On October 13-17th-2020, Doe Gregoire had an immature female type Chestnut-sided Warbler visiting her yard in Cawston.
The home is not open to the public and the bird has not been seen since Oct 17th.
This is the 81st record for BC.
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler in Cawston - Photos: Doe Gregoire |
At 12pm on Oct 15-2020, Michael Force found an immature Chestnut-sided Warbler in his yard on Nassau Crescent in the Glenmore area. Michelle Hamilton was also able to view the bird.
The bird took off by 1pm and has not been relocated since. If the bird returns visitation can be arranged with the homeowner. Email the RBA for contact details.
This is the 80th record for BC.
**As per current Public Health directives due to COVID-19 - Please remain 2 metres apart when viewing this bird. Please follow all public health directives (including not birding in groups) during this pandemic. The BC Public Health directives can be found HERE*
**eBird's statement on how to bird mindfully during the pandemic can be viewed HERE.**
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler in Kelowna - Photo: Michael Force |
At 1pm on October 14-2020, Tom Plath found a Black Phoebe at Brunswick Point. The bird was foraging in the ditch between the woodlot and the first bench at Brunswick Point. The bird was photographed and viewed by other birders present. This may very well be the same bird first seen near 64th St in Delta. To read about that bird click HERE.
Please do not trespass on the farmer's field when searching for this bird.
Map to location HERE
This is the 32nd record for BC.
The bird was not relocated on Oct 15th, despite multiple observers looking.
**As per current Public Health directives due to COVID-19 - Please remain 2 metres apart when viewing this bird. Please follow all public health directives (including not birding in groups) during this pandemic. The BC Public Health directives can be found HERE*
**eBird's statement on how to bird mindfully during the pandemic can be viewed HERE.**
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| Black Phoebe in Delta - Photo: Ken Arnold |
At 5:15pm on October 2-2020, Guy Monty found a first winter Little Gull at Columbia Beach in Parksville. The bird was flying west 50 m off shore in a small flock of Bonaparte's Gulls and was viewed by at least 2 other observers.
Map to location HERE
The bird was not relocated on Oct 3rd.
This is the 100th record for the province of BC.
*As per current Public Health directives due to COVID-19 - Please remain 2 metres apart when viewing or looking for this bird. Please follow all public health directives (including not birding in groups) during this pandemic. The BC Public Health directives can be found HERE*
**eBird's statement on how to bird mindfully during the pandemic can be viewed HERE.*
At 9:30am on Oct 1-2020, Janel Saydam and Selby Wilkinson found a Chestnut-sided Warbler in the bushes at the playing fields at the end of Forbes Rd in Ucluelet.
The bird continues in the same location on Oct 2nd and has been viewed by several observers.
Map to location HERE
This is the 79th record for BC.
*As per current Public Health directives due to COVID-19 - Please remain 2 metres apart when viewing or looking for this bird. Please follow all public health directives (including not birding in groups) during this pandemic. The BC Public Health directives can be found HERE***eBird's statement on how to bird mindfully during the pandemic can be viewed HERE.**
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler in Ucluelet - Photo: Ian Cruickshank |
At 10:55am on September 28, 2020, Donna Ross found a Black Phoebe sitting on a fence on the Willow Way Trail at Maber Flats. She viewed the bird close up through her binoculars and although was not able to get a photo described the bird well. She last saw the bird moving south down a hedgerow.
Map to location HERE
On Sept 29th, Veronica Goidanich relocated the bird and photographed it HERE on the Willow Way Trail.
The bird continues on Dec 11th and has been viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 31st record for the province of BC.
**As per current Public Health directives due to COVID-19 - Please remain 2 metres apart when viewing this bird. Please follow all public health directives (including not birding in groups) during this pandemic. The BC Public Health directives can be found HERE*
**eBird's statement on how to bird mindfully during the pandemic can be viewed HERE.**
At 12:15pm on Sept 27-2020, Mark Wynja found an adult Red-legged Kittiwake sitting on the shore at Deep Bay. The bird was viewed for 45 mins by a few observers. At 1 pm the bird flew west and high over the mountains and they watched it fly for ten mins out of sight.
The bird was not relocated despite multiple observers looking.
Map to location HERE
This is the second confirmed record for BC.
As per current Public Health directives due to COVID-19 - Please remain 2 metres apart when viewing this bird. Please follow all public health directives (including not birding in groups) during this pandemic. The BC Public Health directives can be found HERE*
**eBird's statement on how to bird mindfully during the pandemic can be viewed HERE.**
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| Red-legged Kittiwake in Deep Bay - Photos: Mark Wynja |
At 10 am on Sept 27-2020, while working aboard a boat; Jada Cavanaugh spotted an adult Masked/Nazca Booby just NE of Galiano Island. She was able to take photos with her iPhone and did note an orange hue to the bill. If the bill was indeed orange it would make it a Nazca Booby. Current photos unfortunately do not confirm this. The bird flew around the boat once and then flew SE.
Map to exact location of where bird was seen HERE
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| Probable Nazca Booby near Galiano Island - Photo: Jada Cavanaugh |
An immature male Indigo Bunting has been coming to a feeder at Brian Crossley's home since Sept 24-2020 at the corner of Laval Ave and Bear St in Saanich.
Map to location HERE
Birders are asked not to trespass and please do not block driveways. The homeowner has graciously scattered seed to enable viewing, as the bird frequently feeds from the ground with House Sparrows.
*Please only look for the bird from the road.*
The bird was last seen on Sept 30th and was been viewed by multiple observers. It was not relocated on Oct 1st.
*As per current Public Health directives due to COVID-19 - Please remain 2 metres apart when viewing this bird. Please follow all public health directives (including not birding in groups) during this pandemic. The BC Public Health directives can be found HERE*
**eBird's statement on how to bird mindfully during the pandemic can be viewed HERE.**
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| Indigo Bunting in Saanich - Photos: Ann Nightingale |
At 3:15pm on Sept 22, 2020 - Grant Edwards found and photographed an Ash-throated Flycatcher at Brunswick Point.
The bird was in some bushes between the second set of benches and the farmhouse.
Map to exact location HERE
It has also been frequently viewed HERE by the old picnic table
The bird was last seen at Brunswick Point on Oct 22nd and was been viewed by multiple observers.
***On Oct 27th-2020, the bird was relocated by Tom Plath HERE at the east end of Finn Slough in Richmond.***
*As per current Public Health directives due to COVID-19 - Please remain 2 metres apart when viewing this bird. Please follow all public health directives (including not birding in groups) during this pandemic. The BC Public Health directives can be found HERE*
**eBird's statement on how to bird mindfully during the pandemic can be viewed HERE.**
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| Ash-throated Flycatcher in Delta - Photo: Grant Edwards |
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| Ash-throated Flycatcher in Delta - Photo: James MacKenzie |
