This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Tuesday, April 24th, evening update.

Rare Bird Alert for NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD. Also featured are CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRD and NASHVILLE WARBLER

Species mentioned:

American Bittern [Reifel]
Snow Goose [Brunswick Point]
Osprey [Surrey]
Merlin [Surrey, Brunswick Point]
American Kestrel [Maplewood CA]
Peregrine Falcon [Brunswick Point]
Sandhill Crane [Surrey]
Semipalmated Plover [Iona]
Common Tern [Iona Jetty]
Calliope Hummingbird [Iona, QE Park]
Hammond's Flycatcher [Cecil Green]
Horned Lark [Iona]
Barn Swallow [Steveson. Reifel]
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD [Port Moody]
Nashville Warbler [QE Park, Lost Lagoon]
Black-throated Gray Warbler [Iona]
Townsend's Warbler [Cecil Green]
MacGillivray's Warbler [QE Park, Iona]
Wilson's Warbler [Lost Lagoon]
White-throated Sparrow [Iona, Maple Ridge]
Yellow-headed Blackbird [Serpentine Fen]

In a late report for Monday, April 23rd, there was a MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER
at Queen Elizabeth Park and BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS and TOWNSEND'S
WARBLERS at Cecil Green. At the Iona Ponds was a SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER in
over flight while at the Iona South Jetty there were 5 COMMON TERNS.

Sightings for Tuesday, April 24th

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen in a yard behind Ioco Road in Port Moody. To
access the area, travel west on Ioco Road to Bentley, where you turn left
and then turn right at Alderside. Follow Alderside for 1.4 kilometers until
you reach the 1100 block. Here you will find cement stairs leading up to
railroad tracks. Walk 30 meters east along the tracks. The bird was seen in
a pine in a backyard uphill from the tracks. Please be respectful of the
residents and of course watch for trains.

At the Iona Corridor today were a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, a MACGILLIVRAY'S
WARBLER, a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER and a male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD. At
The Iona South Jetty were a HORNED LARK and 3 COMMON TERNS.

Another male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was seen on the west side of Queen
Elizabeth Park as well as NASHVILLE WARBLERS. At Cecil Green were several
HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHERS.

BARN SWALLOWS were noted in Steveston and in the Holly Park area of Surrey
were 3 MERLINS and an OSPREY.

Sightings for Monday, April 23rd

In the trees adjacent to Lost Lagoon in Vancouver were a NASHVILLE WARBLER
and 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS.

At 230th and Dewdney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
while at Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver was an AMERICAN
KESTREL.

At Brunswick Point were 250 SNOW GEESE, a MERLIN and a PEREGRINE FALCON.

Sightings for Sunday, April 22nd

A morning bird walk at Reifel Refuge was highlighted with 3 AMERICAN
BITTERNS and several BARN SWALLOWS.

There were 4 SANDHILL CRANES off Hwy 91, between 64th Avenue and Hwy 10
while a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen at Serpentine Fen.


Thank You and Good Birding

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Larry Cowan
Port Coquitlam, BC
lawrencecowan at home.com