This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday,
October 7th, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with stores in
Vancouver and North Vancouver.

Featured bird is FRANKLIN'S GULL.

If you have a report, please leave your name, telephone number, date and
location of your sighting. If you want to skip the update press the pound
key on your telephone; otherwise please wait until the end of this update to
leave your message.

Sightings for October 7

A first winter FRANKLIN'S GULL was seen near the boat launch area at Island
22 in Chilliwack. To get to this location travel north on Yonge St. through
downtown Chilliwack till you pass Brian Minter's Nursery then watch for
Island 22 signs on your left.

A STILT SANDPIPER was reported from Blackie Spits Farm Slough. Nearby at
Mud Bay was a PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER and a MARBLED GODWIT.

A TURKEY VULTURE was seen in over flight of the 15000 blk of 20th St. south
Surrey.

October 6

A PALM WARBLER was observed on the Iona North Jetty past the log sort area.

October 5th

At Boundary Bay, in the woodlot east of the foot of 112th Street, a
late MacGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER was reported.

At the foot of 104th Street were 3 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS.

At the "mansion" west of the foot of 96th Street were 3 STILT
SANDPIPERS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS.

At Blackie Spit in Surrey, a STILT SANDPIPER was seen on the afternoon
high tide.

At the "compensation lagoon" on the north side of the Tsawwassen ferry
Jetty, was 1 MARBLED GODWIT.

At Burnaby Lake, a high count of 18 PIED-BILLED GREBES was reported,
as well as one SHORT-EARED OWL.


October 4th

A bird thought to be a possible EYE-BROWED THRUSH was seen for about
20 minutes in a backyard in the 8000 block of Kaymar Drive in Burnaby.
It has not been seen since. Confirmation of this sighting would be
welcomed.

At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary, were 4 SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPERS in the West
Field near the viewing tower. Also at Reifel were a GREEN HERON, 4 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 13 CASPIAN TERNS, 2 COMMON TERNS, and a LESSER
YELLOWLEGS.

At the mansion west of the foot of 96th Street on Boundary Bay were a
STILT SANDPIPER and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Also here were 5 PACIFIC
GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, and one RED KNOT among
hundreds of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS.

At Lighthouse Marine Park in Point Roberts, Washington were a MARBLED
MURRELET and 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS.

The CRESTED AUKLET was still being reported at Pedder Bay, between
Metchosin and Sooke on southern Vancouver Island. For further updates
on this bird, please call the Victoria RBA at (250) 592-3381.

October 3rd

At Cecil Green Park, near the Anthropology Museum at UBC, were a
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, 5 YELLOW WARBLERS, 2 HUTTON'S
VIREOS, and 2 HERMIT THRUSHES.

At Lighthouse Marine Park in Point Roberts, Washington were 4
HEERMANN'S GULLS and a RHINOCEROS AUKLET.

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

Larry Cowan
Port Coquitlam, BC
lawrencecowan at shaw.ca