This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Saturday July 20th, evening
update sponsored in part by the Wild Birds Unlimited Stores in Vancouver
and North Vancouver.

The feature birds are GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH & RUDDY TURNSTONE

Species noted:

Long-tailed Duck [Point Roberts]
Black-bellied Plover [104th]
Semipalmated Plover [Iona]
Killdear [Iona]
Black Oystercatcher [Point Roberts]
Greater Yellowlegs [Iona]
Lesser Yellowlegs [Iona]
Spotted Sandpiper [Iona]
Ruddy Turnstone [104th St.]
Baird's Sandpiper [104th]
Western Sandpiper [Boundary Bay, Iona]
Semipalmated Sandpiper [Iona]
Least Sandpiper [Iona]
Long-billed Dowitcher [Iona]
Caspian Tern [Point Roberts]
Pigeon Guillemot [Point Roberts]
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch [Mt. Seymour]

Sightings for Saturday, July 20

On Second Pump Peak near the top of Mt Seymour a GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-
FINCH was discovered today.

Fall shorebirding got better and better today on the afternoon
hightide. At the foot of 104th Street just east along the dyke a full
breeding
plumaged RUDDY TURNSTONE was found amongst a small flock of BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS. Also here were good numbers of WESTERN SANDPIPERS and 1 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER.

At Iona Island Sewage Ponds the afternoon hightide brought very high
numbers of peeps. There were 7-8000 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 50 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS including 5 juvenile birds, 500 LEAST SANDPIPERS including 2
juveniles, 40 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER and 7 KILLDEER.

Friday, July 19

Fall shorebirding is now in full swing. On the afternoon hightide at
Iona Island in the Inner Ponds the following shorebirds were reported: 2500
WESTERN
SANDPIPERS, 30 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 250 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, 33 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 6 KILLDEERS &
1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS.

There were no reports for Thursday or Wednesday.

Tuesday, July 16

Lily Point in Point Roberts Washington had the following species:
2 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, 3 PIGEON GUILLEMOTS
and 1 LONG-TAILED DUCK.

Thank you for calling the Vancouver Bird Alert & good birding.

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