This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Wednesday, August
14th, morning update sponsored in part by the Wild
Birds Unlimited Stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver.

The featured bird is RED KNOT.

Species noted:

Cooper's Hawk [Iona]
Osprey [Colony Farm, Blackie Spit]
Merlin [Iona]
Peregrine Falcon [Iona]
RED KNOT [Iona]
Lesser Yellowlegs [Iona]
Solitary Sandpiper [Iona]
Pectoral Sandpiper [Iona]
Baird's Sandpiper [Iona]
Western Sandpiper [Iona]
Semipalmated Sandpiper [Iona]
Least Sandpiper [Iona]
Red-necked Phalarope [Iona]
Black-bellied Plover [Delta]
Caspian Tern [Tsawwassen Jetty]
Willet [Tsawwasen]
Purple Martin [Colony Farm, Blackie Spit]

Sightings for Tuesday August 13th.

At the Iona ponds were WESTERN, BAIRD'S, PECTORAL,
LEAST, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS as well as a RED KNOT.
2 PEREGRINE FALCONS and a COOPERS HAWK were around
the sewage ponds.

At Blackie Spit were 3 PURPLE MARTINS, one OSPREY and
CASPIAN TERNS.

Dozens of TURKEY VULTURES were seen over the past
few days west of MAPLE RIDGE as well SANDHILL CRANES
have been near the Coast Cranberry farm. 2 GREAT
HORNED OWLS were seen near the Haney wharf in a subdivision.

Monday August 12th.

At the Iona Sewage Ponds were 3-4000 WESTERN SANDPIPERS
12 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 50 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 3
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and 3
LESSER YELLOWLEGS.

Sunday August 11th.

4 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were seen in the Iona ponds at
high tide. Iona Sewage ponds were flooded with
shorebirds again today at high tide with up to 2000
WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 50
LEAST SANDPIPERS. Birders should use caution in the ponds and stay away
from the trucks, which have begun excavating the southwest pond.

Boundary Bay was also filled with thousands of
WESTERN SANDPIPERS, hundreds of LEAST SANDPIPERS
and about 100 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS. There were
400 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS in the fields alond
Highway 10 in Delta, west of 112 street and on the
south side of Highway 10. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER
was at the base of 104th street.

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

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Meredith" <mitchbirding at yahoo.com>

For more information about birding in the Vancouver area visit the Vancouver
Natural History Society's web site at www.naturalhistory.bc.ca