Vancouver Bird Alert for Tuesday, Febraury 26th, evening update,
sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited with stores in Vancouver and North
Vancouver.

Featured Birds are TREE SWALLOWS & BARN SWALLOWS

Species noted:

FALCATED DUCK [Washington State]
Redhead [Semiahmoo Trail]
Ring-necked Duck [Campbell Valley Park]
Glaucous Gull [Delta]
SLATY-BACKED GULL [Delta]
Common Murre [Point Roberts]
Pigeon Guillemot [Point Roberts]
Marbled Murrelet [Point Roberts]
Rhinoceros Auklet [Point Roberts]
Band-tailed Pigeon [Coquitlam]
Short-eared Owl [Iona]
Rufous Hummingbird [Coquitlam]
Red-breasted Sapsucker [Coquitlam]
Hutton's Vireo [Green Timbers Park,]
Tree Swallow [Reifel, Serpentine Fen, Beach Grove]
Barn Swallow [Reifel, Serpentine Fen, Beach Grove]
Crested Myna [Wylie & 2nd]
Orange-crowned Warbler [Iona]
Harris's Sparrow [Tsawwassen]
Lincoln's Sparrow [Tsawwassen]
Pine Grosbeak [Coquitlam]
Common Redpoll [Surrey]

Sightings for Tuesday, February 26th

At Reifel Refuge today 12 BARN SWALLOWS and 2 TREE SWALLOWS were reported
from
the parking lot (RTo).

Meanwhile at Serpentine Fenn upto 15 BARN SWALLOWS and at least 5 TREE
SWALLOWS
were reported (CG).

In Tsawwassen at 17 A Ave and 58th St the HARRIS' SPARROW and a LINCOLN'S
SPARROW
were again seen in the field across from the intersection (NR).

In North Surrey at Holly Park Lane 40 COMMON REDPOLLS were again coming to
feeders
behind building 11 of the townhouse complex (IK).

At Iona Island an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was again reported (BSc).

Sightings for Monday, February 25th

Of interest to local birders comes word of a male FALCATED DUCK
seen with 100's of AMERICAN WIGEON near Samish Island in Washington
State on February 21st. This area is less than an hour away by car and
birders should be on the
look out in our area for this exotic duck as it migrates north. The bird has
not been relocated since
its initial first date of discovery (Tweeters e-mail).

Locally at Beach Grove Lagoon 3 adult TREE SWALLOWS and 1 imm BARN SWALLOW
were reported near the pump house (RSw).

In the 1300 block of Corbon St. Coquitlum were 2 RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS, 2 PINE
GROSBEAKS male and female,
1 RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER and 6 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS (LT).

At the Semiahmoo Trail the male REDHEAD was again reported (PS).

At Campbell Valley Park there was a pair of RING-NECKED DUCKS (TD).

In Green Timbers Park 1 HUTTON'S VIREO was seen (TD).

Sightings for Sunday, February 24th

The adult SLATY-BACKED GULL was again present this morning
with a 1st year GLAUCOUS GULL along Hornby Dr east of 96th St (RTo).

At Holly Park Lane in North Surrey were a total of 40 COMMON REDPOLLS (RTo).

At the Semiamooh Trail Pond in South Surrey were 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS
and one REDHEAD (CG).

At Iona Island was a SHORT-EARED OWL (TPk).

At Lighthouse Park in Point Roberts Washington the following birds were
reported:
2 MARBLED MURRELETS, 1 RHINOCEROS AUKLET, a few PIGEON GUILLEMOTS
and a few COMMON MURRES (TPk).

The pair of CRESTED MYNAS were again reported from 2nd and Wylie in
Vancouver (anonymous).

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Observer Initials: BSc - Brian Scott, RTo - Rick Toochin, CG - Carlo
Giovanella
TPk - Tim Pirk, TD - Trevor Dick, PS - Prue
Spitmann,
NR - Noel Russell, LT - Linda Tims, IK - Ivan
Kaderabek,
RSw - Richard Swanston,

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

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www.naturalhistory.bc.ca