Subject: Vancouver, BC RBA for December 6, 2003
Date: Dec 7 23:54:40 2003
From: Wayne C. Weber - contopus at telus.net


This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Saturday, December 6, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with
stores in Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Surrey.


Sightings for Saturday, December 6:

A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was at 98th Avenue and 205th Street
in Langley, near a creek.

A SNOW BUNTING was half way out the Roberts Bank coal port jetty in
Delta, and 8 BRANT were just offshore. A male AMERICAN KESTREL was
at Deltaport Way and Arthur Drive in Delta, and a female AMERICAN
KESTREL was by the overpass at 35B Street. Also nearby, 3 RED
KNOTS were at 34th Street and 33A Avenue.

Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Delta had a juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 2
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, a BARRED OWL, a HUTTON'S VIREO,
a WESTERN TANAGER and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON.


Friday, December, 5:

The WESTERN SCRUB-JAY could still be found at 4126 River Road in
Ladner. You can access the property on the left side of the house,
where the bird is usually found in high conifers.


Sightings for Thursday, December 4:

The GYRFALCON was again seen between 112th and 64th Streets in Delta,
north of Boundary Bay.


Wednesday, December 3:

The 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS were at the mouth of the Serpentine River in
Surrey, 100 meters upstream from the railway bridge.

A late PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was on the mudflats of Mud Bay Park in
Surrey, near where the AVOCETS were seen.

2 SNOW BUNTINGS and a SHORT-EARED OWL were inside the Vancouver
International Airport on Sea Island, Richmond.


Tuesday, December 2:

The MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was seen 200 meters east of the foot of 64th
Street, Delta, on logs along the Boundary Bay foreshore, while a RED
KNOT was on the mudflats. Also seen here were a NORTHERN SHRIKE
and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

End Transcript

This update was recorded and transcribed by John Kalman, and
distributed by Wayne Weber.

For further information on birding in the Vancouver area, log onto the
Vancouver Natural History Society's web site at
http://www.naturalhistory.bc.ca/VNHS/


Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus at telus.net