This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Wednesday, December 10, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited,
with stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver.

The featured birds are: TOWNSEND?S WARBLER, HARRIS? SPARROW
and GYRFALCON


Sightings for Wednesday, December 10:

A TOWNSEND?S WARBLER was at Plymouth Crescent, almost at the
Dollarton Highway, in North Vancouver.

3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were on the rugby field on the west
side of Burnaby Lake, Burnaby.


Tuesday, December 9:

A HARRIS? SPARROW was hanging around the compost bins at the
Dunsmuir Community Gardens located on the south side of Blackie Spit
Park, Surrey.

The immature grey morph GYRFALCON was west of the foot of 96th Street
in Delta.

The Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta had 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT
HERONS, a WESTERN TANAGER, and a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL.

The WESTERN SCRUB-JAY continued to be seen at 4126 River Road
West in Ladner (Delta).


Monday, December 8:

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was at the foot of 96th Street in Delta and a
SHORT-EARED OWL was at the foot of 64th Street. Also in the area, the
GYRFALCON was at 72nd Street near the Boundary Bay Airport control
tower.


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


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