Subject: RBA Vancouver, BC -- May 4/03
Date: May 5 19:41:22 2003
From: Larry Cowan - lawrencecowan at shaw.ca


This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Bird Alert for Sunday,
May 4th, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with stores in
Vancouver and North Vancouver.

The featured bird is GOLDEN EAGLE.

Sightings for Sunday, May 4th

In Pitt Meadows a GOLDEN EAGLE was observed.

At Blackie Spit 10 WHIMBREL and 1 MARBLED GODWIT was reported.

At the Iona Island Sewage Ponds 3 REDHEADS and 2 AMERICAN PIPITS
were reported. Of interest was 1 COMMON LOON seen on the Outer Pond.

A highlight from the Squamish Estuary Count was a YELLOW-BILLED LOON.

Sightings for Saturday, May 3rd

A VESPER SPARROW was observed near the corner of 176 St and 80th Ave in
Cloverdale.

Migrants are starting to appear in the Vancouver Area with WILSON'S
WARBLERS, TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS, PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, HAMMOND'S
FLYCATCHERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, VAUX'S SWIFTS and YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS being widely reported.

Sightings for Friday, May 2nd

The first BLACK SWIFT of the year was observed near Fleetwood Park in
Surrey.

At Blackie Spit were 3 MARBLED GODWITS, 5 WHIMBREL, 3 CASPIAN TERNS AND 1
MERLIN.


Thank you for calling the Vancouver Bird Alert & good birding.

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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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