This is the Vancouver, BC Bird Alert for Saturday March 11th, 10:00 pm
update.

Highlights Include:

COMMON REDPOLL
GLAUCOUS GULL

Other birds mentioned include:

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Iceland Gull (Vernon)
Long-billed Curlew
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Barred Owl
Osprey
Tree Swallow
Prairie Falcon
Greater Yellowlegs
Northern Goshawk
Savannah Sparrow
King Eider
American Tree Sparrow
Short-eared Owl
Snow Goose
Black Oystercatcher
Black-crowned Night Heron
Great-horned Owl
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Sightings for Saturday, March 11th

The first year GLAUCOUS GULL was seen again in a gull flock near River Road
and 60th Avenue in Delta.

Thirty COMMON REDPOLL were in an alder woodlot at the south end of the Sea
Iona Island causeway.


Sightings for Friday, March 10th

Fifty five COMMON REDPOLLS were at alders along the Sea Island dike near the
south end of the Sea Iona causeway. Small numbers of TREE SWALLOWS are
showing up here and there. One hundred thousand diving ducks, mostly
scoters are massing off the tip of the Iona south jetty.


Thursday, March 09th

The first VIOLET GREEN SWALLOWS of the spring season were seen at Colony
Farms. Also at Colony Farms and heard along the Coquitlam River was
possibly a very early CASSIN'S VIREO. If someone can confirm this please
let the bird alert know.

Twenty COMMON REDPOLLS were along the Sea Island dike about 700 m along the
Sea Iona causeway.

A first year GLAUCOUS GULL was in a large mixed flock of gulls near River
Road and 60th Avenue, Delta.

A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Audubon's Race) was along the Iona corridor, which
is the vegetation bordering the west fence between the inner and outer
sewage ponds.

A mixed flock of sparrows there of several species seemed restless as if
anxious to start moving out.


Wednesday, March 08th

Out of town in Vernon, an adult ICELAND GULL was on Okanagan Lake at the
mouth of Vernon Creek.

Locally, the LONG-BILLED CURLEW is in the Blackie Spit area.


Sightings for Tuesday, March 07th

A RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER was at Stanley Park by the miniature golf course.

Forty COMMON REDPOLLS were along the dike trail on Sea Island about 100
meteres from the Sea, Iona causeway and another 100 metres along the trail
was a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

A BARRED OWL was at Redwood Park south Surrey being harassed by crows.


Monday, March 06th

An early OSPREY was at Pitt Meadows about 200 metres north of Sturgeon
Slough.

An immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS and many SNOW
GEESE were at Reifel Refuge.

A GREAT-HORNED OWL was at Maplewood Flats.


Sunday, March 05th

In a late report 4 TREE SWALLOWS, the first of the spring were at Reifel
Refuge.

The PRAIRIE FALCON was again at 34B Street in Delta

Twenty Three GREATER YELLOWLEGS were at Elgin Heritage Park in south Surrey.

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.


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