Subject: RBA Vancouver, BC -- Aug 29/02
Date: Aug 30 16:49:30 2002
From: Larry Cowan - lawrencecowan at shaw.ca


This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Thursday, August
29, evening update sponsored in part by Wild Bird
Unlimited Stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver.

The Feature bird is RED KNOT and Rare bird alert
out of town for WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER.

Sightings for Thursday, August 29th.

A female WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at km 13 on
the Camp Mckinney Rd. east of Oliver. Watch for a
Weyerhauser sign on the left side of the road and the
bird was observed foraging in Ponderosa Pines.

At Blackie Spit was RED KNOT with BLACK BELLIED
PLOVERS. In Tsawwassen was the WILLET at the south
side base of the ferry jetty and 2 juvenile FRANKLINS
GULLS.
At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary was a STILT SANDPIPER.

Wednesday, August 28th.

At the Iona Sewage ponds were 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS,
10 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 5 BANK SWALLOWS, 50 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 200 WESTERN SANDPIPERS AND 1 JUVENILE
PECTORAL SANDPIPER. At the end of the south Jetty
at Iona were 800 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 2 HORNED LARKS
and of note were about 30 Orcas including 3 bulls
feeding on salmon.

At the Refel Refuge in Delta was a HUDSONIAN GODWIT
which has been present for 5 days in the house
pond. Other species seen at the refuge include
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, VAUX'S
SWIFT, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, YELLOW WARBLER,
WARBLING VIREO, EVENING GROSBEAK AND ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER. There was also 1 STILT SANDPIPER, 1
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and many LESSER YELLOWLEGS.

Along the Tsawwassen ferry jetty were 7 BLACK
OYSTERCATCHERS and 1 JUVENILE FRANKLIN'S GULL.

At Admiralty Point in Belcarra was a pair of RED
CROSSBILLS and a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER.

Tuesday, August 27th.

The HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at the Reifel Refuge.
Also present were 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 90
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 STILT SANDPIPER, 1
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, 100 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 1
PEREGRINE FALCON.

Along the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty was 1 HEERMAN'S GULL
and 1 FRANKLIN'S GULL.

Monday, August 26th.

At Grant Narrow's was 1 TURKEY VULTURE, 4 EASTERN
KINGBIRDS, 2 SANDHILL CRANES AND 2 OSPREY.

At Elgin Heritage park in South Surry were 55 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 STILT SANDPIPER and
3 DOWITCHERS.

Over the south Fraser River were 3 BLACK SWIFTS.

Thank-you for calling the Vancouver Bird Alert and
Good Birding!

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

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