This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Saturday, December 27, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited,
with stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver.


Sightings for Saturday, December 27:

A SNOW GOOSE was seen along the Campbell River in White Rock
(unusual locality).

A female BLUE GROUSE was on the upper grass slopes of Burnaby
Mountain Park, Burnaby.


Friday, December 26:

The GREAT GRAY OWL was still at the Prospect Point picnic area in
Stanley Park, Vancouver

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen in Ambleside Park in
West Vancouver, in the pitch and putt golf area.


Thursday, December 25:

The GREAT GRAY OWL had Christmas dinner at the Prospect Point picnic
area in Stanley Park.

The VIRGINIA RAIL was under the stone bridge at the west end of Lost
Lagoon in Stanley Park.

A TOWNSEND?S SOLITAIRE was seen in Burnaby Mountain Park,
Burnaby.


Wednesday, December 24

The BLUE JAY was again seen just west of No. 5 Road on Dyke Road in
Richmond.

The GREAT GRAY OWL continued to hunt in the immediate area of the
Prospect Point picnic area.


Tuesday, December 23:

An adult GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the corner of Highway 10 and 72nd
Street in Delta. Also in Delta, the immature GYRFALCON was at 112th
Street and Hornby Drive.

The WESTERN SCRUB-JAY was at 4126 River Road in Ladner.

Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta had a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL,
a BARN OWL and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER.

A EURASIAN WIGEON was on the north side of the pond in Jericho Park,
Vancouver.


Sightings for Monday, December 22:

A HORNED LARK was at Mud Bay Park at the mouth of the Serpentine
River in Surrey.

An adult NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby.


Sunday, December 21:

The possible BROWN SHRIKE was not relocated after an intensive search
by birders in the Mud Bay Park area, though one person may have had a
brief glimpse of the bird.

The 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS were still present at the mouth of the
Serpentine River, along with a HORNED LARK.

THE GREAT GRAY OWL put in an appearance at the Prospect Point picnic
area in Stanley Park.

The Ladner Christmas count tallied 140 species. Highlights included: 8
COMMON REDPOLLS near the foot of 88th Street in Delta, a BLUE JAY on
Lulu Island in Richmond along Dyke Road, just west of No. 5 Road, and
2 GYRFALCONS at Boundary Bay (one on 112th Street, one at Centennial
Park in Delta).


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