This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Saturday, October 21st, 9:00pm 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]
ANCIENT MURRELET [Iona Jetty]
Rhinoceros Auklet [Iona Pelagic]
Short-eared Owl [Delta]
Merlin [Burnaby]
Peregrine Falcon [Iona, Blackie's Spit, Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty]
Rough-legged Hawk [Sea Island, Colony Farm]
Osprey [Blackie's Spit]
Pileated Woodpecker [Burnaby Mountain]
LITTLE GULL [Iona Jetty]
Common Tern [Iona Jetty]
Spotted Sandpiper [Port Moody]
Pectoral Sandpiper [Iona Ponds]
Parasitic Jaeger [Iona Jetty]
LONG-TAILED JAEGER [Iona Pelagic]
Townsend's Warbler [Stanley Park]
Lapland Longspur [Iona Jetty]
Vesper Sparrow [Iona Beach]
Great-tailed Grackle [Kelowna]
Crested Mynah [2nd & Columbia]

Featured Birds are ANCIENT MURRELET, LONG-TAILED JAEGER and ROCK SANDPIPER

Sightings for Saturday, October 21st

At the Iona Jetty were 4 ANCIENT MURRELET, 4 PARASITIC JAEGER, 1 LONG-TAILED
JAEGER and 4 COMMON TERNS while at the Iona Outer Ponds were 1 TUFTED DUCK
and an EARED GREBE.

A Raptor Survey of Sea and Iona Islands netted a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and a
PEREGRINE FALCON. Another 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were seen near Reifel Refuge
as well as 2 SANDHILL CRANE and 3 SHORT-EARED OWL at Brunswick Point.

An Osprey was seen at Blackie's Spit.

At the Tsawwassen Jetty were 2 BLACK OYSTERCATCHER and a WILLET while at the
nearby Roberts Bank Jetty were 2 RED KNOT, a MARBLED GODWIT and a ROCK
SANDPIPER.

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.



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

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