This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Sunday, June 20, sponsored in part by the Wild Birds Unlimited
stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver. The RBA phone number is
(604) 737-3074.


NOTE: The ALDER FLYCATCHER reported from the Grant Narrows
nature dyke in Pitt Meadows from June 14 onward is unconfirmed, and
is now considered to be most likely a misidentified WILLOW
FLYCATCHER.


Sightings for Sunday, June 20:

The rare bird alert continues for the CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, which
was again seen in Camosun Bog in Vancouver, along the boardwalk.

There?s also a bird alert for a BLACK TERN, which was seen along the
dyke between Katzie Marsh and Pitt Lake, on a floating log directly in
front of the first viewing tower.

Also at Grant Narrows in Pitt Meadows, the VEERY was seen along
the nature dyke trail at the first log across the trail. Also in the
area
were 8 EASTERN KINGBIRDS and 2 BULLOCK?S ORIOLES.

The Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta had 5 female PURPLE MARTINS
as well as 7 WILSON?S PHALAROPES, 15 WESTERN SANDPIPERS,
2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and a REDHEAD in the gift shop pond.


Sightings for Saturday, June 19:

The CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was seen for the 3rd consecutive
day at Camosun Bog (19th Avenue at Camosun Street), Vancouver.


Sightings for Friday, June 18:

The adult singing male CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was seen
and heard this morning as well as in the evening, near the corner
of 19th Ave and Camosun Street in Vancouver. The bird was found
about 10 metres from the entrance of the boardwalk that runs into
Camosun Bog, and it was photographed by several people.

At the Grant Narrows "nature dyke" in Pitt Meadows, about 200 metres
down the dyke, were the VEERY and an AMERICAN REDSTART. In
the same area were a GRAY CATBIRD and 5 EASTERN KINGBIRDS.
Over the parking lot, a pair of PURPLE MARTINS was observed! At the
road leading west from Rannie Road along the south boundary of the
Pitt WMA, the LEAST FLYCATCHER was again singing at the third
telephone pole west of the bend on the dyke.

Out of town, in Half Moon Bay on the Sunshine Coast, an
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was seen and photographed
in the morning along Trout Lake Road where the powerlines cross the
road.

At Blackie Spit in Surrey, 10 PURPLE MARTINS were seen near
the nest boxes. Also seen at the spit were 2 BULLOCK'S ORIOLES.


Sightings for Thursday, June 17th

RARE BIRD ALERT! A singing adult male CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER was seen and heard this morning near the corner of
19th Ave and Camosun Street in Vancouver. The bird was found
about 10 metres from the entrance of the boardwalk that runs to
Camosun Bog.

The elusive VEERY was briefly heard this morning about 200
metres along the Grant Narrows Dyke Trail in Pitt Meadows (at
the first small log over the trail). At the road running W from
Rannie
Road along the south edge of the Pitt WMA, the LEAST FLYCATCHER
was again singing at the third telephone pole past the bend on the
dyke. At the gate on Rannie Road was a WESTERN KINGBIRD.

At the foot of 104th Street in Delta, the HOUSE WREN was again
observed on territory.

A GREATER YELLOWLEGS was found at the Iona Island sewage ponds,
Richmond.

A TURKEY VULTURE was observed at Victoria Drive and 3rd Ave in
Vancouver.

A pair of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were observed over Berkley Drive
in North Vancouver.


There were no sightings reported for Wednesday, June 16.


Sightings for Tuesday, June 15th

The VEERY was again heard singing along the Grant Narrows dyke
trail in Pitt Meadows, about 200 metres from the beginning of the
dyke, where the first small log crosses over the trail. Also here was
a
singing first year male AMERICAN REDSTART and 2 GRAY CATBIRDS.
Also at Grant Narrows and elsewhere in Pitt Meadows were 5
BULLOCK'S ORIOLES and 4 EASTERN KINGBIRDS. In Katzie Marsh,
visible from the viewing tower on the Pitt Lake dyke, were 10 male
RING-NECKED DUCKS, and in Pitt Lake were 2 breeding plumaged
COMMON LOONS.

The singing LEAST FLYCATCHER was still present in Pitt Meadows,
along the gated road (Koerner Road?-- unsigned) leading west from
Rannie Road, about 1.5 km north of the Swan-e-set Golf Course
entrance. A WESTERN KINGBIRD was on the wires along Rannie
Road nearby.

Also in Pitt Meadows, along McNeill Road at the Piroche Nursery, about
200 metres west of Rannie Road, a singing adult male LAZULI
BUNTING was present.

In Vancouver's Everett Crowley Park on Avalon Pond, the GREAT
EGRET was again observed.

Two COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported from Byron Road in North
Vancouver.


Sightings for Monday, June 14th

Near the beginning of the Grant Narrows Nature Dyke Trail in Pitt
Meadows, a VEERY was heard singing. This bird was about 200
metres down the trail from the concession stand, where the first log
crosses over the trail. Further down the dyke were a singing GRAY
CATBIRD and an EASTERN KINGBIRD.

The LEAST FLYCATCHER was again reported along the gated road
that is 2km north of the Swan-e-set Golf Course. Take the left dyke
trail and follow it until there is a sharp bend in the trail. The
flycatcher is singing at the third telephone pole beyond the bend
in the trail.

The GREAT EGRET was again seen in Avalon Pond in Everett Crowley
Park in Vancouver.

The first year male AMERICAN REDSTART was again seen heard
singing in the west woods in the Maplewood Conservation Area
in North Vancouver.



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

This transcript was prepared by John Kalman and Rick Toochin,
and edited and distributed by Wayne Weber.


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Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
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