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


Sightings for Saturday, March 11th:

At Iona Island in Richmond, a REDHEAD was present in the outer pond
and the ROCK WREN was reported from the south jetty.

Along Deltaport Way in Delta, the GYRFALCON was seen on the hay bale
between 41B St and the overpass. Also along Deltaport Way were 2
AMERICAN KESTRELS and 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. Nearby
at Brunswick Point, 5 SNOWY OWLS and an AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW were present.

At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta, the GOLDEN EAGLE was again
present, perched in a conifer at the start of the entrance road.

At the Tsawwassen ferry jetty in Delta, 2 SURFBIRDS were present.

North of Boundary Bay in Delta, a GYRFALCON was seen flying over
the 72nd St. golf course. Nearby, east of the foot of 72nd St, 6 SNOWY
OWLS and 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen.


Sightings for Friday, March 10th:

At Brunswick Point, a presumed PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was present
with BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS in a field west of the base of 34th St.
Along the dyke, 3 SNOWY OWLS were seen.

Along Deltaport Way, the GYRFALCON was seen on the hay bale
between 41B Street and the overpass.

Another GYRFALCON was seen along 112th St. in Delta.

At Blackie Spit in Surrey, 2 MARBLED GODWITS were seen at Farm Slough.

In North Delta, in the 9500 block near 116th St, the TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER was sighted again in a back garden.


No reports for Thursday, March 9th.


No reports for Wednesday, March 8th.


Sightings for Tuesday, March 7th:

At the Iona Island south jetty in Richmond, the long-staying ROCK WREN
continues between the two shelters.

In Delta south of Ladner, a grey-phase GYRFALCON was present on
a dirt pile between 34th Ave and Delta Port Way.

At the Tsawwassen jetty in Delta, 3 or 4 SNOW BUNTINGS were
observed briefly before flying away.


Sightings for Monday, March 6th:

In Delta at the base of the Roberts Bank Coal Port jetty, the adult
grey phase GYRFALCON was perched on a bale of hay in a field
just east of the coal port overpass. Nearby at Brunswick Point, 7
SNOWY OWLS were seen.

Also in Delta, another GYRFALCON was sighted along 112th St. Nearby
between 72nd St. and 64th St were 16 SNOWY OWLS and 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS.

At Colony Farm in Coquitlam, 3 TREE SWALLOWS were seen. Nearby in
Coquitlam were 2 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS.


Sightings for Sunday, March 5th:

In a south Surrey garden, a male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, the first
reported this year, was seen coming to a feeder.


Sightings for Saturday, March 4th:

In Delta, at the base of the Roberts Bank Coal Port jetty, a GYRFALCON and
AMERICAN KESTREL were present. Nearby in a stubble field at Brunswick
Point, were 100 AMERICAN PIPITS and 3 SNOWY OWLS along the foreshore.


Sightings for Friday, March 3rd:

At Boundary Bay east of the foot of 72nd St, 14 SNOWY OWLS were
close to the dyke. One more was seen on the golf course. Also in
the area were 4 WESTERN MEADOWLARKS, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE,
1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

In South Surrey at the mouth of the Serpentine River, the AMERICAN AVOCET
continues. Access is from Mud Bay Park.

In a North Delta garden near 116th St and 96th Ave, a TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER was seen for a second day.


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 Kevin Louth, and
forwarded by Wayne Weber

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