This is the VANCOUVER BIRD ALERT for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2000, 9:15 p.m.
edition.

Species mentioned:

American Bittern [Reifel]
Black-crowned Night Heron [Reifel]
Tundra Swan [Harrison Bay]
Brant "gray bellied" [Tsawwassen Jetty]
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK [Tsawwassen Jetty]
Cinnamon Teal [Iona]
Redhead [Reifel, Maplewood CA]
Tufted Duck [Reifel, Iona]
Ring-necked Duck [Reifel, Maplewood CA, Iona]
Hooded Merganser [Burnaby Lake]
Common Merganser [Burnaby Lake]
Northern Goshawk [Reifel]
American Kestrel [Roberts Bank]
Black Oystercatcher [Stanley Park]
Willet [Tsawwassen Jetty]
Spotted Sandpiper [Maplewood CA]
Black Turnstone [Point Roberts]
Rock Sandpiper [Point Roberts]
SNOWY OWL [96th- BB, Iona]
Barred Owl [Reifel]
Hutton's Vireo [Musqueam Park]
American Dipper [Stanley Park]
Cedar Waxwing [Elgin Park - Surrey]
Swamp Sparrow [Reifel]
Snow Bunting [Tsawwassen Jetty]

The Feature Birds are: TUFTED DUCK, NORTHERN GOSHAWK and SNOWY OWL.

Sightings November 25

Two TUFTED DUCKS were seen today; an immature female at Iona's Outer Pond,
and an immature male at Reifel Refuge. Also at Reifel were the adult
NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 1 REDHEAD, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, and an AMERICAN BITTERN
along the west dyke.

A SNOWY OWL was on the Boundary Bay foreshore, east of the foot of 96 St.

At Stanley Park, 3 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were at Ferguson Point, and an
AMERICAN DIPPER returned to Beaver Creek.

Friday, November 24

A TUFTED DUCK, a female or immature male, spent its second day at Reifel
Refuge, on the west marsh. Three BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS can be found at
the edge of Fuller Slough, and 1 BARRED OWL was along the entrance road.

A SNOWY OWL was at Iona, on the south jetty; the bird flew out from the
jetty and landed on a floating log.

An AMERICAN KESTREL was at the base of the coalport jetty, perched on a lamp
standard on the railway overpass.

On the Tsawwassen jetty compensation lagoon was the AMERICAN BLACK DUCK; the
WILLET and 7 SNOW BUNTINGS were on the jetty's south side.

A late SPOTTED SANDPIPER was again on the flats at Maplewood Flats
Conservation Area; 1 REDHEAD and 14 RING-NECKED DUCKS were on the new west
pond.

An unusually large number of 75 CEDAR WAXWINGS were with an equal number of
AMERICAN ROBINS at Elgin Park, south Surrey.

Thursday, Nov. 23:

The TUFTED DUCK arrived on the west marsh at Reifel Refuge. The AMERICAN
BLACK DUCK was on the Tsawwassen jetty compensation lagoon. One ROCK
SANDPIPER was with BLACK TURNSTONES at Pt. Roberts, WA. Of interest is a
large flock of 250+ TUNDRA SWANS at Kilby Park, Harrison Bay, on the
Harrison River.

Wednesday, November 22

An adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK and an adult SWAMP SPARROW were at Reifel Refuge;
the sparrow was near the observation tower.

Tuesday, Nov. 21:

On Deer Lake, Burnaby, were an unusually high number of 18 HOODED MERGANSERS
and 31 COMMON MERGANSERS.

A HUTTON'S VIREO was noted in Musqueam Park.

Monday, Nov. 21:

The male CINNAMON TEAL and 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS were on the Outer Pond at
Iona.

An immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK and an AMERICAN BITTERN were at Reifel Refuge.
A "gray bellied" BRANT was on the compensation lagoon on the Tsawwassen
ferry jetty.

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