This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Tuesday, June 5th evening update.

Featured bird is GREAT EGRET.

Species mentioned:

Pacific Loon [Iona Jetty]
Great Egret [Chilliwack]
SNOWY EGRET [Iona]
Green Heron [Cheam Lake RP]
Mute Swan [Grant Narrows RP]
Trumpeter Swan [Grant Narrows RP]
Turkey Vulture [Barnston Island, Grant Narrows, Burnaby, Surrey]
Osprey [Barnston Island, Iona, Burnaby]
Merlin [Barnston Island]
Caspian Tern [Grant Narrows RP]
Great Horned Owl [Vancouver, Burnaby]
Olive-sided Flycatcher [New Westminster]
LEAST FLYCATCHER [Cheam Lake RP]
Eastern Kingbird [Cheam Lake RP, Grant Narrows]
Lazuli Bunting [Colony Farm RP]
Chipping Sparrow [Richmond]
Bullock's Oriole [Cheam Lake RP, Grant Narrows RP]

Sightings for Tuesday, June 5

A GREAT EGRET was seen in Chilliwack west of Prest Road on Prairie Central.

Seen from the area of the Barnston Island Ferry were a TURKEY VULTURE,
OSPREY and a MERLIN.

Monday, June 4

A GREAT EGRET was observed in the Nicomen Slough at the area where the
Lougheed Hwy crosses the slough.

Sunday, June 3

On a VNHS field trip to Cheam Lake Wetlands RP east of Chilliwack a LEAST
FLYCATCHER was heard and seen. Also seen on this outing were an EASTERN
KINGBIRD, several BULLOCK'S ORIOLES, and a GREEN HERON.

At Grant Narrows RP in Pitt Meadows came the report of the following birds:
a late TRUMPETER SWAN, 9 MUTE SWANS, a BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, 3 EASTERN
KINGBIRDS, 2 CASPIAN TERNS and 2 TURKEY VULTURES.

At Colony Farm on the Coquitlam side were a pair of LAZULI BUNTINGS. They
were seen along the power lines west of the boarded up buildings on Colony
Farm Rd. The male is on territory and was seen frequently singing from
various locations on the wires running north from the road.

Saturday, June 2

In a late report the CHIPPING SPARROW is still being seen and heard in the
10,000 block of Rosecroft in Richmond.

Friday, June 1

A SNOWY EGRET was discovered at the base of the Iona North Jetty. The bird
was flushed by a dog and flew in an easterly direction up the Fraser River.
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.

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

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

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Larry Cowan
Port Coquitlam, BC
lawrencecowan at home.com