This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Saturday July 27th, evening
update sponsored in part by the Wild Birds Unlimited Stores in Vancouver
and North Vancouver.

The feature bird is RED-NECKED PHALAROPE

Species noted:

American Kestrel [Boundary Bay, West Vancouver]
Black-bellied Plover [Tsawwassen Jetty]
Semipalmated Plover [Roberts Bank, 96th St.]
Black Oystercatcher [Tawwassen Jetty]
Willet [Tsawwassen Jetty]
Whimbrel [Tsawwassen Jetty]
Long-billed Curlew [Roberts Bank]
Ruddy Turnstone [Tsawwassen Jetty]
Red Knot [Roberts Bank]
Dunlin [Roberts Bank]
Baird's Sandpiper [Roberts Bank]
Western Sandpiper [Roberts Bank, Tsawwassen Jetty]
Semipalmated Sandpiper [Roberts Bank]
Least Sandpiper [Roberts Bank, Tsawwassen Jetty]
Red-necked Phalarope [Roberts Bank]
Bonaparte's Gull [Roberts Bank]
Caspian Tern [Tsawwassen Jetty]
Bullock's Oriole [Iona]

Sightings for Saturday, July 27

At Iona Island along the fence separating the Inner and Outer Ponds
were 2 female BULLOCK'S ORIOLES.

Along the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty were 6 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, 3
WHIMBREL and the WILLET.

At the Base of the Roberts Bank Coal Port Jetty the following species
were reported:
1 juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, 2 RED KNOT, 1 LONG-BILLED CURLEW,
2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 20 DUNLIN, 50 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER,
1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 400 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS
and 6 BONAPARTE'S GULLS.

Along the Boundary Bay forshore was 1 AMERICAN KESTREL.

Friday, July 26

At the Compensation Lagoon along the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty the
following birds were reported:
1 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 1 WHIMBREL, 2-3 BLACK OYSTERCATHCERS,
3 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and 140 CASPIAN TERNS.

At the base of the Jetty on the South Side was the WILLET.

At the base of the Roberts Bank Coal Port Jetty were 97 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, 30 LEAST SANDPIPERS and 20 WESTERN SANDPIPERS.

At the foot of 96th Street in Boundary Bay were 100 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS.

Thursday, July 25

In a late report an AMERICAN KESTREL was watched soaring over 11th
Street in West Vancouver.

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

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From: "larusivory" <novaeseelandiae at hotmail.com>

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