This is Wayne Weber with Nature Vancouver's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday,
July 27th, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with stores in
Vancouver and North Vancouver. The RBA telephone number is (604) 737-3074.





RARE BIRD ALERT for a WESTERN SCRUB-JAY at and near the intersection of
Cliff Avenue and Cliff Place in Maple Ridge, which has been present now for
more than a year, and for a COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD in the Dunbar area of
Vancouver which was present from at least June 20th to July 15th, and may
still be in the area.





Sightings for Tuesday, July 27th



The RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen on the south side of the Tsawwassen ferry jetty
for the third day in a row, along with 90 BLACK TURNSTONES, 13 BLACK
OYSTERCATCHERS, the WILLET, and 3 WHIMBRELS (north side).



At and near the foot of 96th Street on Boundary Bay in Delta, shorebirds
observed included the adult PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER with about 220
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 70 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 80 SANDERLINGS, and 120
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS.





Sightings for Monday, July 26th



The RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen again along the Tsawwassen ferry jetty in
Delta, as were 32 BLACK TURNSTONES, a WILLET, a WHIMBREL, and at least 3
BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS.





Sightings for Sunday, July 25th



A RUDDY TURNSTONE was reported with BLACK TURNSTONES on the south side of
the Tsawwassen ferry jetty in Delta.





Sightings for Friday, July 23rd



In the Pitt Meadows area, a male AMERICAN REDSTART, 2 GRAY CATBIRDS, and a
SANDHILL CRANE were seen along Rannie Road about 1 km from the end of the
road at Grant Narrows. Two EASTERN KINGBIRDS were at Grant Narrows, plus one
more at the north end of 224th Street in Maple Ridge.





Sightings for Thursday, July 22nd



The WESTERN SCRUB-JAY was still being seen in the 21900 block of the
Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge. Although the jay has now been there for at
least 13 months, it is probably the only bird of that species currently in
Canada.





Sightings for Wednesday, July 21st



At least 40 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS and 4 PIGEON GUILLEMOTS were seen just off
Lighthouse Marine Park at Point Roberts, Washington. This is normal for this
time of year.





Sightings for Tuesday, July 20th



A RED KNOT and four summering DUNLIN were seen near Brunswick Point in
Delta.



Two PEREGRINE FALCONS and a TURKEY VULTURE at the Maplewood Conservation
Area in North Vancouver were noteworthy.





Sightings for Monday, July 19th



Five BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were seen near Third Beach in Stanley Park,
Vancouver.



Three juvenile AMERICAN KESTRELS were seen along Thompson Road in Pitt
Meadows. This is a rare breeding species in the Vancouver area.





Sightings for Sunday, July 18th



Unusual summering waterfowl reported included three BRANT at Iona Island in
Richmond, and a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and two RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS at the
Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver.



At Colony Farm Park in Coquitlam, two LAZULI BUNTINGS were still singing.





Sightings for Friday, July 16th



Ten BRANT were seen at Brunswick Point in Delta, near the west end of River
Road.





Sightings for Thursday, July 15th



A male COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD was seen and photographed at a feeder in the
Dunbar area of Vancouver. This is likely the same bird seen from June 20 to
25, but was at a different location about two blocks away.





Sightings for Wednesday, July 14th



Two TURKEY VULTURES, a PERGRINE FALCON, and an unseasonable drake BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE were seen at the Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver.





Sightings for Tuesday, July 13th



A WILLET and 4 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were seen along the Tsawwassen ferry
jetty in Delta.



Near the foot of 96th Street on Boundary Bay in Delta were many shorebirds,
including an out-of-season DUNLIN, 50 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, a PACIFIC
GOLDEN-PLOVER, 30 SANDERLINGS, and hundreds of LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS
and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS.





Sightings for Monday, July 12th



Three PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen near the mouth of the Squamish River in
Squamish.





Sightings for Sunday, July 11th



A male AMERICAN REDSTART and at least two GRAY CATBIRDS were seen near Grant
Narrows Park at the south end of Pitt Lake.





Sightings for Thursday, July 8th



Two WHIMBRELS were at the lagoon near the tip of the Tsawwassen ferry jetty
in Delta.





Sightings for Wednesday, July 7th



The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was seen again near the foot of 96th Street ion
Boundary Bay in Delta, as was a LONG-BILLED CCURLEW.





Sightings for Monday, July 5th



The flock of summering BRANT at the foot of 41B Street in Delta had
increased to 15 birds.





Sightings for Saturday, July 3rd



A second-year male INDIGO BUNTING which was captured, banded, and
photographed at the Colony Farm banding station in Port Coquitlam was the
second record for the year.



An AMERICAN REDSTART was singing along the Fraser River just west of Hope, a
very unusual locality for this species.





Sightings for Friday, July 2nd



A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON seen flying overhead in the 15300 block of 21st
Avenue in South Surrey was highly unusual.



A HOUSE WREN appeared to be occupying a nest box on Calhoun Drive in Point
Roberts, WA.





Sightings for Thursday, July 1st



Early southbound shorebirds seen on Boundary Bay near the foot of 96th
Street in Delta included a PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, 35 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS,
and a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, as well as 2 summering DUNLIN.



The resident WESTERN SCRUB-JAY was seen again near the intersection of Cliff
Avenue and Cliff Place in Maple Ridge.











A brief account of 31 of the best birding locations in the Vancouver area
can be found on the Nature Vancouver website at
http://www.naturevancouver.ca/Birding_Birding_Sites





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