Vancouver Birding Feb 4

[JeffOver]

Hi all! A little late, but here is a report of some birding I did in Vancouver with Dave, his dad, and another friend last Saturday. Yep, we mastered 80km/h winds on the Boundary Bay dyke to get a look at some Snowy owls (from a distance ) Probably has something to do with this nasty cough I can't seem to get rid of. Oh well, for a total of 54 species in such weather, it was worth it! Added a bunch of shorebirds and other such like to my lifer list. Here's the inventory.
Crow
Common Raven
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Gull
Mew Gull
Thayer's gull
Pigeon
Bald eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned hawk
Black-capped chickadee
House sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
Golden-crowned sparrow
Song sparrow
Starling
Great Blue Heron
Sandhill crane
8 Snowy Owls
Dunlin
Black turnstones
Snow bunting
Surf scoter
White-winged scoter
Common loon
American Wigeon
Ruddy duck
Harlequin duck--female
Wood duck
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged teal
Common goldeneye
Bufflehead
Scaup
Gadwall
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested cormorant
Western Grebe
Red-necked grebe
Horned grebe
Trumpeter swans
American coot
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-winged blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Canada geese
Brant
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-shafted Flicker

P.S. Got a nice view of a Rough-Legged Hawk on the highway today, landing in the median around No. 3 road!

Chau, Jeff

[Dave]

Jeff, since I have the camera plugged in, I'll add a few pictures to enhance your report about Feb. 4. I tried to get a clear picture of these highly active Dunlin. It was hard! Here is the best of about 20 shots.