This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Tuesday, April 3rd - Evening Update

Featured Bird is BRAMBLING

A Reminder that this Thursday is Birders' 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. Birding in
Newfoundland and Baja California is the subject with special guest Bryan
Gates, who is a birding tour leader

Species mentioned:

American Bittern [Reifel]

Brant [White Rock]

Greater White-fronted Goose [Maplewood CA]

Eurasian Wigeon [Ambleside]

Redhead [Abbotsford]

Ring-necked Duck [Abbotsford, Iona, Ambleside]

Turkey Vulture [Sea Island]

Northern Goshawk [Reifel]

Rough-legged Hawk [Delta]

American Kestrel [Surrey, Sea Island]

Peregrine Falcon [Iona]

Gyrfalcon [Surrey]

Sandhill Crane [Reifel]

Black Oystercatcher [Tsawwassen Jetty]

Marbled Murrelet [White Rock]

Rufous Hummingbird

Northern Rough-winged Swallow [Burnaby Lake, Point Roberts]

Bank Swallow [Iona]

Mountain Bluebird [Surrey]

PALM WARBLER [Vancouver]

Lapland Longspur [Iona Jetty]

Western Meadowlark [Iona]

Yellow-headed Blackbird [Richmond, Iona]

BRAMBLING [North Vancouver]


Sightings for Tuesday, April 3rd

The BRAMBLING continues to be seen at 1961 Berkeley Avenue in North
Vancouver. Birders are reminded not to arrive before 8am. The bird is most
active in the morning. Access to the yard is via the gate to the right of
the house. Since this bird has been seen daily for several weeks, a status
update will be on this alert weekly unless the bird moves on.

At the Iona Ponds today were an arriving BARN SWALLOW and a PEREGRINE
FALCON. In Surrey, at 264th St. and 84th Ave, was a MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD and an
AMERICAN KESTREL.

At Willband Creek Park in Abbotsford were 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS and 2
REDHEADS.

Sightings for Monday, April 2nd

On Sea Island, a TURKEY VULTURE was seen in over flight at Grauer Road,
while a WESTERN MEADOWLARK was at the Iona outer parking lot.

A NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was at the Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion. A
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen on the Richmond West Dyke at the west end
of Williams Road and an AMERICAN KESTREL was seen in the 160th Street and
74th Avenue area of Surrey.

The White Rock Pier was the location for several BRANT and 2 MARBLED
MURRELET.

Sightings for Sunday, April 1st

Several RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS have been reported throughout the Lower
Mainland.

At the Iona South Jetty was an adult female LAPLAND LONGSPUR. Nearby at the
outer ponds were a male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD and a RING-NECKED DUCK. An
AMERICAN KESTREL was seen along the new runway on Sea Island and the same
species
was seen on Deltaport Way in Delta.

In Point Roberts a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was seen. At the nearby
Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty were 3 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS.

The PALM WARBLER continues to be seen in the Southlands area of Vancouver at
the south end of Carrington near the bridge to Deering Island. The bird has
been located most easily in the morning.

The BRAMBLING continues to be seen at 1961 Berkeley Avenue in North
Vancouver. Birders are reminded not to arrive before 8am. The bird is most
active in the morning. Access to the yard is via the gate to the right of
the house. Also on the North Shore were a EURASIAN WIGEON and a RING-NECKED
DUCK at Ambleside Park. 6 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were at the Maplewood
Conservation Area.

A morning survey of Reifel Refuge saw a young NORTHERN GOSHAWK, an AMERICAN
BITTERN and SANDHILL CRANES already nesting. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at
33A Avenue in Delta. A GYRFALCON was soaring over Crescent Park in South
Surrey

Thank You and Good Birding

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Larry Cowan
Port Coquitlam, BC
lawrencecowan at home.com
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