Subject: Vancouver, BC RBA - April 17, 2001
Date: Apr 17 22:52:39 2001
From: Larry Cowan - lawrencecowan at home.com


This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Tuesday, April 17th, evening update.

The featured birds are ICELAND GULL and WHIMBREL

Species mentioned:

American Bittern [Colony Farm]
Green Heron [Debouville Slough]
Greater White-fronted Goose [Reifel]
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) [Minnekhada Park, Beach Grove, Chilliwack
Ring-necked Duck [Minnekhada Park, Iona, Colony Farm]
Turkey Vulture [Debouville Slough, Grant Narrows]
Osprey [Debouville Slough, Grant Narrows]
Peregrine Falcon [Robert's Bank, Iona]
Virginia Rail [Reifel]
Black Oystercatcher [Tsawwassen Jetty]
Whimbrel [Reifel]
Marbled Godwit [Beach Grove]
ICELAND GULL [Chilliwack
Caspian Tern [Beach Grove]
Short-eared Owl [Iona]
Anna's Hummingbird [Vancouver, White Rock]
Northern Shrike [Colony Farm]
Northern Rough-winged Swallow [Iona]
Cliff Swallow [Iona]
Townsend's Solitaire [Queen Elizabeth Park]
Hermit Thrush [Reifel]
Black-throated Gray Warbler [Burnaby Mtn.]
Townsend's Warbler [Burnaby Mtn., QE Park]
PALM WARBLER [Vancouver]
Lincoln's Sparrow [Queen Elizabeth Park]
Yellow-headed Blackbird [Iona]
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch [Whistler]

Sightings for Tuesday, April 17th

The second year ICELAND GULL was again seen at the Bailey Landfill in
Chilliwack.

At Blackies Spit in Surrey was a WHIMBREL while at Reifel Refuge there were
4 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE.

An OSPREY was seen in the 100th Ave and 148th St area of Surrey and at
Burnaby Mountain were a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER and a BLACK-THROATED GRAY
WARBLER.

Sightings for Monday, April 16th

The PALM WARBLER continues to be seen on Deering Island in the Southlands
area of Vancouver.

At Beach Grove in Tsawwassen, there are now 2 MARBLED GODWITS.

Increased migrant activity was noted in several places today. Most notably,
there were TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES at Queen Elizabeth Park, Burnaby Lake and
Burnaby Mountain. Also at QE Park were LINCOLN'S SPARROWS and TOWNSEND'S
WARBLERS. ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS were seen at 19th and Camosun in Vancouver and
at Centennial Park in White Rock.

In Minnekhada Park in Coquitlam were 14 RING-NECKED DUCKS and a Eurasian
GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Nearby at Debouville Slough in Pitt Meadows were a GREEN
HERON, 4 OSPREY and 2 TURKEY VULTURES.

There were 7 TURKEY VULTURES over the waters of Active Pass.

At Iona Island were a male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS and
off the jetty, the large mass of scoters continues.

Sightings for Sunday, April 15th

The PALM WARBLER has again been seen on Deering Island in the yards of local
residents.

At Colony Farm, there was an AMERICAN BITTERN.

Those wishing to see GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH and who don't mind a road trip
should note that several very cooperative birds are located at Blackcomb
mountain near the coffee shop at the top of the "Seventh Heaven" chairlift

Sightings for Saturday, April 14th

The MARBLED GODWIT was again seen at Beach Grove. Nearby, at Roberts Bank
was a PEREGRINE FALCON and at the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty were 7 BLACK
OYSTERCATHERS.

At Iona Island was a PEREGRINE FALCON, while there were CLIFF SWALLOWS and
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS over the ponds and a SHORT-EARED OWL on the
south jetty.

A RING-NECKED DUCK and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were at Colony Farm in Port
Coquitlam. At Grant Narrows Park in Pitt Meadows were several OSPREYS and a
TURKEY VULTURE while at Reifel Refuge, there was a HERMIT THRUSH and 2
VIRGINIA RAILS.

In a late report for April 12th, a CASPIAN TERN was at Beach Grove in
Tsawwassen.


Thank You and Good Birding

Larry Cowan
Port Coquitlam, BC
lawrencecowan at home.com