Subject: RBA Vancouver, BC -- Nov. 13/01
Date: Nov 13 23:57:39 2001
From: Larry Cowan - lawrencecowan at shaw.ca


This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Tuesday, November 13, evening update.

The featured birds are Tufted Duck and Cattle Egret.

Species noted:

Cattle Egret [Pitt Meadows, Delta]
Snow Goose [Iona]
Redhead [Pitt Meadows]
Tufted Duck [Iona RP]
Ring-necked Duck [Colony Farm]
Rough-legged Hawk [BB 104TH]
Merlin [Colony Farm]
American Kestrel [Delta]
Spotted Sandpiper [Port Moody]
Western Sandpiper [Iona]
Ancient Murrelet [Point Roberts]
Short-eared Owl [Sea Island]
Northern Pygmy-Owl [Cypress PP]
Northern Shrike [Pitt Meadows, Westham Island]
Hutton's Vireo [Point Roberts]
American Dipper [Port Moody, Capilano Fish Hatchery]
Townsend's Warbler [Deep Cove]
Lapland Longspur [Delta]

Sightings for Tuesday, November 13:

The female Tufted Duck was seen on the outer pond of Iona Island. Also in
the
area were 55 Western Sandpipers and 150 Snow Geese.

A Cattle Egret was seen at Hale Road on the Alouette River. A male Redhead
was at Pitt Meadows where the north and south Alouette Rivers meet. Also
seen
was a Northern Shrike.

Monday, November 12:
The Cattle Egret was present at Highway 10 and 96th Street in Delta. Also in
the area, a Rough-legged Hawk was at the foot of 104th Street.

3 Short-eared Owls were at Sea Island along the airport fence on the east
side of the north runway.

2 Hutton's Vireos were at Point Roberts.

An American Dipper was seen at Noos Creek in Port Moody and on Sunday a
Spotted Sandpiper was seen flying west down the north side of Port Moody
Inlet.

Also in late reports for Sunday, 2 Ancient Murrelets were seen off Point
Roberts and 2 Ring-necked Duck and a Merlin were at Colony Farm.

Sunday, November 11:

The Cattle Egret was again present at Highway 10 and 96th Street in Delta.
125 Lapland Longspurs were seen in the corn stubble field about 400 meters
west of 104th Street.

A Northern Pygmy Owl was seen on the road up to Cypress and another was seen
at the upper parking lot.

2 Dippers were at the Capilano fish hatchery.

1 Townsend's Warbler was at Epps Avenue in North Vancouver.

An American Kestrel was on Delta Port Way at 41B Street, and Westham Island
Road on Westham Island had an immature Northern Shrike.

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Larry Cowan
Port Coquitlam, BC
lawrencecowan at shaw.ca