Subject: RBA Vancouver, BC -- March 17/03
Date: Mar 18 16:54:07 2003
From: Larry Cowan - lawrencecowan at shaw.ca


This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for Monday,
March 17th, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with stores in
Vancouver and North Vancouver.

Sightings for March 17th

At Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver was a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE.

Sightings for March 16th

At the mouth of Little Campbell River in South Surrey was a Eurasian
GREEN-WINGED TEAL.

At Iona were one NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, 10 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS, 6
TREE SWALLOWS, 5 BARN SWALLOWS and 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS.

The two LONG-EARED OWLS were at Terra Nova in Richmond.

A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was at Colony Farm in Port Coquitlam.

In a late report for March 14th, there was an AMERICAN AVOCET near King
George Highway at Serpentine Fen in Surrey.

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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From: "Calvin Gehlen" <calvin at inisystems.com>