Subject: [Tweeters] Vancouver, BC RBA for July 10, 2008
Date: Jul 10 23:28:58 2008
From: Wayne Weber - contopus at telus.net


This is Wayne Weber with Nature Vancouver's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday,
July 10th, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with stores in
Vancouver and North Vancouver. The RBA telephone number is (604) 737-3074.

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Out-of-town RARE BIRD ALERT for a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE at Lardeau
near the north end of Kootenay Lake, BC.


Sightings for Thursday, July 10th

Four WHIMBRELS were seen at Blackie Spit Park in Surrey.


No sightings reported for Wednesday, July 9th


Sightings for Tuesday, July 8th

At Brunswick Point, near the west end of River Road in Delta, there were
many
shorebirds including 6 WHIMBRELS and an out-of-season DUNLIN, plus about
180 CASPIAN TERNS.


Sightings for Monday, July 7th

An out-of-town report was received of a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE seen and
photographed in Lardeau, near the north end of BC's Kootenay Lake. This
is only about the 6th record for BC. We have heard no reports of it
being seen on subsequent days.

At Brunswick Point in Delta, 7 WHIMBRELS, a MARBLED GODWIT, a DUNLIN,
a COMMON NIGHTHAWK, and many peeps were seen.


No sightings reported for Sunday, July 6th


Sightings for Saturday, July 5th

A GREEN HERON was seen in the Fort Langley area.

At Strawberry Flats in Manning Provincial Park, about 200 km east of
Vancouver, birds seen included 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES, 4 PINE GROSBEAKS,
and an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER.

A SHORT-EARED OWL at Iona Island in Richmond was a rarity in summer.


Sightings for Friday, July 4th

A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen in Pitt Meadows along Neaves Road,
about 1 km north of Dewdney Trunk Road. Nearby in the Grant Narrows area
at the south end of Pitt Lake, birds observed included 2 out-of-season
TRUMPETER SWANS, 10 RING-NECKED DUCKS, and 3 BULLOCK'S
ORIOLES.


No sightings reported for Thursday, July 3rd


Sightings for Wednesday, July 2nd

Many shorebirds were seen near the foot of 96th Street on Boundary Bay in
Delta, including 300 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 29 LEAST SANDPIPERS,
11 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 57 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, and 8 summering DUNLIN.

At Iona Island in Richmond, birds seen included a WILSON'S PHALAROPE,
a COMMON NIGHTHAWK, and 20 CASPIAN TERNS.


Sightings for Tuesday, July 1st

At Don Roberts Park in Coquitlam, a GREEN HERON and an even rarer
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were closely observed.


Sightings for Monday, June 30th

A TURKEY VULTURE and 17 CASPIAN TERNS were seen at the Beach
Grove lagoon in Delta.

At the high tide, there were many shorebirds near the mansion west of
the foot of 96th Street on Boundary Bay in Delta, including a WILSON'S
PHALAROPE, a SANDERLING, 140 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 250 WESTERN
SANDPIPERS, 5 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 8 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS,
and 15 summering DUNLIN.

To the north of Vancouver, a singing AMERICAN REDSTART near the
ambulance station on Production Way in Squamish was very unusual.


Sightings for Sunday, June 29th

Shorebirds noted near the foot of 96th Street on Boundary Bay in
Delta included a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, a SANDERLING, and
14 DUNLIN, normally a rare species in summer.

Several noteworthy birds were reported in the area from Britannia Beach to
Whistler along Highway 99 north of Vancouver. These included an out-of-range
male MAGNOLIA WARBLER near a small lake beside Highway 99 just north of
Brandywine Falls; two far-north BUSHTITS near Brandywine Falls; two
HARLEQUIN DUCKS still on fresh water, one on Brandywine Creek and
one on the Cheakamus River; 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS in Britannia Beach
and 6 in Squamish; and a LAZULI BUNTING on Tantalus Road near
Cheakamus Way in Squamish.


Sightings for Saturday, June 28th

The male LESSER GOLDFINCH which had been present daily for more than 2
weeks at 2093 Topaz Street in Abbotsford was last seen on this date.

At Iona Island in Richmond, several PURPLE MARTINS were present at
the nest boxes, and one YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen in the marsh
outside the sewage ponds.



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.



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