This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Friday, October 20th, 10:00pm update.

Species mentioned:

Green Heron [Port Moody]
Sandhill Crane [Ladner]
CLARK'S GREBE [Iona Jetty]
Virginia Rail [Colony Farm]
American Bittern [Colony Farm]
Eared Grebe [Iona Ponds]
TUFTED DUCK [Iona Ponds]
Ring-necked Duck [Iona Ponds]
Redhead [Iona Ponds]
Cinnamon Teal [Iona Ponds]
Rhinoceros Auklet [Iona Pelagic]
Short-eared Owl [Delta]
Merlin [Burnaby]
Peregrine Falcon [Iona, Blackie's Spit, Serpentine Fen, Tsawwassen Ferry
Jetty]
Rough-legged Hawk [Colony Farm]
Osprey [Blackie's Spit]
Pileated Woodpecker [Burnaby Mountain]
LITTLE GULL [Iona Jetty]
Common Tern [Iona Jetty]
WANDERING TATTLER [North Arm Jetty]
Spotted Sandpiper [Port Moody]
Pectoral Sandpiper [Iona Ponds]
Surfbird [Grebe Islets]
Parasitic Jaeger [Iona Jetty]
LONG-TAILED JAEGER [Iona Pelagic]
POMARINE JAEGER [Iona Pelagic]
Anna's Hummingbird [West Vancouver]
PHILADELPHIA VIREO [Queen Elizabeth Park]
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD [Boundary Bay]
Northern Shrike [Deer Lake Park, Tsawwassen, Surrey]
Hermit Thrush [Queen Elizabeth Park]
Townsend's Warbler [Stanley Park]
SWAMP SPARROW [Campbell Valley Park]
Lapland Longspur [Iona Jetty]
White-throated Sparrow [Queen Elizabeth Park}
Vesper Sparrow [Iona Beach]
Great-tailed Grackle [Kelowna]
Crested Mynah [2nd & Columbia]

Featured Bird is TUFTED DUCK

Sightings for Friday, October 20th

At the Iona outer pond were two TUFTED DUCK and an EARED GREBE. A VESPER
SPARROW was seen on Iona Beach in the grassy area north of the jetty base. A
PARASITIC JAEGER was seen from the jetty.

Out of town, the GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE continues at the Orchard Park Mall in
Kelowna.

Sightings for Thursday, October 19th

At the Iona outer pond were a TUFTED DUCK, a RING-NECKED DUCK, an EARED
GREBE and 4 REDHEAD while on the Iona South Jetty, there were 6 PARASITIC
JAEGER and a COMMON TERN.

In Stanley Park, a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER was seen and in Ladner at 34th and
River Road were 4 SANDHILL CRANE in a corn field.

Sightings for Wednesday, October 18th

In an additional report for October 17th, at the Iona South Jetty, 4
PARASITIC JAEGER and 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER were seen.

On October 18th, there was a PARASITIC JAEGER at the Iona South Jetty and an
immature TUFTED DUCK at the outer ponds. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at the
south end of 72nd Avenue in Delta as well as a MERLIN at Kensington and
Curtis in Burnaby and a PILEATED WOODPECKER at the Burnaby Mountain Golf
Course.

Sightings for Tuesday, October 17th

In Port Moody, at Noons Creek, there was a GREEN HERON near the hatchery as
well as a SPOTTED SANDPIPER

Sightings for Monday, October 16th

In late reports for October 15th, the following birds were seen:
At Colony Farm, 4 VIRGINIA RAIL, an AMERICAN BITTERN and a ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK.
At Blackie's Spit, an OSPREY and a PEREGRINE FALCON.

On October 16th, a CRESTED MYNAH was seen at 2nd and Columbia in Vancouver.
At the Iona Ponds were a PEREGRINE FALCON, an EARED GREBE, a PECTORAL
SANDPIPER and a late CINNAMON TEAL, while from the South Jetty a LAPLAND
LONGSPUR and 6 PARASITIC JAEGER were seen as well as a LITTLE GULL seen in
flight heading to the west.

The out of town GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE is still present in Kelowna

Sightings for Sunday, October 15th

In Campbell Valley Regional Park, a SWAMP SPARROW was seen, while in the
Green Timbers area of South Surrey, there was a NORTHERN SHRIKE.

An ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was seen on Pitcairn Place in West Vancouver. There
were 4 PEREGRINE FALCON at the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty and a tan morph
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen at the west side of the Iona Ponds under
nest box 17.

Sightings for Saturday, October 14th

A pelagic trip off Iona featured close looks at a juvenile LONG-TAILED
JAEGER, a POMARINE JAEGER, 4 PARASITIC JAEGER, 6 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS and a
WANDERING TATTLER, heard from the North Arm Jetty. At the Grebe Islets, at
least 200 SURFBIRD were seen.

In Queen Elizabeth Park, there was no sign of a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, but
there was an unidentified foreign species of finch in the same area that may
have escaped from the conservatory. Also in the park were at least 6 HERMIT
THRUSH and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. Another WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
continues to be seen at a feeder in Port Moody. Details are provided with
the October 12th sightings.

Sightings for Friday, October 13th

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen between the Boundary Bay Airport and
adjacent greenhouses. In Queen Elizabeth Park, a bird fitting the
description of a PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in a birch tree east of the
conservatory.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Deer Lake Park in Burnaby. 2 more NORTHERN
SHRIKE were seen on River Road in Tsawwassen. At Serpentine Fen was a
PEREGRINE FALCON.



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