Subject: Vancouver, BC RBA for April 12, 2004
Date: Apr 16 00:19:07 2004
From: Wayne C. Weber - contopus at telus.net


This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Monday, April 12, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with
stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver. The RBA phone number is
(604) 737-3074.

The featured bird is a possible TUFTED DUCK.


Sightings for Monday, April 12:

An adult male TUFTED DUCK was reported from the Ambleside
Park lagoon in West Vancouver, but having seen the bird myself this
afternoon, I?m inclined to think it?s a GREATER SCAUP X TUFTED
DUCK hybrid.

Blackie Spit in Surrey had a MARBLED GODWIT and a WESTERN
MEADOWLARK.


Sightings for Sunday, April, 11:

After an intensive search, the BLACK-NECKED STILTS at Serpentine
Fen in Surrey were not relocated.

The 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS continued at the mouth of the Serpentine
River in Surrey, along with a WHIMBREL.

The first CASPIAN TERNS of the year were seen at Iona Island,
Richmond, and at the Tsawwassen ferry jetty, Delta.

Also at Iona were 2 CINNAMON TEAL in the sewage ponds, and a
male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at the north outer pond.

Another 11 CINNAMON TEAL were at Serpentine Fen in Surrey.

A LONG-BILLED CURLEW was seen on the Vancouver Airport,
looking south from the parking area at the west end of Ferguson
Road on Sea Island, Richmond.


Sightings for Saturday, April 10:

Two BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen at Serpentine Fen in Surrey.
They were in the large pond near the north end of the area, visible
from the Serpentine River dyke trail.

Two EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL were seen at Elgin Heritage
Park, off Crescent Road in Surrey.

Pitt Meadows had 2 SANDHILL CRANES, 3 nesting pairs of OSPREYS,
and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS.


Sightings for Friday, April 9:

Three CINNAMON TEAL were in the northwest sewage pond at Iona
Island, Richmond, and a male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was
in the north outer pond.


Sightings for Thursday, April 8:

A MARBLED GODWIT was at Beach Grove in Delta.
Lighthouse Marine Park at Point Roberts, WA had 6 to 10
RHINOCEROS AUKLETS.

Two AMERICAN AVOCETS and 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
were at the mouth of the Serpentine River in Surrey.


Sightings for Wednesday, April 7:

Lighthouse Marine Park in Point Roberts had 5 RHINOCEROS
AUKLETS and 4 MARBLED MURRELETS, along with 6 or more
HARBOR PORPOISES offshore.

A TOWNSEND?S SOLITAIRE, 4 TURKEY VULTURES and a BARN
SWALLOW were seen at 60th Avenue, 2 blocks east of the King
George Highway in Surrey. An OSPREY was at 144th Street and
104th Avenue in Surrey.


There were no reports for Tuesday, April 6.


Sightings for Monday, April 5:

An OSPREY was at the Fraser River on Annacis Island, Delta.

A flock of 12 to 15 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS were at
Serpentine Fen in Surrey.

An AMERICAN AVOCET was at the mouth of the Serpentine River.



Thank you for calling the Vancouver Bird Alert, and good birding.

This transcript was prepared by John Kalman and distributed by Wayne
Weber.


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For further information on birding in the Vancouver area, log onto the
Vancouver Natural History Society's web site at
http://www.naturalhistory.bc.ca/VNHS/


Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus at telus.net