Hi folks,
The Rocky Point Bird Observatory did it again today with Victoria's first
NORTHERN PARULA (second record for Vancouver Island and only third for BC!).
One record in Vancouver in June '94, and another in Port Alberni back in
November '96 (I missed that one by a day!).

Today's bird was an adult female caught in Net #3 and photographed for
record books. My, parulas are small warblers!

Gorgeous!...Stupendous!...Awesome!...Wow! Two weeks ago a Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher and now this?!

Get out there folks -- in spite of clear weather, good stuff is about!

276 species and counting...plus 92 species mist-netted total -- 155 on site
year list. At this pace, you all be invited to our #300 party in about five
or six years!!


David Allinson
President, Rocky Point Bird Observatory
572 Atkins Avenue
Victoria, BC
V9B 3A3
Ph. (250)391-1786

Web site: www.islandnet.com/~rpbo
276 species and counting!
Look for a bargraph checklist coming soon.

"Not everything that can be counted counts,
and not everything that counts can be counted."
Albert Einstein