Lark Sparrow - Hope Airport

[Dave]

Lark Sparrow at Jack Delair's place this morning!









Hope Airport, Fraser Valley, CA-BC
9-Jun-2012 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 kilometer(s)
42 species

Gadwall 1
Mallard 4
Cinnamon Teal 1
Bufflehead 2
Barrow's Goldeneye 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Mourning Dove 1
Rufous Hummingbird 9
Northern Flicker 2
Western Wood-Pewee 4
Willow Flycatcher 5
Warbling Vireo 2
Steller's Jay 2
Northwestern Crow 5
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 5
Violet-green Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Swainson's Thrush 2
American Robin 16
European Starling 50
Cedar Waxwing 18
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 4
Spotted Towhee 9
Chipping Sparrow 1
Lark Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 11
Lazuli Bunting 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Purple Finch 6
House Finch 5
Pine Siskin 8
American Goldfinch 25

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[murraybrown]

Great bird Dave! I know Rick and I had speculated as to how long it would take before someone spotted one up there.

I wonder what other goodies await?

[Chris]

Dave, very good pictures to go along with a great sighting.

I haven't seen a Cinnamon Teal there yet.

[Dave]

Your right, Murray, who knows what is next! How about a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher? Didn't Thor see one there one time?

[murraybrown]

Dave, I'll let Thor answer for sure, but I believe the only one he saw was with myself over at Botanical Beach which was a follow-up to a find that Rick Toochin made while living over that way.

I know he spoke to the lady who works at the airport and she had seen a very long-tailed bird that fit the description of STFL.

[tmanson]

Murray has an excellent memory. The second hand report I received from the Hope Airport manager was the closest I came to seeing a Scissor tailed Flycatcher at the Hope Airport. Jack Delair, and/or Rick Toochin could fill in the gaps on the first one that was seen there. I did make the trek over to Botannical Beach on Vancouver Is. to see the one there, and I believe I and birder/photograher Mike Yip, and another birder were the last to report seeing this bird, as it fed amongsgt the kelp- an amazing place to see a Scissor Tail!!
On the Lark Sparrow front, I recorded that bird on September 22 2001 as a backyard bird when I was living in Hope along the Coquihalla River, probably part of the Fall migration process.
Out of town, I spent part of yesterday patrolling the White Lake area over here, hoping to find a Loggerhead Shrike or a Sage Thrasher. Not surprisingly, no luck there, but the Brewer's Sparrows were up and singing in the sage enjoying the sunshine, and there were a couple of Lewis' Woodpeckers hawking from some nearby trees. Cheers, Thor

Thor Manson
Gallagher Lake