Subject: Vancouver, BC RBA for December 28, 2003
Date: Dec 29 11:24:40 2003
From: Wayne C. Weber - contopus at telus.net


This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Sunday, December 28, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited,
with stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver. The RBA phone number is
(604) 737-3074.

The featured bird is BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER.


Sightings for Sunday, December 28:

A BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER was seen about 50 yards from
Prospect Point in Vancouver's Stanley Park, on the left side of the
road as you walk west towards the picnic area. It was foraging in the
lower branches of some cedar and hemlock trees. At the picnic area
itself the GREAT GRAY
OWL could still be seen, along with 2 RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKERS.


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.



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