This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Sunday May 5th, May 6th morning update,
sponsored in part by the Wild Birds Unlimited stores in Vancouver and North
Vancouver.

Featured birds are CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, PARASITIC JAEGER and NASHVILLE
WARBLER

Species noted:

Green Heron [Abbotsford]
Greater White-fronted Goose [Surrey]
Blue-winged Teal [Iona]
Ring-necked Duck [Iona]
Merlin [Iona]
Peregrine Falcon [Blackie Spit, Iona]
Semipalmated Plover [Blackie Spit, Iona, Beach Grove]
Whimbrel [Surrey, Blackie Spit]
Long-billed Curlew [Blackie Spit]
Parasitic Jaeger [Cecil Green]
Franklin's Gull [Abbotsford]
Common Tern [Iona Jetty]
Barred Owl [QE Park]
Anna's Hummingbird [Ambleside]
Calliope Hummingbird [Cecil Green, Stanley Park, Burnaby Mtn. Park, QE
Park]
Pacific-slope Flycatcher [Cecil Green]
LEAST FLYCATCHER [Burnaby]
Hammond's Flycatcher [Cecil Green]
Warbling Vireo [Port Coquitlam, Cecil Green, QE Park]
Purple Martin [Blackie Spit]
Townsend's Solitaire [Point Roberts]
Swainson's Thrush [Port Coquitlam]
Nashville Warbler [QE Park]
Black-throated Gray Warbler [Burnaby]
MacGillivray's Warbler [QE Park]
Wilson's Warbler [Port Coquitlam, Cecil Green, QE Park, Stanley Park]
Black-headed Grosbeak [Surrey]
RUSTIC BUNTING (possible) [Hope]
Yellow-headed Blackbird [Iona]

Out of town, in Hope, a bird fitting the description of a RUSTIC BUNTING
was
seen on the northeast area of the Hope Airport, near the orange windsock off
Yale Road.

In a late report for May 4th, in a green belt in Port Coquitlam were a
SWAINSON'S THRUSH, a WARBLING VIREO and a WILSON'S WARBLER.

Sightings for Sunday, May 5th

At Cecil Green at UBC was a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, WILSON'S WARBLERS, a
PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER, a WARBLING VIREO and seen
from the cliff tops was a PARASITIC JAEGER.

Another CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was located at Lost Lagoon, Stanley Park.

At Queen Elizabeth Park was a NASHVILLE WARBLER.

There were 7 WHIMBRELS at Elgin Heritage Park in Surrey. Also in Surrey, at
Blackie's Spit were 2 PURPLE MARTINS, 4 WHIMBRELS, a LONG-BILLED CURLEW, a
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER and a PEREGRINE FALCON.

Sightings for Saturday, May 4th

At Iona today were a PEREGRINE FALCON, a MERLIN, 5 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS
and 6 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS

Sightings for Friday, May 3rd

At Burnaby Mountain Park, 2 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS were present. Another
CALLIOPE was seen at Cecil Green near UBC. At Queen Elizabeth Park were 2
WILSON'S WARBLERS, a MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, a WARBLING VIREO and a BARRED
OWL.

At Iona were 6 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS and 2 BLUE-WINGED TEALS. Another 6
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS were seen at Beach Grove in Tsawwassen. There were 2
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES at Lily Point, Point Roberts.

Near Lougheed Mall was a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER.

Sightings for Thursday, May 2nd

A CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was discovered on the west side of Queen Elizabeth
Park.

At Beach Grove Lagoon in Tsawwassen were 3 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS. In
Abbotsford, in the Matsqui Trail Area were 2 GREEN HERONS and a FRANKLIN'S
GULL.

Sightings for Wednesday, May 1st

At Burnaby Mountain Park, in cherry trees near the playground, was a
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD.

A BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK was singing at the 2300 block of 154th Street,
South
Surrey. An ANNAS HUMMINGBIRD was seen at the west pond at Ambleside Park and
a WILSON'S WARBLER was near Lost Lagoon, Stanley Park.

In late reports for April 29th, a LEAST FLYCATCHER was heard calling in the
evening in the 4100 block of Garden Grove Drive in Burnaby. Ten GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen at 168th Street and 140th Avenue in Surrey. 97
WHIMBRELS were in a field near 8th avenue and 176th Street in Surrey. At
Iona were 12 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS, a COMMON TERN and a male RING-NECKED
DUCK.

Thank you and good birding.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Calvin Gehlen" <birding at shaw.ca>

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