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Victoria Rare Bird Alert Transcript
Sponsored by the Victoria Natural History Society.
RBA - 250-704-2555
* British Columbia
* Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is.
* February 3, 2012
* BCVI120203
-Transcript
This is the Victoria Natural History Society's Bird Alert for Friday,
February 3, 10:30 am update. To report sightings of interest, please call
250-704-2555 and leave your name, message and phone number. To summon those
who can confirm a rare bird, please call Rick Schortinghuis at 250-885-2454.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The VNHS Saturday morning birding destination this week is the Oak Bay and
Victoria waterfront. Meet at the Cattle Point parking lot at 8 am. All are
welcome, but no pets, please.
RARE BIRD ALERTS:
The Rusty Blackbird continues in the Martindale area, having been seen most
recently at the pig farm on Lochside Drive on Saturday, January 28. Another
was seen at a farm in the 4100 block of Granville Avenue on Monday, January
30. Both birds were with flocks of other blackbirds.
The exotic sparrows continue at Panama Flats, with the AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
seen most recently on Monday, January 30. A Swamp Sparrow was heard south of
the shed on Friday, January 27. Also present at least since Thursday,
January 26, has been a Common Teal.
A Snow Goose was with thirty Greater White-fronted Goose on William Head
Road near Taylor Road on Saturday, January 28. Another Snow Goose, or
perhaps the same bird, was with Canada Goose on the Saanich Fairgrounds more
recently.
OTHER FEATURED BIRDS:
Cedar Waxwing, Turkey Vulture, Evening Grosbeak, Eared Grebe, AMERICAN
KESTREL, American Bittern, Ring-billed Gull, Snow Bunting
Thursday, February 2:
Among birds at Swan Lake were 105 Common Merganser, four Ruddy Duck, six
Cedar Waxwing, and a Yellow-rumped Warbler.
At least one Turkey Vulture was over the Interurban campus of Camosun
College, near Viaduct Flats.
A Red-throated Loon was on Langford Lake.
Forty-four Evening Grosbeak were near the hatchery on Corfield Road in
Duncan.
Three Eurasian Wigeon were at Roberts Bay in Sidney.
Tuesday, January 31:
Tuesday Group birders found a Northern Shrike at Viaduct Flats and an Eared
Grebe off of Mt. Douglas Beach. Two grebes had been seen there on Monday.
Monday, January 30:
A Merlin of the Taiga subspecies was at the gate of Royal Roads University.
A similar bird was reported at the Cedar Hill Golf Club on Wednesday,
January 25.
An American Kestrel continues in the area of Wallace Drive and Newman Road.
Another was seen north of the Victoria Airport on Sunday, January 29.
Sunday, January 29:
The American Bittern was at Swan Lake, having gone unreported for the past
month.
Single Eurasian Wigeon were at Willows Beach in Oak Bay and Roberts Bay in
Sidney.
Numbers of Ancient Murrelet were off Glencoe Cove and Ten-mile Point, with
three Marbled Murrelet also at the latter location.
There were fifty-six Greater White-fronted Goose on the Saanich Fairgrounds
and a Ring-billed Gull at the pig farm on Lochside Drive in the Martindale
area.
The Snow Bunting was reported again from Saanichton Spit.
A White-throated Sparrow was near the water end of Cherry Point Road south
of Duncan.
Saturday, January 28:
About a dozen American Goldfinch were on the Lansdowne campus of Camosun
College.
Three Western Meadowlark, one or two Eurasian Wigeon, and a female
Canvasback were at Panama Flats.
Ruddy Duck and Canvasback were off Hamsterly Beach at Elk Lake.
Friday, January 27:
An Eared Grebe was on Cordova Bay off McMorran's.
* British Columbia
* Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is.
* February 3, 2012
* BCVI120203
-Transcript
This is the Victoria Natural History Society's Bird Alert for Friday,
February 3, 10:30 am update. To report sightings of interest, please call
250-704-2555 and leave your name, message and phone number. To summon those
who can confirm a rare bird, please call Rick Schortinghuis at 250-885-2454.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The VNHS Saturday morning birding destination this week is the Oak Bay and
Victoria waterfront. Meet at the Cattle Point parking lot at 8 am. All are
welcome, but no pets, please.
RARE BIRD ALERTS:
The Rusty Blackbird continues in the Martindale area, having been seen most
recently at the pig farm on Lochside Drive on Saturday, January 28. Another
was seen at a farm in the 4100 block of Granville Avenue on Monday, January
30. Both birds were with flocks of other blackbirds.
The exotic sparrows continue at Panama Flats, with the AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
seen most recently on Monday, January 30. A Swamp Sparrow was heard south of
the shed on Friday, January 27. Also present at least since Thursday,
January 26, has been a Common Teal.
A Snow Goose was with thirty Greater White-fronted Goose on William Head
Road near Taylor Road on Saturday, January 28. Another Snow Goose, or
perhaps the same bird, was with Canada Goose on the Saanich Fairgrounds more
recently.
OTHER FEATURED BIRDS:
Cedar Waxwing, Turkey Vulture, Evening Grosbeak, Eared Grebe, AMERICAN
KESTREL, American Bittern, Ring-billed Gull, Snow Bunting
Thursday, February 2:
Among birds at Swan Lake were 105 Common Merganser, four Ruddy Duck, six
Cedar Waxwing, and a Yellow-rumped Warbler.
At least one Turkey Vulture was over the Interurban campus of Camosun
College, near Viaduct Flats.
A Red-throated Loon was on Langford Lake.
Forty-four Evening Grosbeak were near the hatchery on Corfield Road in
Duncan.
Three Eurasian Wigeon were at Roberts Bay in Sidney.
Tuesday, January 31:
Tuesday Group birders found a Northern Shrike at Viaduct Flats and an Eared
Grebe off of Mt. Douglas Beach. Two grebes had been seen there on Monday.
Monday, January 30:
A Merlin of the Taiga subspecies was at the gate of Royal Roads University.
A similar bird was reported at the Cedar Hill Golf Club on Wednesday,
January 25.
An American Kestrel continues in the area of Wallace Drive and Newman Road.
Another was seen north of the Victoria Airport on Sunday, January 29.
Sunday, January 29:
The American Bittern was at Swan Lake, having gone unreported for the past
month.
Single Eurasian Wigeon were at Willows Beach in Oak Bay and Roberts Bay in
Sidney.
Numbers of Ancient Murrelet were off Glencoe Cove and Ten-mile Point, with
three Marbled Murrelet also at the latter location.
There were fifty-six Greater White-fronted Goose on the Saanich Fairgrounds
and a Ring-billed Gull at the pig farm on Lochside Drive in the Martindale
area.
The Snow Bunting was reported again from Saanichton Spit.
A White-throated Sparrow was near the water end of Cherry Point Road south
of Duncan.
Saturday, January 28:
About a dozen American Goldfinch were on the Lansdowne campus of Camosun
College.
Three Western Meadowlark, one or two Eurasian Wigeon, and a female
Canvasback were at Panama Flats.
Ruddy Duck and Canvasback were off Hamsterly Beach at Elk Lake.
Friday, January 27:
An Eared Grebe was on Cordova Bay off McMorran's.
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