This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Thursday July 25th, evening
update sponsored in part by the Wild Birds Unlimited Stores in Vancouver
and North Vancouver.

The feature bird is WILLET

Species noted:

Brant [Point Roberts, Beach Grove]
Harlequin Duck [White Rock]
Peregrine Falcon [Beach Grove]
Black-bellied Plover [112th]
Semipalmated Plover [Beach Grove]
Black Oystercatcher [Point Roberts]
Willet [Roberts Bank, Tsawwassen Jetty]
Red Knot [112th]
Western Sandpiper [Beach Grove]
Semipalmated Sandpiper [Beach Grove, Blackie Spit]
Least Sandpiper [Beach Grove, Blackie Spit]
Caspian Tern [Tsawwassen Jetty]
Common Nighthawk [North Langley]

Sightings for Thursday, July 25

No Sightings

Wednesday, July 24

A WILLET was found along the Roberts Bank Coal Port Jetty.

Just east of Lighthouse Marine Park at Point Roberts was a banded
BRANT.

A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was found at 98th Ave and 206th Street in North
Langley.

Tuesday, July 23

Along the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty 1 WILLET, 2 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS and
306 CASPIAN TERNS were seen.

At nearby Beach Grove Lagoon 1 BRANT, 250 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 2
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and 1
PEREGRINE FALCON.

At the base of the Semiahmoo Trail in White Rock were 34 HARLEQUIN
DUCKS.

At Blackie Spit was 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER mixed in with a small
flock of LEAST SANDPIPERS.

Monday, July 22

At the foot of 112th Street were 200 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS with 2 RED
KNOTS.

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

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