Subject: RBA Vancouver, BC -- Feb. 04/02
Date: Feb 4 19:52:23 2002
From: Larry Cowan - lawrencecowan at shaw.ca


This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Monday, February 4th, evening update,
sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited with stores in Vancouver and
North Vancouver.

Featured birds are WESTERN SCRUB-JAY, BOHEMIAN WAXWING &
PINE GROSBEAK.

Species noted:

Yellow-billed Loon [Blackie Spit]
Cooper's Hawk [Maplewood CA]
Gyrfalcon [64th]
Peregrine Falcon [Montrose Park]
Spotted Sandpiper [Port Moody]
Band-tailed Pigeon [Coquitlam]
Great Horned Owl [Reifel]
Northern Shrike [Pitt meadows]
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (possible) [Pitt Meadows]
WESTERN SCRUB JAY [Port Coquitlam]
Townsend's Solitaire [Surrey]
American Pipit [Maplewood CA]
Bohemian Waxwing [Coquitlam]
Northern Waterthrush [Reifel]
Western Meadowlark [64th]
Yellow-headed Blackbird [Sea Island]
Pine Grosbeak [Grant Narrows]
Common Redpoll [Grant Narrows, Maplewood CA, Surrey]

Sightings for Monday, February 4th

There was no relocation of the bird first reported yesterday as a LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKE.
There were 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES present in the same area of Neeves Rd.
in Pitt Meadows today. This included both an adult and immature bird. If the
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE is relocated please contact the Bird Alert immediately.
Thank-you!

Other birds reported from Pitt Meadows today included a COMMON REDPOLL
and a female PINE GROSBEAK seen along the Grant Narrows Dyke Trail.

The WESTERN SCRUB-JAY was reported throughout the day at its usual
location of the 1900 block of Routley Ave. in Port Coquitlum.

In a backyard in Coquitlum today a flock of 10 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS
and a dozen BAND-TAILED PIGEONS made a brief appearence for leaving
the area.

In a rather unusual winter sighting 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS were seen
in Port Moody on the West Arm of Burrard Inlet.

A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was discovered today at the Guilford Mall in North
Surrey eating berries in bushes in front of the Movie Theatre on the
southside
of the Mall Complex.

At Montrose Park in Burnaby a PEREGRINE FALCON was observed.

Sightings for Sunday, February 3rd.

In a late report a YELLOW-BILLED LOON was seen at Blackie Spit in White
Rock.

Other late reports included 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH observed from the
entrance
road into the Reifel Refuge. Of interest is the presence of a nesting pair
of
Great Horned Owls visible along the East Dyke Trail at the Sanctuary.

An adult LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was reported from Pitt Meadows along Neeves Rd
in a field full of yellow bamboo poles. This area is just past the second
bridge when travelling
north from Dewdney Trunk Rd.

Meanwhile the ever present WESTERN SCRUB-JAY was again seen at its usual
Port
Coquitlum location. the best area to look for this bird is in the 1900 block
of
Routley Ave.

At Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver were upto 50 Common
Redpolls.
Other birds of note were 1 COOPER'S HAWK , 1 MERLIN and 1 AMERICAN PIPIT.

At Boundary Bay Regional Park between 64th St and 72nd St was a WESTERN
MEADOWLARK
and along the foreshore was the GYRFALCON.

In North Surrey just off 148th St and Holly Park Lane in the townhouse
complex
near building # 11, 20 COMMON REDPOLLS continue to come to a feeder. These
birds
have been in this area for several weeks.

On Sea Island along Templeton Rd and the Airport fence a male YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD
was found amongst a large mixed flock of STARLINGS and BLACKBIRDS.

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----- Original Message -----
From: R Toochin

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