This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Saturday November 2nd, evening update,
sponsored in part by the Wild Birds Unlimited stores in Vancouver and North
Vancouver.

There were no reports of the YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO in Castlegar today.

Featured bird is SNOW BUNTING.

Sightings for November 2

>From the Iona Jetty came the report of 17 SNOW BUNTINGS at the 2-? km mark.
Also near here were 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS.

The adult NORTHERN SHRIKE was again seen on the Port Coquitlam side of
Colony Farm RP.

On the VNHS field trip to Mt. Seymour today the highlight birds were 1 or
possibly 2 NORTHERN PYGMY OWLS and 6 PINE GROSBEAK. These birds were seen
within a km of the trailhead from the parking lot.

In the SW corner of the Roberts Bank Jetty were 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS with
a small group of WESTERN SANDPIPERS.

November 1

The YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was seen in the morning around 8:00 AM on Waldie
Island at Castlegar in the Kootenays.

Seen at Colony Farm RP on the Port Coquitlam side were a NORTHERN SHRIKE & a
SHORT-EARED OWL being mobbed by numerous crows.

October 31

A SNOW BUNTING was seen on the Iona Jetty and a SWAMP SPARROW was seen along
the Iona/Sea Island Causeway. The bird was close to the Iona end of the
causeway.

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