Subject: RBA Vancouver, BC. October 29/00
Date: Oct 29 23:03:54 2000
From: Larry Cowan - lawrencecowan at home.com


This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Sunday, October 29th, 9:00pm update.

Species mentioned:

Virginia Rail [Colony Farm]
TUFTED DUCK [Iona Ponds]
Tundra Swan [Iona, Boundary Bay, Roberts Bank]
Heerman's Gull [Point Roberts]
Great Horned Owl [Maplewood Flats]
Barred Owl [Vancouver]
Northern Saw-whet Owl [Stanley Park]
Short-eared Owl [Iona Jetty, Brunswick Point, Maplewood Flats]
Peregrine Falcon [Downtown, Roberts Bank]
Rough-legged Hawk [Iona, Brunswick Point, Colony Farm]
Osprey [Coquitlam, Blackie's Spit]
Pileated Woodpecker [Stanley Park]
Rock Sandpiper [Point Roberts]
Long-billed Curlew [Blackie's Spit]
BAR-TAILED GODWIT [Roberts Bank]
Marbled Godwit [Roberts Bank]
Surfbird [Grebe Islets]
Black Oystercatcher [Ambleside, Tsawwassen]
Willet [Tsawwassen]
Pectoral Sandpiper [Iona Ponds]
Parasitic Jaeger [Iona Jetty]
Snow Bunting [Iona Jetty]
Mountain Bluebird [Grouse Mountain]
Lapland Longspur [Iona Jetty, Roberts Bank]
Purple Martin [Sea Island]
Great-tailed Grackle [Kelowna]

Featured birds are ROCK SANDPIPER, PURPLE MARTIN and SNOW BUNTING.

A reminder to birders that this coming Thursday is Birder's Night at 7:30 PM
in the auditorium of York House School, 4176 Alexandra Street, which is near
the southwest corner of Granville Street and West King Edward Avenue. Guest
speaker will be Tony Webb, an aeronautical engineer speaking about flight
and birds.

Sightings for Sunday, October 29th

>From Blackie's Spit comes the report of a LONG-BILLED CURLEW and an OSPREY.

At the Iona Jetty were 4 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 4 SNOW BUNTINGS and a LAPLAND
LONGSPUR. At the Iona Outer Pond was a TUFTED DUCK and on Ferguson Road near
the horse farm, a late female PURPLE MARTIN was seen.

Seen at Brunswick Point were a SHORT-EARED OWL and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK,
while at the nearby Roberts Bank Jetty were 5 TUNDRA SWANS, a LAPLAND
LONGSPUR and a PEREGRINE FALCON.

At the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty was a BLACK OYSTERCATCHER.

>From Point Roberts comes the report of 6 HEERMAN'S GULLS, and a ROCK
SANDPIPER at Lighthouse Marine Park.

A SHORT-EARED OWL and a GREAT-HORNED OWL were seen at Maplewood Flats in
North Vancouver, while at Colony Farm in Coquitlam were a VIRGINIA RAIL and
2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS.

A MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was seen at the summit of Grouse Mountain.

Sightings for Saturday, October 28th

>From Iona come the following reports:
At the South Jetty were 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS, a SNOW BUNTING, a LAPLAND
LONGSPUR and a SHORT-EARED OWL.
Over the causeway was a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and at the outer pond was a TUFTED
DUCK.

At the south base of the Roberts Bank Jetty was the BAR-TAILED GODWIT, first
seen on October 22nd.

At Lighthouse Marine Park in Point Roberts were 12 HEERMAN'S GULLS.

A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was seen in Stanley Park as well as a PILEATED
WOODPECKER.

A BARRED OWL remains in downtown Vancouver.

Sightings for Friday, October 27th

7 TUNDRA SWANS were seen at the Iona outer pond and the BARRED OWL continues
to be seen downtown.

Sightings for Thursday, October 26th

In a report from Iona Island, there was 1 PARASITIC JAEGER seen
from the Jetty, a female TUFTED DUCK in the outer pond and a juvenile
PECTORAL SANDPIPER at the sewage ponds.

>From Colony Farm comes the report of 2 VIRGINIA RAILS and 2 ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWKS.

Downtown Vancouver, a BARRED OWL is frequenting the area near Burrard and
Dunsmuir as are a pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS.

Sightings for Wednesday, October 25th

At Boundary Bay, there were 15 TUNDRA SWAN near the mansion.

At the Grebe Islets in West Vancouver were 4 SURFBIRD and at nearby
Ambleside Park was a BLACK OYSTERCATCHER. Another BLACK OYSTERCATCHER was
seen at the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty as well as a WILLET.

There was an OSPREY over Reeve Park, Coquitlam.

Sightings for Tuesday, October 24th

The BAR-TAILED GODWIT was seen for the third consecutive day at the Roberts
Bank Jetty on the rising tide and once again at high tide at Canoe Pass,
near the old cannery pilings, which is accessed along the dyke from the end
of River Road west in Ladner. A MARBLED GODWIT was also seen at Roberts
Bank.



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

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