Subject: RBA Vancouver, BC -- Nov. 07/01
Date: Nov 8 07:39:56 2001
From: Larry Cowan - lawrencecowan at shaw.ca


Vancouver Bird Alert for Wednesday, November 7, evening update.

The featured birds are Cattle Egret, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Heermann's
Gull, Rosy Finch, Wilson's Warbler and Lapland Longspur.

Species noted:

Cattle Egret[Delta, Matsqui, Squamish]
Merlin[Delta]
Peregrine Falcon[Delta]
Willet[Delta]
Hudsonian Godwit[Delta]
Marbled Godwit[Delta]
Red Knot[Delta]
Semipalmated Sandpiper[Delta]
Least Sandpiper[Delta]
Heermann's Gull[White Rock]
Hutton's Vireo[Port Moody]
Townsend's Solitaire[Port Moody]
PALM WARBLER[Delta]
Wilson's Warbler[Delta]
Lapland Longspur[Delta]
Snow Bunting[Delta]
Yellow-headed Blackbird[Surrey]
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch[Delta]

Sightings for Wednesday, November 7:

A Cattle Egret was seen at the corner of 96th Street and Highway 10, just
east of the Esso station, with a number of cows.

The juvenile Yellow-headed Blackbird was again seen at 40th Avenue and 140th
Street in Surrey.

A first winter Heermann's Gull was seen at high tide just east of White Rock
peer at White Rock Beach.

Large numbers of Lapland Longspurs continued to be seen in 2 corn stubble
fields along Boundary Bay. One was ? kilometer east of 96th Street, in which
there were an astonishing 150 to 200 Lapland Longspurs and the other is the
field east of 104th Street that had only a handful of Lapland Longspurs and
2
Snow Buntings. Also seen were a Grey-crowned Rosy Finch, a Red Knot and a
Merlin. A hedgerow going to the west of 104th had a Wilson's Warbler.

Tuesday, November 6:

A first year Yellow-headed Blackbird was seen on the east side of 140th
Street, just north of 40th Avenue in Surrey, in a large mixed flock of
blackbirds.

A Palm Warbler was at the foot of 112th Street in Boundary Bay. Also at the
Bay at 104th Street were 50 + Lapland Longspurs, 4 snow Buntings, the
Hudsonian Godwit, a Least Sandpiper and a Seme-palmated Plover.

At the trestle bridge in Coldbrook at Mud Bay were a Marbled Godwit and a
Willet, the third seen this year in our area. 2 Merlins and a Peregrine
Falcon were at 176th Street and 104th Avenue in Surrey.

Out of town, the Cattle Egret was again seen in Matsqui, just underneath the
Misson Bridge, and also, later in the afternoon, between the railroad and
highway bridge.

Monday, November 5:

The Hudsonian Godwit continued at 104th Street in Boundary Bay, and in the
corn stubble field about ? kilometer east of 104th, there were an incredible
50 Lapland Longspurs and 3 Snow Buntings.

A Townsend's Solitaire was seen for the 3rd day at the 1,000 block of
Alderside in Port Moody. Also in the area was a Hutton's Vireo at the east
end of Old Orchard Park.

3 Cattle Egrets were seen in the Squamish area at the Furry Creek Golf
Course. Another Cattle Egret was seen in Matsqui at the south end of the
Mission Rail Bridge in a field on the left side of the tracks.

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John Kalman

Larry Cowan
Port Coquitlam, BC
lawrencecowan at shaw.ca