This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Bird Alert for Monday,
May 26th, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with stores in
Vancouver and North Vancouver.

RARE BIRD ALERT! for OVENBIRD.

Sightings for Monday, May 26th

RARE BIRD ALERT! An OVENBIRD was heard singing near Cecil Green Park at UBC
in Vancouver. To find the area park at the Anthropology Museum and walk
towards the Totem Poles. At the bluff is trail #4 that heads down to the
beach. The bird was in the trees here in the mid morning. Efforts later in
the day failed to relocate this bird.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was again present along Ferguson Rd on the Airport Fence
on Sea Island.

An EASTERN KINGBIRD was reported at the 1st bend of Rannie Rd in Pitt
Meadows.

Sightings for Sunday, May 25th

RARE BIRD ALERT! An adult BREWER'S SPARROW of the TIMBERLINE race was seen
and photographed at BURNABY MOUNTAIN PARK below the Horizon's Restaurant
underneath a large Beech Tree.

RARE BIRD ALERT! The adult singing male TENNESEE WARBLER was again seen in
trees near the Golf Course Washrooms on the southwest side of Queen
Elizabeth Park in Vancouver.

RARE BIRD ALERT! An adult male TENNESSE WARBLER was seen and heard at the
corner of Canada Way and Royal Oak in Burnaby.

Along the Grant Narrows Dyke Trail in Pitt Meadows the following species
were reported: 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER, 2 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, 1 YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD and just past the wooden bridge a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.

There were a pair of WESTERN KINGBIRDS seen along the Airport Fence along
Ferguson Rd on Sea Island.

Near the McCleery Golf Course in Vancouver were 2 GREEN HERONS.

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

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Toochin