[bcbirdingvanisland] VIctoria RBA, Monday, January 30
Subject: [bcbirdingvanisland] VIctoria RBA, Monday, January 30
From: Daniel Bryant
Date: Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 1:09 AM
RBA - 250-704-2555
* British Columbia
* Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is.
* January 30, 2012
* BCVI120130
-Transcript
This is the Victoria Natural History Society's Bird Alert for Monday, January 30, 11 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 Rick Schortinghuis at 250-885-2454.
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 GEESE on William Head Road near Taylor Road on Saturday, January 28.
OTHER FEATURED BIRDS:
AMERICAN KESTREL, AMERICAN BITTERN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, RING-BILLED GULL, SNOW BUNTING, EARED GREBE, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, EVENING GROSBEAK, TURKEY VULTURE
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 WIGEONS were at Willows Beach in Oak Bay and Roberts Bay in Sidney.
Numbers of ANCIENT MURRELETS were off Glencoe Cove and Ten-mile Point, with three MARBLED MURRELETS at the latter location.
There were fifty-six GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE 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 GOLDFINCHES were on the Lansdowne campus of Camosun College.
Three WESTERN MEADOWLARKS, one or two EURASIAN WIGEON, and a female CANVASBACK were at Panama Flats.
RUDDY DUCKS and CANVASBACKS were off Hamsterly Beach at Elk Lake.
Friday, January 27:
An EARED GREBE was on Cordova Bay off McMorran's.
Thursday, January 26:
Two dozen or so SURFBIRDS were at Bowker Rocks in Oak Bay.
Two TURKEY VULTURES were seen from the gravel pit in Metchosin.
Three AMERICAN DIPPERS were below the bridge at Goldstream Provincial Park.
550 WESTERN GREBES were in Saanich Inlet, seen from Mill Bay Road.
Two TUNDRA SWANS were on Koksilah Road south of Duncan, east of the Island Highway. In Duncan itself, a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER continues at a feeder, and a group of EVENING GROSBEAKS remains at the hatchery on Corfield Road.
Wednesday, January 25:
Eighteen CANVASBACKS and about fifty AMERICAN COOTS were seen near the rowing dock at Elk Lake. Also visible to the west was one TURKEY VULTURE.
Tuesday, January 24:
Four AMERICAN PIPITS were on the bulb fields in Central Saanich.
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