Subject: [Tweeters] Vancouver, BC RBA for April 22, 2006
Date: Apr 24 07:28:19 2006
From: Wayne C. Weber - contopus at telus.net


This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for
Saturday April 22nd, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with
stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver. This message was updated
at 11:30 PM on April 22nd. The RBA telephone number is (604) 737-3074.


Sightings for Saturday, April 22nd:

1 male and 1 female PURPLE MARTIN were observed at Blackie Spit in
Surrey.

A HORNED LARK was at the intersection on the grass of Gallant Ave
and Panorama Drive in Deep Cove, North Vancouver.


Sightings for Friday, April 21st:

VAUX'S SWIFTS were seen at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta.

2 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were in the 900 block of Alderside Road in
Port Moody.


Sightings for Thursday, April 20th:

1 CASSIN'S VIREO was present at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary

328 BRANT and 9 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were near the marina
at Point Roberts, Washington.


Sightings for Wednesday, April 19th:

2 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS and 1 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE were seen in
Burnaby Mountain Park, Burnaby.

1200 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 3 WHIMBREL were at Marine Park in
Blaine, Washington.


Sightings for Tuesday, April 18th:

2 GREEN HERONS were observed at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver

1 or possibly 2 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES have been seen for the past
several days in the alley in the 700 block of E 10th Street (alley
between 9th and 10th) in North Vancouver.


Sightings for Monday, April 17th:

2 late TRUMPETER SWANS were along Rannie Rd in Pitt Meadows.
Near 13740 Sharp Rd in Pitt Meadows, the YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD continues


Sightings for Sunday, April 16th:

3 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS were at Grant Narrows at Pitt Lake, and at
13740 Sharp Rd, Pitt Meadows was 1 male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.


Sightings for Saturday, April 15th:

A LONG-EARED OWL was reported from Colony Farm in Coquitlam

A CHIPPING SPARROW was again reported from the Dunsmuir Garden at
Blackie Spit in Surrey

A SURFBIRD was at Berth 1 of the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, Delta.



If you have any questions about birds or birding in the Vancouver
area, please call Wayne at (604) 597-7201, Viveka at 531-3401, or
Larry at 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
www.naturalhistory.bc.ca/VNHS/


This message was recorded and transcribed by Mark Wynja, and
forwarded by Wayne Weber.