[bcbirdingvanisland] Victoria RBA, Tuesday, January 24
Subject: [bcbirdingvanisland] Victoria RBA, Tuesday, January 24
From: Daniel Bryant
Date: Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 6:56 PM
RBA - 250-704-2555
* British Columbia
* Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is.
* January 24, 2012
* BCVI120124
-Transcript
This is the Victoria Natural History Society's Bird Alert for Tuesday, January 24, 5 pm 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 Barbara Begg at 250-656-5296 or Rick Schortinghuis at 250-885-2454.
RARE BIRD ALERTS:
The RUSTY BLACKBIRD continues in the Martindale area, having been seen most recently with a flock of other blackbirds on Island View Road between McHugh and Dawson on Tuesday, January 24.
According to a second-hand report, an adult SLATY-BACKED GULL has been in the Mill Bay area for at least a month and a half.
The exotic sparrows continue at Panama Flats, with the AMERICAN TREE SPARROW seen most recently on Saturday, January 21.
OTHER FEATURED BIRDS:
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, SNOW BUNTING, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, AMERICAN KESTREL, TURKEY VULTURE, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER
Tuesday, January 24:
Eighteen CANVASBACKS and over two hundred AMERICAN COOTS were on Elk Lake.
Monday, January 23:
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was with many other birds on Joan Crescent in Victoria.
Nineteen MOURNING DOVES and a single EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE were on Dooley Road in the Martindale area. Three SAVANNAH SPARROWS were in the ditch along Lochside Drive south of Island View Road.
A SNOW BUNTING was at the tip of Saanichton Spit.
Sunday, January 22:
A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was in a yard in Saanich.
An AMERICAN KESTREL was spotted on Wallace Drive in Central Saanich, north of Newman Road.
Saturday, January 21:
One SKYLARK and ten SAVANNAH SPARROWS were at Panama Flats.
A RED-THROATED LOON was at Esquimalt Lagoon.
At least one TURKEY VULTURE was in the Royal Roads/Albert Head Lagoon area.
Friday, January 20:
Seven GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a EURASIAN WIGEON were at the Oak Bay Marina.
Thursday, January 19:
A TOWNSEND'S WARBLER has been attending a feeder in Duncan.
Wednesday, January 18:
A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW continues at a feeder at Wascana Street and Obed Avenue in Saanich.
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