Victoria Rare Bird Alert Transcript

RBA

* British Columbia
* Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is.
* January 21, 2010
* BCVI100121
- Transcript


The Victoria Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert phone number has been
changed.
The new number is 250-704-2555.
This is the Victoria Natural History Society's Bird Alert for Saturday,
January 23, 11 am update To report sightings of interest, please press the
pound key and leave your name, message and phone number, or wait for the
tone at the end of this report. To summon those that can confirm a rare
bird, please call Barbara Begg at 250-656-5296 or myself Rick Schortinghuis
at 250-885-2454.

Several birds which have been seen throughout the winter are still being
seen around Victoria.

The Rusty Blackbird continues at King's Pond on the Cedar Hill Golf Course.
This pond is at the junction of Queensbury and Ascot. A report of other
possible Rusty Blackbird in a large flock of Red-winged Blackbird have
come from the 4100 block of Blenkinsop Road. Birders are asked to check the
flocks in the area carefully and report other sightings of this unusual
visitor.
Snow Goose are being seen on the farm fields of the Saanich Peninsula, and
occasionally with flocks of Canada Goose on school grounds and other open
areas
A Willet continues at the foot of Bowker Ave.

Friday, Jan 22
A Townsend's Warbler was seen in the Douglas-firs at the parking lots at
Aylard Farm in East Sooke Park.

Wednesday, Jan 20
A Northern Shrike, 4 Western Meadowlark, and a Peregrine Falcon were on
Saanichton Spit. Also there were a variety of shorebirds.

Tuesday, Jan 19
A Peregrine Falcon and a Northern Shrike were seen at Swan Lake in Saanich.


Sunday, Jan 17
10 Band-tailed Pigeon flew over the Beaver Lake area. This is a species
that was once common in the Victoria area, but whose numbers have decreased
dramatically.


Saturday, January 16
35 Greater White-fronted Goose were on the Journey Middle School grounds in
Sooke.