This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Bird Alert for
Sunday, June 29th, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with
stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver

Rare bird alert for an OVENBIRD!

Sightings for Sunday, June 29:

An Ovenbird was seen this morning at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby. To
find the bird: go north off Imperial to Gilley and then turn right
onto Oakland and then left onto Brantford. The trail is where
Brantford makes a sharp right turn. Take the trail down the ravine,
and just past the ravine near a creek is where the bird has been
heard singing.

Saturday, June 28:

The Yellow-breasted Chat was seen about 100 meters inside the gate
that leads to Grant Narrows. Also in the area was an Alder Flycatcher.

A Pileated Woodpecker was northwest of the Lougheed Mall.

Friday, June 27:

A family of 6 Green Herons were at Ambelside Park in West Vancouver
and could be seen on a willow on an island on the display pond across
from some benches.

2 Black Oystercatchers with a chick were at the compensation lagoon
at the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, along with 60 Caspian Terns, one of
which had coloured leg bands. 2 Whimbrel were at Beach Grove in
Tsawwassen

In a late report for Thursday, 2 Vaux's Swifts were seen in
overflight west of Burnaby Lake and a Turkey Vulture was above
Lougheed Mall.

Thursday, June 26th

An EASTERN KINGBIRD was reported from the fence seperating the Inner
and Outer Ponds at Iona Island.

Sightings for Wednesday, June 25th

In Pitt Meadows the YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was again seen along the
River Dyke trail half a mile from the Grant Narrows Parking Lot.
Along the Grant Narrows Dyke Trail the ALDER FLYCATCHER was again
found 250m from the footbridge. Also reported here were 3 GRAY
CATBIRDS.

A boat trip around the Grebe Islets in West Vancouver produced 12
HARLEQUIN DUCKS and 8 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS with 1 juvenile bird.

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For further information on birding in the Vancouver area log onto the
Vancouver Natural History Society's web site at www.naturalhistory.bc.ca

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Larry Cowan
Vancouver Bird Alert
Port Coquitlam, BC
lawrencecowan at shaw.ca