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Vancouver birding

To: "'Don and Llane'" <>, "'Birding Aus'" <>
Subject: Vancouver birding
From: "Paul Dodd" <>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 16:23:28 +1000
Hi Don,

The first thing to say is: Stanley Park, Stanley Park and Stanley Park! A
wonderful location within easy walking distance of downtown Vancouver. This
park has open lawn, wooded areas, a couple of lakes and coastal and beach
habitat. As a bonus, there are usually a couple of Bald Eagles in the park.
Check the corvids closely here as Vancouver is part of the area where
American Crow and Northwestern Crow overlap (a subject that often causes
controversy amongst local birders). Plenty of other of the more common
species can be found here, including waterfowl, grebes, gulls and loons.

Also try one of the wooded areas not too far from Vancouver - Cypress
Provincial Park or Lynn Canyon, for example. A little closer would be the
Capilano Suspension Bridge park (not quite so good birdwise, but a good
chance for common woodland birds).

Take a look at: http://www.naturevancouver.ca/Birding_Birding_Sites for a
good selection of sites reasonably close to town.

Vancouver is a big, modern city with plenty of hotel accommodation. Try
www.booking.com for some choices. We stayed with friends, so I have no real
experience of the hotels, but I cannot imagine that you'd have any
difficulty finding accommodation to suit almost any budget using that
website or other similar accommodation websites.

Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria


-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf Of
Don and Llane
Sent: Friday, 23 May 2014 3:26 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Vancouver birding


I will be in Vancouver for a couple of days early June before taking the
Inside Passage cruise. Does anyone know of any good birding places to visit
in Vancouver and accommodation handy to such places. In fact any info on
birders or birds in the area would be very helpful. 

Thankyou

Don Hadden

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