This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Wednesday, July 11, evening update.

Rare bird alert for Ruff and Black and White Warbler.

Sightings for Wednesday, July 11:
A Ruff, just going out of breeding plumage, was seen at noon at Iona in the
southeast pond.

A female Black and White Warbler was at Campbell River Park, down the main
trail at the turn to the Whispering Bridge.

Tuesday, July 10:
Grant Narrows had 4 Eastern Kingbirds and a Grey Catbird.

The Willet was on the south side of the ferry causeway near Tsawwassen, and
their were 4 Black Oystercatchers along the compensation lagoon.


Monday, July 9:
A sub-adult Long-tailed Jaeger was seen at Clover Point in Victoria about
200
to 300 meters offshore. The bird was on the water, picking at things.

A Common Nighthawk was at 8th Street and 3rd Avenue in New Westminster.

In a late report for Sunday 2 Grey-crowned Rosy Finches were seen on the 2nd
Pump Peek on Mount Seymour.

Sunday, July 8:
The Great Egret was again seen in the Tsawwassen area between the ferry
jetty
and the coal port jetty.

Along the dyke trail at Grant Narrows in the Pitt Meadows area there were a
female American Redstart, a Least Flycatcher, 2 Grey Catbirds and juvenile
Red-breasted Sapsucker. Another Grey Catbird was at the first big bend on
the
road to Grant Narrows. Katsie Marsh had 1 Trumpeter Swan and 4 Mute Swans.

A Common Nighthawk was at 70th and Hebbard in Vancouver. Another 4 Common
Nighthawks were at Pender Harbour.

Iona had 2000 Western Sandpipers, 50 Semipalmated Sandpipers, including 1
juvenile, and 20 Least Sandpipers, as well as 5 Long-billed Dowitchers and
a
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs.

Saturday, July 7:
At Colony farm a Green Heron was on the Coquitlam side near the parking lot,
and a Lazuli Bunting was in trees at the south end of the park.

The southwest corner of the Robert's Bank coal port jetty had an Osprey and
a
Brant, and on the compensation lagoon along the Tsawwassen ferry jetty
there
were 26 Caspian Terns, 6 Black Oystercatchers and a Brant.

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