]
Snow Goose [Richmond West Dike]
Eurasian Wigeon [LaFarge Lake - Coquitlam, Noon's Creek - Port Moody]
Cooper's Hawk [Richmond West Dike]
Rough-legged Hawk [Colony Farm]
Golden Eagle [Kilby PP]
Spotted Sandpiper [Port Moody, Maplewood CA]
Long-billed Curlew [Boundary Bay - USA, Blackie Spit]
Marbled Godwit [Boundary Bay - USA, Blackie Spit]
Rock Sandpiper [Iona Jetty]
Dunlin [Iona Jetty]
Western Sandpiper [Iona Jetty]
Glaucous Gull [Delta]
Western Gull [Delta]
Barn Owl [Colony Farm]
Short-eared Owl [Colony Farm]
Great Horned Owl [LaFarge Lake - Coquitlam]]
Northern Pygmy-Owl [Cypress PP]
Anna's Hummingbird [Pitcairn Place - W/Vancouver]
Northern Shrike [Colony Farm, Richmond West Dike, Deer Lake]
Hutton's Vireo [Southlands - Vancouver]
PALM WARBLER [Southlands - Vancouver]
VESPER SPARROW [Harrison]
White-throated Sparrow [Everett Crowley Park - Vancouver]
Snow Bunting [Iona Jetty]
Pine Grosbeak [Cypress PP]

The feature birds are PINE GROSBEAK, NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL and GLAUCOUS GULL.

Sightings for Sunday, Dec. 10:
A trip up Cypress Bowl produced 2 PINE GROSBEAKS and a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL.

At Pitcairn Place in West Vancouver an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was seen.

In the "Gull Fields" in North Delta a first year GLAUCOUS GULL and an adult
WESTERN GULL were seen amongst many gull species at 88th St and Highway 10.

A SPOTTED SANDPIPER was reported from Port Moody.

Out of town the BEWICK'S SWAN was seen at Kilby Provincial Park along the
Harrison
River. An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at this location on Saturday.
Nearby the VESPER SPARROW was again with a large flock of Juncos along
Kennedy Rd. near the Lougheed Highway.

Out of town south of the border 2 ARCTIC LOONS have been seen for the past
couple
of days in Washington State at Point No Point. For more information please
call the
Washington Bird Box at (425) 454-2662. Still in Washington but just south
of the border in Blaine 3 MARBLED GODWITS and 1 LONG-BILLED CURLEW were seen
on the American side of Boundary Bay.
Saturday, Dec. 9:

This morning 2 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were discovered in Everett Crowley
Park in East Vancouver.

At Colony Farm the following birds were reported: 1 immature NORTHERN SHRIKE
1 immature ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 1 BARN OWL, 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS

A SPOTTED SANDPIPER was reported from Maplewood Mudflats in North Vancouver.

Friday, Dec. 8:

The BEWICK'S SWAN was reported from Kilby Provincial Park along the Harrison
River. Nearby the VESPER SPARROW was relocated with a large flock of Juncos
along Kennedy Rd. near the Lougheed Highway.

A HUTTON'S VIREO was located amongst a large mixed flock of Kinglets at
Carrington St. and Celtic St. in the Southlands area of Vancouver.

In Port Coquitlam at LaFarge Park a GREAT HORNED OWL and 2 EURASIAN WIGEONS
were reported.

Thursday, Dec 7:

The BEWICK'S SWAN was reported from Kilby Provincial Park on the Harrison
River.
Nearby at the corner of Lougheed Highway and Kennedy Rd. was a VESPER
SPARROW.

The PALM WARBLER was seen on Deering Island at the foot of Carrington St. in
the
Southlands area of Vancouver.

2 EARED GREBES were reported from the end of the White Rock Pier. Nearby at
Blackie Spit the MARBLED GODWIT and the LONG-BILLED CURLEW were seen in the
morning.

Wednesday, Dec. 6

At the Iona Island South Jetty tip the ROCK SANDPIPER was again seen amongst
large numbers of DUNLIN and up to 8 WESTERN SANDPIPERS. Also here were
13 SNOW BUNTINGS.

An adult NORTHERN SHRIKE, COOPER'S HAWK and many SNOW GEESE were
reported from the Richmond West Dyke near the Terra Nova Compensation
Property.

A male EURASIAN WIGEON was reported from Noon's Creek in Port Moody.

Tuesday, Dec. 5

The adult BEWICK'S SWAN was reported at Kilby Provincial Park on the
Harrison River.

The immature PALM WARBLER was again seen at the corner of Celtic St. and
Carrington St. in the Southlands area of Vancouver.

At the tip of the Iona Island South Jetty a ROCK SANDPIPER was located with
well over 16,000 DUNLIN and at least 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS.

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