At 9:15 am on December 27-2025, Mel and Evi Coulson, Dennis and Cindy Verbeek found a Brambling coming to a feeder on Broadway Ave in Smithers. This could be the same bird first seen in Telkwa as that bird was not relocated there yesterday.
The bird continues on Dec 28th at Ken White's home at 3959 Broadway Ave.
The homeowner Ken is fine with birders viewing it from the public street.
Map to location HERE
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| Brambling in Smithers - Photos: Ken White |
At 2:30pm on December 25-2025, Ethan Moon found a Taiga Flycatcher at Sunset Beach Park in Vancouver.
Map to original location HERE
The bird continues HERE by the Aquatic centre and last seen HERE in Hornbeam Trees along Beach Ave as of 4:10pm and has been viewed by multiple observers.
The bird continues on Dec 26/25-Jan 2/26 HERE and HERE at Sunset Beach Park and has been viewed by multiple observers. The bird has a circuit and forages at the base of trees as far down as Jervis Street but always returns to the trees HERE by the aquatic centre off the seawall.
This is a first record for BC and Canada.
A few news articles on the bird can be found HERE and HERE and HERE
Please DO NOT CHASE the bird around or ATTEMPT TO GET TOO CLOSE to the bird and keep a respectful distance.
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| Taiga Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photos: Ethan Moon |
At 9 am on Dec 24-2025, Cindy Lewis found a Brambling in a junco flock on 5426 Hubert St in Telkwa.
Map to location HERE
The bird continues on Dec 25th but was not relocated on Dec 26th.
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| Brambling in Telkwa - Photo: Cindy Lewis |
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| Brambling in Terrace - Photos: Eileen LeFrancois |
At 12:10pm on December 15-2025, Simon Dakin found a Pine Warbler at his private home visiting his suet feeder in Victoria.
The bird continues on Dec 16th at the same home and has been viewed by multiple observers. The homeowner is allowing birders to view from the public street.
The bird is coming to the suet feeder on Harriet Rd just north of Burnside Rd E. in Victoria. The homeowner has graciously moved the feeder to the front yard.
The bird has also been seen in a mixed chickadee and bushtit flock in a tall cedar at 3264 Irma St across from Rudd Park.
Map to location HERE
On Dec 17/25-Jan 2/26, the bird was relocated at the feeders near the tree with Christmas ornaments at 3229 Irma St.
Map to location HERE
Please be respectful of private residences and do not block driveways or stand on driveways and do not trespass when viewing this bird.
This is the third record for BC.
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| Pine Warbler in Victoria - Photo: Adam Ross |
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| Pine Warbler in Victoria - Photo: Geoffrey Newell |
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| Pine Warbler in Victoria - Photo: Daniel Donnecke |
At 12:50 pm on Nov 28-2025 Fred D. found a Summer Tanager at his suet feeder at his private home. The bird stayed until 4:30pm but has not returned since.
This is the 12th record for BC.
The bird was relocated in Krystal McEwan’s private yard on Dec 8 and has still been present until Dec 10th-2025.
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| Summer Tanager in Surrey - Photo: Fred D. |
A Prairie Warbler was photographed by Hsien Chong Tan and viewed as well by Ju Dee Ang at 10 am on Nov 20th in a blackberry bush near the Maple St Pumphouse at Blackie Spit Park.
Map to location HERE
This is the 10th record for BC.
The bird has not been relocated so far on Nov 28th.
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| Prairie Warbler in Surrey - Photo: Hsien Chong Tan |
On November 23-2025, Ethan Gosnell found a male Tufted Duck moulting out of eclipse plumage at the outer pond at Iona Regional Park in Richmond.
Map to location HERE
The bird was also seen in the NW inner pond on Nov 24-Dec 9th
From Dec 11/2025-Jan 2/2026, the bird was in the main outer pond and in the scaup flock off the base of the causeway and back in the NW inner pond.
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| Tufted Duck in Richmond - Photo: Terri Gueck |
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| Tufted Duck in Richmond - Photo: Frank Lin |
On Nov 15-2025, Kelly Price found and photographed a male Painted Bunting. The bird was at the feeder in the yard of his sister’s private residence, in Williams Lake.
The bird continues at the feeder on Nov 18th.
**The home is NOT open to the public.**
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| Painted Bunting in Williams Lake - Photos: Phil Ranson |
At 11 am on Nov 11-2025, Kalum Srochenski found a male Black-throated Blue Warbler at his private home off Frontage Rd near Sykes Rd W in Prince George.
Birders are welcome to view the bird from the public street.
Map to location HERE
The bird was not relocated on Nov 12th.
The bird returned to the same location on Nov 17th and birders are welcome to come view it.
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| Black-throated Blue Warbler in Prince George - Photo: Kalum Srochenski |
