This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Tuesday, April 27, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with
stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver. The RBA phone number is
(604) 737-3074.


Sightings for Tuesday, April 27:

Among the many BLACK-THROATED GRAY, YELLOW-RUMPED,
ORANGE-CROWNED and TOWNSEND?S WARBLERS in
Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Park were 4 WILSON?S WARBLERS,
the first of the spring. Also seen here were 2 HERMIT THRUSHES,
a HAMMOND?S FLYCATCHER, and 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS in
overflight.

Another 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Burnaby Mountain
Park, Burnaby.

Also productive was Minnekhada Park in Coquitlam, which had two
CASSIN?S VIREOS and 8 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS.

Joe Brown Park in Surrey also had a PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER
and a HAMMOND?S FLYCATCHER.

A NASHVILLE WARBLER was at Colony Farm, and another
NASHVILLE WARBLER was at Grant Narrows Park in Pitt Meadows
along with 6 TURKEY VULTURES, 6 OSPREYS and a VAUX?S SWIFT.

Another VAUX?S SWIFT was over Highway 10 and 104th Street in Delta.


Sightings for Monday, April 26:

A TOWNSEND?S SOLITAIRE and a CHIPPING SPARROW were
seen on Bowen Island at the municipal hall.


Sightings for Sunday, April 25:

24 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Maplewood Conservation
Area, North Vancouver, along with a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER.

The Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta had 7 GREATER WHITE-
FRONTED GEESE, 5 SANDHILL CRANES and 1 HUTTON?S VIREO.

At Pitt Meadows there was a TURKEY VULTURE over McNeill Road
and a possible female CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD at Grant Narrows.


Sightings for Saturday, April 24:

A SORA was at Colony Farm in Port Coquitlam, along with a very
late AMERICAN TREE SPARROW.

A NASHVILLE WARBLER was at Burnaby Mountain Park in Burnaby,
as well as 2 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS and an EVENING GROSBEAK.

Reifel had 7 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE east of the east
dyke trail, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in the driveway of the
house, 2 SANDHILL CRANES and 6 MUTE SWANS at the Westham
Island Bridge.

There were 1,000 BRANT off Roberts Bank Jetty in Delta, and Blackie
Spit in Surrey had 2 PURPLE MARTINS and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS.

Iona Island, Richmond, had 2 male and 2 female REDHEADS in
the northwest sewage pond, and a MARBLED GODWIT along the
foreshore near the former outflow pond.


Sightings for Friday, April 23:

A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen at the Reifel Bird
Sanctuary, Delta, in the gift shop garden area. Also at Reifel was
a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a HERMIT THRUSH, 6 to 14 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and a WHIMBREL.

A TOWNSEND?S SOLITAIRE was at the Alaksen NWA on
Westham Island, Delta, at the gated trail that goes by the inlet.


Sightings for Thursday, April 22:

A PRAIRIE FALCON was seen at the last major overpass before
the gate of the Roberts Bank jetty in Delta.

A WHIMBREL, a MARBLED GODWIT and a LONG-BILLED
CURLEW were on Westham Island, Delta, in a grass field on the
left before you reach the Reifel Bird Sanctuary entrance.

A BLUE-WINGED TEAL was at the Iona Island sewage ponds, Richmond.

Two TURKEY VULTURES were over Highway 1 and Boundary Road in Burnaby.



Sightings for Wednesday, April 21:

Two male PURPLE MARTINS were at Blackie Spit, Surrey, and
70 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were at "Farm Slough" on the
east side of the spit.

A TURKEY VULTURE was sighted over Highway 1 and Willingdon in Burnaby.


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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http://www.naturalhistory.bc.ca/VNHS/


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