Vancouver Bird Alert for Wednesday, February 6th, evening update,
sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited with stores in Vancouver and
North Vancouver.

Featured birds are BARN SWALLOW and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH

On Thursday, February 7th, Birders Night will be held at York House School.
This meeting is open to the public. York House is located at 4176 Alexander
St
in Vancouver. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm.

Species noted:

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

Sightings for Wednesday, February 6th

There were no reports.

Sightings for Tuesday, February 5th

In a late report for the Reifel Refuge the following birds were reported:
3 BARN SWALLOWS, 1-2 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES,
10 COMMON REDPOLLS and 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK

At Burnaby Lake Park at the Piper St Boardwalk the following species were
reported:
1 HUTTON'S VIREO, 20 COMMON REDPOLLS, 1 CEDAR WAXWING and 1 COOPER'S HAWK.

Sightings for Monday, February 4th

There has been no relocation of the bird first reported as a LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKE.
There were 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES present in the same area of Neeves Rd.
in Pitt Meadows. 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 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 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 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.

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

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