Subject: [Tweeters] Vancouver, BC RBA for September 25, 2005
Date: Sep 26 14:15:17 2005
From: Wayne C. Weber - contopus at telus.net


This is Wayne Weber with the Vancouver Natural History Society's
Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, September 25, sponsored in part by the Wild
Birds Unlimited stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver. This update
was recorded at 9:30 AM on September 26. The RBA phone number is
(604) 737-3074.

The LITTLE STINT seen on September 21 has not been reported again
since then.


Sightings for Sunday, September 25, 2005

In Delta, a BAR-TAILED GODWIT was still present near the foot of 104th
Street on Boundary Bay. Also seen on the Boundary Bay shoreline between
96th and 112th Streets were 3 MARBLED GODWITS, 3 AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVERS, and 2 RED KNOTS.

At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta were an immature BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON and a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. Also in Delta, 4
MARBLED GODWITS were at the lagoon on the north side of the
Tsawwassen ferry jetty, and the WILLET was near the base of the
jetty on the south side.


Sightings for Saturday, September 24, 2005

A RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER was seen along the east dyke trail at
the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta. This is undoubtedly the same
bird seen there on September 18, although it has been elusive
and hard to find.

At the Iona Island sewage ponds in Richmond were a SHARP-TAILED
SANDPIPER, a PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, and 20 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, all in the southwest pond.

On the west side of Stanley Park in Vancouver, at and near Ferguson Point,
were 12 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS.

At least 30 COMMON TERNS were seen along the beach in White Rock.


Sightings for Friday, September 23, 2005

A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen at an undisclosed location
in North Vancouver.


Sightings for Thursday, September 22, 2005

In Vancouver's Stanley Park, a WILSON'S SNIPE was seen at
Lost Lagoon, and 4 HERMIT THRUSHES along the Cathedral Trail nearby.


Sightings for Wednesday, September 21, 2005

At the pilings near the foot of 96th Street on the shore of Boundary Bay,
Delta, a juvenile LITTLE STINT was well seen and photographed from
6 PM onward. It was with a flock of WESTERN SANDPIPERS,
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and other shorebirds. The stint may
have been there the previous evening as well, but was not
conclusively identified then.

The BAR-TAILED GODWIT was also seen on the Boundary Bay shoreline
near the foot of 104th Street.

On the Tsawwassen ferry jetty, also in Delta, a RUDDY TURNSTONE
was seen with 6 BLACK TURNSTONES at the lagoon on the north side.

In Vancouver, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen near 34th Avenue
and Pine Street.


Sightings for Tuesday, September 20, 2005

The BAR-TAILED GODWIT was still present along the Boundary Bay foreshore
East of 104th Street in Delta, as were several RED KNOTS.

Off the foot of Beecher Street in Crescent Beach, Surrey, a flock of
about 500 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS was accompanied by 2 AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVERS, a PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, 11 RED KNOTS,
a MARBLED GODWIT, and a few early DUNLIN.

At Surrey Lake Park, off 152nd Street in Surrey, were a GREEN HERON,
2 OSPREYS, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 6 EURASIAN WIGEON, and
at least 200 AMERICAN PIPITS.

Near Downes Bowl Park in Abbotsford, 11 EVENING GROSBEAKS and a RED-
BREASTED SAPSUCKER were reported.


Sightings for Monday, September 19, 2005

At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta, a STILT SANDPIPER, a
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and two BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS were seen.


Sightings for Sunday, September 18, 2005

At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary, a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, very
rare in fall, was seen well along the east dyke trail. One STILT
SANDPIPER was also still at Reifel.

Near the foot of 96th Street on Boundary Bay in Delta, birds seen included
a BAR-TAILED GODWIT, 4 RED KNOTS, and 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-
PLOVERS. At Iona Island in Richmond, 40 COMMON TERNS, 4 BLACK
OYSTERCATCHERS, and 6 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen off the
South Jetty.

At Point Roberts in Washington, birds seen included 5 TURKEY VULTURES
at Lily Point, a BARRED OWL on Tyee Drive not far from the border
crossing, and 3 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS and a BLACK
OYSTERCATCHER at Lighthouse Marine Park.
The wintering WILLET was present at the base of the Tsawwassen
Ferry jetty in Delta, on the south side.

A GREEN HERON was seen at the rowing pavilion at Burnaby Lake in
Burnaby.

About 40 BLACK SWIFTS and a few VAUX'S SWIFTS were seen near
104th Avenue and 144th Street in Surrey.

A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was seen with yellowlegs and dowitchers
at the Nico Wynd Golf Course along the Nicomekl River in Surrey.


Sightings for Saturday, September 17, 2005

An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen in the tules next to the outer pond
at Iona Island in Richmond.

15 BLACK TURNSTONES were seen at Rocky Point Park in Port
Moody, an unusual location.

Two GREEN HERONS were seen at the "duck pond" in Colony Farm Park,
Port Coquitlam. Another GREEN HERON was seen near the Alouette River
crossing on Harris Road in Pitt Meadows, and a MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRD was reported along Middleton Road in Pitt Meadows.


If you have any questions about birds or birding in the Vancouver area,
please call Wayne at (604) 597-7201, Viveka at (604) 531-3401, or Larry
at (604) 465-1402. Thank you for calling the Vancouver Rare Bird Alert,
and good birding.


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


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