This is the Vancouver Natural History Society?s Bird Alert for
Tuesday, May 13th, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with
stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver.

The feature bird is RED KNOT.


Sightings for Tuesday, May 13

At ?the mansion? near the foot of 96th Street on Boundary Bay, Delta,
were 5 RED KNOTS with a few hundred other shorebirds.

Five SANDHILL CRANES flew over the Vancouver International Airport on
Sea Island, Richmond, before heading eastward.

A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen in a flooded field at Glen Valley, near
Fort Langley. Nearby, two more SANDHILL CRANES were reported near the
intersection of 272nd Street and 80th Avenue in Langley.

At Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley, sightings included a
CASSIN?S VIREO, 3 WARBLING VIREOS, a WESTERN TANAGER, 20 PACIFIC-SLOPE
FLYCATCHERS, 12 SWAINSON?S THRUSHES, and two BARRED OWLS.


There were no sightings reported for Monday, May 12th.


Sightings for Sunday, May 11th

At Blackie Spit in Surrey, 5 PURPLE MARTINS were observed near the
nest boxes. Also seen here was one WHIMBREL.

A partial albino NORTHWESTERN CROW was seen near the corner of 180th
Street and 64th Avenue in Cloverdale (Surrey).

A PILEATED WOODPECKER was reported from Deas Island Park, Delta, and a
BARRED OWL from Golden Ears Park in Maple Ridge.


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