Subject: RBA Vancouver, BC - Mar 05, 2000
Date: Mar 6 07:32:09 2000
From: Libor Michalak - pieris at sprint.ca


This is the Vancouver, BC Bird Alert for Sunday March 05th, 11:00 pm
update.

Highlights Include:

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
SAVANNAH SPARROW
KING EIDER
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW

Other birds mentioned include:

Short-eared Owl
Iceland Gull (Kelowna)
Redhead
Glaucous Gull
Western Sandpiper
Sanderling
Black Oystercatcher
Ring-necked Duck
Wood Duck
Eurasian Wigeons
Glaucous-winged Gull (leucistic)
American Dipper
Western Meadowlark
Surfbird
Herring Gull
Western Gull
Snow Goose
Black Turnstone
Rock Sandpiper
Sanderling
Cedar Waxwing
Long-eared Owl
Willet
Redhead
Dunlin
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Sightings for Sunday, March 05th

The immature KING EIDER wintering at Robert's Creek on the Sunshine Coast
can still be found daily between the foot of Henderson Road and Park Avenue.

A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, 3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS and 4 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS
were at Iona Island.

Three BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were at Lilly Point, Point Robert's.

A SHORT-EARED OWL was at Colony Farms and 19 BALD EAGLES were counted
between Richmond and White Rock.


Sightings for Saturday, March 04th

An adult ICELAND GULL was on Okanagan Lake in the Maude Roxby Bird
Sanctuary area in Kelowna, from 10 am to 3 pm. Usually gulls are on the
lake in the morning, then depart in the afternoon.

Locally an adult GLAUCOUS GULL was in the gull flock on Burn's Drive. Also
seen there was an odd looking leucistic GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL.

The 4 READHEADS were again seen near the southwest end of the Robert's Bank
Coal Port Jetty. There were 2 males and 2 females. The many ducks in that
area included some 19 male EURASIAN WIGEONS. A WESTERN SANDPIPER was with
DUNLIN at the base of the jetty on the south side.

An AMERICAN TREE SPARROW and 2 CEDAR WAXWINGS were at the Reifel Refuge.
The WILLET was at the base of the Tsawwassen ferry jetty on the south side.

Two RING-NECKED DUCKS and 2 WOOD DUCKS were at zero avenue and 240th Street
in Langely.


Friday, March 03rd

Two ROCK SANDPIPERS were at Ferguson Point, Stanley Park with 30 BLACK
TURNSTONES, 30 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS and 50 SANDERLING.

On the gull fields along Burn's Drive in south Delta were 10 HERRING GULLS
and 1 WESTERN GULL with the gull flocks. Another WESTERN GULL was on the
Iona ponds.

Two BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were on the Tsawwassen ferry jetty compensation
lagoon and 2 others were along the jetty.


Thursday, March 02nd

No Reports


Wednesday, March 01st

No Reports


Tuesday, February 29th

At Williams Park in Langely today 2 AMERICAN DIPPERS were reported.

A trip to Pitt Meadows produced 8 WESTERN MEADOWLARKS at the inner section
of Dewdney Trunk Road and Hale Road.


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