This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Saturday May 11th, May 12th morning
update, sponsored in part by the Wild Birds Unlimited stores in Vancouver
and North Vancouver.

Rare bird alert for HUDSONIAN GODWIT

Species noted:

Blue-winged Teal [Grant Narrows]
Osprey [Blackie Spit]
Semipalmated Plover [Blackie Spit]
Whimbrel [Delta, Blackie Spit]
Long-billed Curlew [Iona]
Hudsonian Godwit [112th St.]
Pectoral Sandpiper [Delta, Iona]
Semipalmated Sandpiper [Iona]
Wilson's Phalarope [Delta]
Parasitic Jaeger [Point Grey, Iona]
Common Tern [Point Grey, Iona]
Barred Owl [Lighthouse Park NV]
Common Nighthawk [Pt. Roberts]
Vaux's Swift [Burnaby Mtn.]
Calliope Hummingbird [Burnaby Mtn.]
Pacific-slope Flycatcher [Robert Burnaby Park]
DUSKY FLYCATCHER [Cecil Green]
Warbling Vireo [Grant Narrows, Burnaby Mtn.]
Cassin's Vireo [Grant Narrows]
Townsend's Solitaire [Grant Narrows]
Cedar Waxwing [Vancouver]
Western Tanager [Burnaby Mtn.]
White-throated Sparrow [Cecil Green]
Lapland Longspur [Iona]
Western Meadowlark [Iona]
Bullock's Oriole [Grant Narrows]
White-winged Crossbill [Cecil Green]

Sightings for Saturday, May 11th

In the late afternoon at 112th Street, Boundary Bay, a breeding plumaged
HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found. It was seen flying to a field near Highway 10.
In the same area were 100 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a WILSONS PHALAROPE and 10
WHIMBRELS. A further 10 WHIMBRELS were at 104th Street.

A report from Grant Narrows Regional Park in Pitt Meadows included 2
WARLING
VIREOS, a CASSIN'S VIREO, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEALS and a
BULLOCK'S ORIOLE.

At Lighthouse Park in North Vancouver was a BARRED OWL, while at 1st Avenue
in Point Roberts, a COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen.

Sightings for Friday, May 10th

Seen off Point Grey were 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS and 40 COMMON TERNS. At Cecil
Green were a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, a DUSKY FLYCATCHER and 4 WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS. At 41st and Crown in Vancouver were 12 CEDAR WAXWINGS.

At Iona bay was a LONG-BILLED CURLEW. At the ponds were a SEMI-PALMATED
SANDPIPER and 8 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. From the south jetty were a WESTERN
MEADOWLARK, a LAPLAND LONGSPUR, 20 PARASITIC JAEGERS and over 5000 COMMON
TERNS.

From Blackie's Spit come a report of an OSPREY, a SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER and
6
WHIMBRELS.

Sightings for Thursday, May 9th

At Iona there was a LONG-BILLED CURLEW in the bay as well as 12 PARASITIC
JAEGERS at the south jetty tip.

At Burnaby Mountain Park 2 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS are still being seen near
the playground. In the same area were a WESTERN TANAGER, a WARBLING VIREO
and 5 VAUX'S SWIFTS.

A search of Robert Burnaby Park produced 2 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS.

Sightings for Wednesday, May 8th

At Iona were a LONG-BILLED CURLEW in IONA BAY, a SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER
and 8 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS at the ponds and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR, 5 PARASITIC
JAEGERS and numerous COMMON TERNS from the south jetty.

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

For more information on Birding in the Vancouver Area log on to the
Vancouver Natural History Society's web site at: www.naturalhistory.bc.ca

Thank you and good birding.
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