This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Saturday, September 30th, 10:30pm
update.

Species mentioned:

Green Heron - Ambleside, W Vanc.
Greater White-fronted Goose - Ladner
Osprey - Blackie Spit
Northern Goshawk - Cypress PP
American Kestrel - Colony Farm
Peregrine Falcon - Coquitlam
Pacific Golden Plover - Robert's Bank Jetty
Red Knot - Robert's Bank Jetty
Parasitic Jaeger - Point Roberts
Heermann's Gull - Robert's Bank Jetty
Glaucous Gull - Nanaimo
Black-legged Kittiwake - Nanaimo
Rhinoceros Auklet - Point Roberts
Great Horned Owl - Stanley park
Northern Saw-whet Owl - Stanley park
WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER - Okanagan
Townsend's Solitaire - Cypress PP
Hermit Thrush - Cypress PP
Lapland Longspur - Iona Jetty

Featured bird is GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

Saturday, September 30
Today at 34th Avenue near River Road in Ladner were 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE.

Near Coquitlam Center was a PEREGRINE FALCON and at Colony Farm was an
AMERICAN KESTREL

There were no sightings for Friday, September 29

Thursday, September 28:
A GREAT-HORNED OWL was seen halfway along the south side of Lost Lagoon in
Stanley Park.

Two LAPLAND LONGSPURS were at the end of the south jetty at Iona Island.

Wednesday, September 27:
A WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Tuesday in the Okanagan at the
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards, which is along the Green Lake Road,
5-kilometers south of Okanagan Falls. The bird is not coming to a feeder,
but was seen on a snag, before it flew away.

A PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at the southwest corner of the Robert's
Bank jetty, along with a RED KNOT and a HEERMANN'S GULL.

A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was at an undisclosed location near Lost Lagoon in
Stanley Park.

Two GREEN HERONS could still be found at the lagoon at Ambleside Park in
West
Vancouver.

There were no reports for Tuesday.

Monday, September 25:
On Mount Strachan, at Cypress Provincial Park, a juvenile GOSHAWK was seen
playing tag with a Common Raven. Also in the area were 1 TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE.
and 1 HERMIT THRUSH.

Point Robert's had 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS and a RHINOCEROS AUKLET.

An OSPREY was at Blackie Spit.

Out of town, at Neck Point Park in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, they had 1
Immature GLAUCOUS GULL and 2 Immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, birds that
should also be looked for on this side of the Strait.

Thank you for calling the Vancouver Bird Alert and good birding.

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