This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Sunday, December 7, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with
stores in Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Surrey.

The featured birds are: PACIFIC-GOLDEN PLOVER and WHITE-
THROATED SPARROW.


Sightings for Sunday, December 7:

A PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER and a RED KNOT were at the foot of 104th
Street on Boundary Bay in Delta.

The 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS could still be found at the mouth of the
Serpentine River in Surrey, along with 8 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.

A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was in a yard on 230th Street in Maple Ridge.

The Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta had 1 juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 1
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, 1 BARN OWL, 1 SHORT-EARED OWL and 1 BARRED OWL.
The late WESTERN TANAGER was also seen, as were 3 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS.

A VIRGINIA RAIL was under the stone bridge at the west end of Lost
Lagoon in Stanley Park, Vancouver


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 halfway 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.

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