This is Nature Vancouver's Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 2nd, sponsored by Wild Birds Unlimited in Vancouver and North Vancouver. The RBA telephone number is (604) 737-3074. If you wish to leave a rare bird report, please phone the main number again at (604) 737-3074, press "2" for the rare bird reporting line, and follow the instructions given there. NOTE: The Iona Sewage Pond access will be closed to the public from Saturday, July 20 through to mid-September 2013, between 7 AM and 5 PM (weekends included). After 5:00 PM, access will be allowed into the evenings (but there will be some evenings when there will be no access, and this will NOT be posted in advance). There will be a few days through this closure when access will be permitted, but there is no schedule for these open days. Friday, August 2 Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts, WA 4 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS Thursday, August 1 Brunswick Point, Delta GOLDEN-PLOVER sp. 8 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPER PHALAROPE sp. 2000-3000 WESTERN and LEAST SANDPIPERS 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS GREATER YELLOWLEGS DUNLIN Monday, July 29 Lower Seymour Conservation Area, North Vancouver The female AMERICAN REDSTART was still present with at least one juvenile. Saturday, July 27 Blackie Spit, Crescent Beach (Surrey) LONG-BILLED CURLEW 5 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS LEAST SANDPIPER Fields at foot of Coal Port in Delta SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER LEAST SANDPIPER LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BUILLED DOWITCHERS GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS PECTORAL SANDPIPER For a summary of extremely rare bird sightings throughout British Columbia, check "British Columbia Bird Alert" at http://bcbirdalert.blogspot.com . A brief account of 31 of the best birding locations in the Vancouver area can be found on the Nature Vancouver website at http://www.naturevancouver.ca/Birding_Birding_Sites . If you have any questions about birds or birding in the Vancouver area, please call Wayne Weber at 604-597-7201, Larry Cowan at 604-465-1402, or Viveka Ohman at 604-531-3401. Thank you for calling the Vancouver Rare Bird Alert, and good birding. This message was prepared by Julian Hudson and distributed by Wayne Weber.