At 10 am on August 26-2025, Sue Flecker found a Black Phoebe at the east salt marsh at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver.
Map to location HERE
The bird was last seen at 11 am and was viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 61st record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in North Vancouver - Photos: Sue Flecker |
At 8:08 am on August 22-2025, Gaelin Armstrong spotted a Black Phoebe on a boat dock at Rocky Point Bird Observatory in Metchosin.
There is no public access to this site.
This is the 60th record for BC.
At 7:30 am on August 18th, Neill Vanhinsberg found a Black Phoebe at Sturgeon Slough. The bird stayed briefly until 8:15 am, before disappearing.
Map to location HERE
The bird has not been relocated.
This is the 59th record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in Pitt Meadows - Photos: Neill Vanhinsberg |
At 7 am on July 29-2025, Geoffrey Newell found a probable Arctic Loon, 500m off of Otter Point in Sooke. He viewed the bird by scope and was able to get some digiscoped photos as it moved east. He watched the bird for 30 mins before he lost it when heavy fog rolled in.
Map to location HERE
The bird was not relocated, despite multiple observers looking.
If accepted by the BC Bird Records Committee this would be the 5th confirmed photographed record for BC.
If accepted by the BC BRC, this would also be the second accepted record of Geoffrey’s of this species. He last found an Arctic Loon in Victoria in 2022, which you can read about HERE.
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| Probable Arctic Loon in Sooke - Photos: Geoffrey Newell |
At 7:10 am on July 29-2025, Laura Moth found a Black Phoebe calling at the west pond at Jericho Park in Vancouver.
Map to location HERE
This is the 58th record for BC.
The bird has not been relocated thus far, despite multiple observers looking.
At 7:10 am on July 28-2025, Sabine Jessen found a Black Phoebe calling at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver. The bird was by the pond off Ontario St near the disc golf course.
Map to location HERE
This is the 57th record for BC.
The bird has not been relocated since, despite multiple observers looking.
At 12:15 pm on July 27-2025, a Masked Booby was photographed from the cruise ship the Norwegian Bliss. The bird was flying NW along the cruise ship for a couple minutes before flying off. It was seen offshore by a couple on board between Winter Harbour and Raft Cove Provincial Park on the NW coast of Vancouver Island.
Map pin to approximate location HERE
This is the 3rd record for BC.
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| Masked Booby near Winter Harbour - Photo: fide. G. Harrington |
On July 6-2025, Ankur Khurana and Kyle Horner found a Black Phoebe at Willband Creek Park in Abbotsford. The bird was seen at the main pond and at the slough by the parking lot off Bateman Rd.
Map to location HERE
The bird continues as of July 8th and has been viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 56th record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in Abbotsford - Photo: Lucas Meestra |
At 10:17 am on July 5-2025, Arden Powell found a male King Eider at Hardy Bay in Port Hardy. The bird was photographed while on a Coastal Rainforest Safaris boat tour, but the bird is likely viewable from land by scope.
Map to location HERE.
Shore viewing is possible at DJ Point HERE.
The bird was relocated on July 7th just north of the original point.
The bird continues on July 10th at the original spot.
On July 11-26th, the bird was seen closer to the Quatse River Estuary HERE.
This is the 43rd record for BC.
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| King Eider in Port Hardy - Photo: Nick Park |
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| King Eider in Port Hardy (Photo: Andrew Jones) |
At 9:50 am on July 3-2025, Sam Ferguson found a Black Phoebe near the Millennium Bridge at ƛ̓éxətəm Regional Park in Coquitlam. The bird was vocalizing and last seen flying south along the bank away from the observer.
Map to location HERE.
An audio recording of the bird can be heard HERE.
This is the 55th record for BC.
