Subject: Vancouver, BC RBA for December 17, 2003
Date: Dec 18 13:18:29 2003
From: Wayne C. Weber - contopus at telus.net
This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Wednesday, December 17, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited,
with stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver.
The featured birds are: GREAT GRAY OWL, TOWNSEND?S WARBLER
and HARRIS?S SPARROW.
Sightings for Wednesday, December 17:
A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen in Maple Ridge on 232nd Street, just south
of Silver Valley Road. The owl was on the fence post of a field of a
house with blue trim. The bird was then seen to fly across the street.
The HARRIS?S SPARROW was again seen near the compost bins of the
Dunsmuir Gardens in Blackie Spit Park, Surrey.
A TOWNSEND?S WARBLER and A HUTTON?S VIREO, but not the
GREAT GRAY OWL, were seen at the Prospect Point picnic area in
Stanley Park, Vancouver.
The GYRFALCON was at the foot of 112th Street in Delta.
Tuesday, December 16:
A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen by a number of observers at the Prospect
Point picnic area in Stanley Park, Vancouver
Monday, December 15:
A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen at the Prospect Point Picnic Area in
Stanley Park. Also in the area was a male TOWNSEND?S WARBLER.
A TOWNSEND?S SOLITAIRE was near the lawn bowling green in Queen
Elizabeth Park, Vancouver
THE GYRFALCON was at 112th Street in Delta.
The Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta had a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL,
a BARN OWL and a NORTHERN SHRIKE.
THE 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS continued to be seen at the mouth of the
Serpentine River on Mud Bay in Surrey.
Sunday, December 14:
The total for the Vancouver Christmas Bird Count was 119 species, the
highlight being a GREAT GRAY OWL in Stanley Park.
THE 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS were at the mouth of the Serpentine River.
Sightings for Saturday, December 13:
The HARRIS?S SPARROW was again seen at Blackie Spit Park in Surrey,
around the compost bins at the Dunsmuir Community Gardens. Also at
Blackie Spit were 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS.
The 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS were at the mouth of the Serpentine River,
Surrey, 150 meters east of the railroad bridge.
A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was at Mud Bay Park near the railroad
tracks, near where the avocets were seen.
Friday, December 12:
A HERMIT THRUSH was at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, below the
radio tower.
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