This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare
Bird Alert for Friday, August 19, sponsored in part by the Wild
Birds Unlimited stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver.
The RBA phone number is (604) 737-3074.
Rare Bird Alert for UPLAND SANDPIPER
Sightings for Friday, August 19
An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen and heard along 96th Street in Delta
at 7:30 AM, over a field east of 96th Street just south of the
railway tracks. The bird then landed in a field north of the tracks
near a horse stable, which may not be visible from the road.
Elgin Heritage Park in Surrey had 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES and a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER in the east pond.
Thursday, August 18
In Delta, off the mansion west of the foot of 96th Street in Boundary Bay
were 3 BANK SWALLOWS, a RUDDY TURNSTONE, 4 STILT SANDPIPERS
and 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE.
Elgin Heritage Park in Surrey had 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and 1 STILT
SANDPIPER.
Wednesday, August 17
An AMERICAN KESTREL was at the airport on Sea Island and a STILT
SANDPIPER was in the southwest sewage pond at Iona Island.
Tuesday, August 16
At Boundary Bay between 96th Street and the mansion were 2 MARBLED
GODWITS, a RED KNOT and 3 STILT SANDPIPERS.
Monday, August 15
In the southwest sewage pond of Iona Island in Richmond, there were
15 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, while a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER was on an island in the northwest pond.
The Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta had 16 STILT SANDPIPERS in the
inner pond and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER along the north-south trail.
2 STILT SANDPIPERS were at the mansion off 96th Street, and a juvenile
HORNED LARK was in the lower parking lot of Mount Seymour.
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/
This message was recorded and transcribed by John Kalman, and
forwarded by Wayne Weber.
Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus@telus.net
Bird Alert for Friday, August 19, sponsored in part by the Wild
Birds Unlimited stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver.
The RBA phone number is (604) 737-3074.
Rare Bird Alert for UPLAND SANDPIPER
Sightings for Friday, August 19
An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen and heard along 96th Street in Delta
at 7:30 AM, over a field east of 96th Street just south of the
railway tracks. The bird then landed in a field north of the tracks
near a horse stable, which may not be visible from the road.
Elgin Heritage Park in Surrey had 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES and a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER in the east pond.
Thursday, August 18
In Delta, off the mansion west of the foot of 96th Street in Boundary Bay
were 3 BANK SWALLOWS, a RUDDY TURNSTONE, 4 STILT SANDPIPERS
and 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE.
Elgin Heritage Park in Surrey had 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and 1 STILT
SANDPIPER.
Wednesday, August 17
An AMERICAN KESTREL was at the airport on Sea Island and a STILT
SANDPIPER was in the southwest sewage pond at Iona Island.
Tuesday, August 16
At Boundary Bay between 96th Street and the mansion were 2 MARBLED
GODWITS, a RED KNOT and 3 STILT SANDPIPERS.
Monday, August 15
In the southwest sewage pond of Iona Island in Richmond, there were
15 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, while a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER was on an island in the northwest pond.
The Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta had 16 STILT SANDPIPERS in the
inner pond and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER along the north-south trail.
2 STILT SANDPIPERS were at the mansion off 96th Street, and a juvenile
HORNED LARK was in the lower parking lot of Mount Seymour.
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/
This message was recorded and transcribed by John Kalman, and
forwarded by Wayne Weber.
Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus@telus.net