This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Sunday, April 18, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with
stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver. The RBA phone number is
(604) 737-3074.


Sightings for Sunday, April 18:

Two SANDHILL CRANES were at Pitt Meadows.

A MARBLED GODWIT was in Boundary Bay Regional Park, Delta,
along the foreshore in front of the tower.

A EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL could still be seen at Elgin
Heritage Park, off Crescent Road in Surrey.

About 200 BONAPARTE?S GULLS were seen at the mouth of the Little
Campbell River in White Rock.


Sightings for Saturday, April 17:

The female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD continued to be seen at Boundary
Bay Regional Park, Delta, on logs between the tower and the two
benches facing the beach.

Two GREAT HORNED OWLS were near the Beach Grove School, Delta.

Blackie Spit in Surrey had 3 CASPIAN TERNS and a SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER.


Sightings for Friday, April 16:

A small flock of 6 PURPLE MARTINS at the Maplewood Flats
Conservation Area in North Vancouver were the arrival birds of the
spring.

The female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was at Boundary Bay Regional
Park in Delta.


Sightings for Thursday, April 15:

A female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was at the Centennial Beach area of
Boundary Bay Regional Park, Delta. It was east of the gravel parking
lot, along the ring nature trail. Also here were 5 MARBLED GODWITS at
the pump house at the foot of 12th Avenue.

In Blaine, Washington, on the mudflats next to Marine Drive, were 100
BONAPARTE?S GULLS, while off the fishing pier at the end of Marine
Drive at the entrance to Drayton Harbour was one EARED GREBE.


Sightings for Wednesday, April 14:

Two BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were on the Tsawwassen Jetty, Delta,
along with a CASPIAN TERN. 1500 to 2000 BRANT were between the 2
jetties.


Sightings for Tuesday, April 13:

The hybrid TUFTED DUCK X GREATER SCAUP was again seen at
the Ambleside Park Lagoon in West Vancouver. Also here, on an island
in the lagoon, were a pair GREEN HERONS building a nest.

An arrival BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was a Lighthouse Park
in West Vancouver.


Sightings for Monday, April 12:

An adult male TUFTED DUCK X GREATER SCAUP hybrid was seen at
the Ambleside Park lagoon in West Vancouver. Blackie Spit in Surrey
had a MARBLED GODWIT and a WESTERN MEADOWLARK.



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