Subject: Fw: [bcvanbirds] Vancouver, BC RBA - April 8, 2001
Date: Apr 8 22:41:14 2001
From: Larry Cowan - lawrencecowan at home.com


From: Calvin Gehlen <geek-boy at home.com>
To: RBA Recipients <RBA at gobirding.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 10:22 PM
Subject: [bcvanbirds] Vancouver, BC RBA - April 8, 2001


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> This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Sunday, April 8th - Evening Update
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> Sightings for Sunday, April 8th
>
> At Deer Lake in Burnaby was a HERMIT THRUSH and near MacDonald Beach on
Sea
> Island were a NORTHERN SHRIKE and a EURASIAN WIGEON.
>
> An unusual non-bird sighting were 2 California Sea Lions at Point Roberts,
> which attracted a number of bird species including RHINOCEROS AUKLET and
> BONAPARTES GULL.
>
> Seen flying over UBC was a PEREGRINE FALCON and also in the area were 8
> BAND-TAILED PIGEONS.
>
> 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen at Reifel Refuge.
>
> In the Ranch Park area of Coquitlam, a surprise at one resident's feeder
> were 3 RED CROSSBILLS along with 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS.
>
> Further out in the valley were 3 TURKEY VULTURES, an OSPREY and an
> ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER near Sardis and 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS near the
> Chilliwack exit on Highway 1.
>
> Sightings for Saturday, April 7th
>
> SANDHILL CRANES were seen in two locations today. 2 were seen in over
flight
> at 84th Avenue and 264th Street in Langley and 2 were seen near Highway 91
> and 64th Avenue in Delta. Also in Delta, at Burns Drive and 96th Street
was
> a WESTERN GULL and a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at 33A Avenue.
>
> 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen at Reifel Refuge, 4 BLACK
> OYSTERCATCHERS were at the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty as well as 2 more BLACK
> OYSTERCATCHERS at the Point Roberts Marina. The AMERICAN KESTREL continues
> to be seen at Templeton Road on Sea Island.
>
> A successful survey of Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver had
a
> total of 57 species, with highlights being an OSPREY, a GREAT-HORNED OWL,
7
> RING-NECKED DUCKS and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER.
>
> At the Iona Outer Ponds were 3 VIRGINIA RAILS. At Cecil Green at UBC were
> ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. Also visible from here is the large mass of
scoters
> which move along the water below the bluffs at UBC.
>
> Sightings for Friday, April 6th
>
> Two arrival CINNAMON TEALS were at the outer ponds at Iona today. Now is a
> good time to visit Iona, where there have been 15 RING-NECKED DUCKS at the
> outer ponds and a mass of thousands of SURF, WHITE-WINGED and BLACK
SCOTERS
> at the South Jetty Tip.
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> NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS are being seen at Iona as well as Deer Lake
>
> Sightings for Thursday, April 5th
>
> At the Iona Outer Ponds were 2 BARN SWALLOWS, 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS and 1
> ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. Nearby, on the airport foreshore was a SNOWY OWL and
> on Templeton Street on Sea Island was an AMERICAN KESTREL.
>
> Near UBC on SW Marine Drive was a BARRED OWL.
>
> Out of town in Harrison Hot Springs, there were 4 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS and
> an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.
>
> Sightings for Wednesday, April 4th
>
> Spring migrants are beginning to increase in number, with ORANGE-CROWNED
> WARBLERS being seen at Cecil Green at UBC, a SAVANNAH SPARROW at Deer
Lake,
> a BARN SWALLOW at Eagle Ridge Park, Coquitlam and an OSPREY in Port Moody.
>
> The PALM WARBLER has been present for the past two days near Deering
Island
> at the end of Carrington Street in the Southlands area of Vancouver. The
> bird was seen and heard singing at 8:30 this morning.
>
> At Maplewood Conservation Area was a SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 2 RING-NECKED
DUCKS
> were at Colony Farm and at the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty were 5 BLACK
> OYSTERCATCHERS.
>
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> Thank You and Good Birding
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