This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Friday, June 1st evening update.

Rare bird alert for a SNOWY EGRET.

Species mentioned:

Pacific Loon [Iona Jetty]
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN [Iona, Vancouver]
SNOWY EGRET [Iona]
Green Heron [Sea Island, Grant Narrows RP]
Ring-necked Duck [Iona]
Turkey Vulture [Burnaby, Surrey]
Osprey [Iona]
Sora [Colony Farm]
Whimbrel [Blackie Spit]
Wilson's Phalarope [Iona]
Parasitic Jaeger [Boundary Bay]
Herring Gull [Iona Jetty]
Thayer's Gull [Iona Jetty]
Pigeon Guillemot [Stanley Park]
Great Horned Owl [Vancouver, Burnaby]
Black Swift [Sea Island, Pitt Meadows, Colony Farm, UBC]
Olive-sided Flycatcher [New Westminster]
Willow Flycatcher [Grant Narrows]
Eastern Kingbird [Grant Narrows]
Western Kingbird [,Sea Island, Colony Farm]
Gray Catbird [Grant Narrows RP]
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD [Langley]
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER [Grant Narrows RP]
Yellow-headed Blackbird [Grant Narrows RP]
Bullock's Oriole [Grant Narrows RP]

Sightings for Friday, June 1

A SNOWY EGRET was discovered this morning at the base of the Iona North
Jetty. The bird was later flushed by a dog and flew in an easterly direction
up the Fraser River. The is every likelyhood that the bird will still be in
the area. Other birds at Iona were 2 OSPREY and from the south Jetty tip
were 3 PACIFIC LOONS.

Thursday, May 31

Sixteen WHIMBREL were reported from Blackie Spit.

A TURKEY VULTURE & an OSPREY were sighted NW of Lougheed Mall. Other TURKEY
VULTURES were reported from 152nd & 64th in Surrey and on the
Vancouver/Burnaby border at Hastings & Boundary Rd. Also seen at this
location was a GREAT HORNED OWL being chased by crows.

Another GREAT HORNED OWL was seen along the NW trail at Burnaby Lake RP.

Four PIGEON GUILLEMOTS were observed near Stanley Park's Siwash Rock.

An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was reported from New Westminster's QE Park.

Wednesday, May 30

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen on wires near the intersection of 240th &
40th in south Langley.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen working the airport fence line south of Ferguson
Rd. on Sea Island. Also reported from Sea Island were a GREEN HERON and a
BLACK SWIFT.

Tuesday, May 29

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were present on Iona Bay until approx. 10:00 AM
when they were observed flying northward eventually disappearing into the
clouds. There were no reports of the birds after that time.

A male CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was seen at Grant Narrows RP in Pitt Meadows.
The bird was on the Nature Dike approx. half way to the observation tower.
The bird has not been relocated. Also seen at Grant Narrows were a GRAY
CATBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, several BULLOCK'S ORIOLES, a GREEN HERON,
a WILLOW FLYCATCHER, 4 EASTERN KINGBIRDS and several BLACK SWIFTS.

BLACK SWIFTS were also reported from UBC, south Delta and Colony Farm. Also
reported from Colony Farm were a SORA and a WESTERN KINGBIRD. The Kingbird
seen in the large tree north on the dike from the new foot bridge on the
Port Coquitlam side of the Park.

Monday, May 28

15 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were present on Iona Bay. Fifteen WILSON'S
PHALAROPE were seen on the NE Pond. A male RING-NECKED DUCK was on the outer
pond and from the Jetty came the sighting of 2 THAYER'S GULLS and a HERRING
GULL.

Seen from the 1,000 Steps area of Boundary Bay was a PARASITIC JEAGER.

Observed in the skies over UBC were 300+ BLACK SWIFTS.

Thank you for calling the Vancouver Bird Alert & good birding.

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Larry Cowan
Port Coquitlam, BC
lawrencecowan at home.com