This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Tuesday, May 02, 2000, edited for
e-mail distribution.

Featured bird is ROSS'S GOOSE:

A ROSS'S GOOSE was discovered in the fields of the Ferguson Farm on Sea
Island.

Three CHIPPING SPARROWS were reported from Tsawwassen on 6A Ave.

A CRESTED MYNA was observed near Wylie & 2nd in Vancouver.

Seen at the Reifel Refuge today were 105 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, a
TURKEY VULTURE, 2 EURASIAN WIGEON, an AMERICAN BITTERN, SORA, and a
PEREGRINE FALCON

Sightings for Monday, May 1st

Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver was the location for a DUSKY FLYCATCHER.
Also reported from QE Park were a MacGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, WARBLING VIREO,
CASSIN'S VIREO, 3 HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHERS, and a NASHVILLE WARBLER.

NASHVILLE WARBLERS were also reported from the 48100 block of Elkview Rd. in
Chilliwack and the 15300 block of 21st St. in South Surrey

Fifty GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen near Gilbert & No. 2 Road in
Richmond. Another 40 were reported from the Reifel Refuge. Also reported
from Reifel were 3 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, a CASSIN'S VIREO, 3 AMERICAN
BITTERN, and a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER. Nearby, in a field near the junction of
Tamboline and Westham Island Rd., was a flock of 30 YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRDS.

The WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was again seen at the nursery area of the
Maplewood Conservation Area with a WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE sighted further along
the trail.