At 9 am on Aug 24-2026, Émile Brisson-Curadeau found an Orchard Oriole at the Port Hardy Airport in Port Hardy.
Map to location HERE
The bird quickly disappeared after viewing and he could not relocate it.
This is the 15th record for BC.
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| Orchard Oriole in Port Hardy - Photos: Émile Brisson-Curadeau |
At 9:40 am on Aug 24-2026, Ed Kingma found a Black Phoebe at Piper Spit in Burnaby Lake.
Map to location HERE
The bird did not stick and has not been refound, despite multiple observers looking.
This is the 76th record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in Burnaby - Photo: Ed Kingma |
At 11:40 am on Aug 21-2026, John Forde et al. found and photographed a juvenile Short-tailed Albatross on a pelagic with The Whale Centre off Tofino .
Map to location HERE
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| Short-tailed Albatross off Tofino - Photo: Ben Rosnau |
At 8:49 am on August 19-2026, Émile Brisson-Curadeau found an immature male Northern Parula in a mixed warbler flock in Port Hardy.
Map to location HERE
This is the 30th record for BC.
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| Male Northern Parula in Port Hardy - Photos: Émile Brisson-Curadeau |
At 9:45 am August 15-2026, Greg Foxman found 13 Elegant Terns on the rocks at Whiffin Spit in Sooke.
Map to location HERE
The birds flew south at 11:30 am and did not return.
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| Elegant Terns at Whiffin Spit in Sooke - Photo: Greg Foxman |
At 10:24 am on August 15-2026, Kiah Jaspaer viewed an Elegant Tern flying east and then west past Rocky Point Bird Observatory in Metchosin. This location is not open to the public and restricted access only.
On August 13, 2026, Freddie Lohnes photographed an Acorn Woodpecker that flew over Point Holmes in Comox.
Map to location HERE
This is the 18th record for BC.
At 5pm on Aug 11-2026, Andrew Jones found and viewed a Nazca Booby carcass while aboard his boat. The carcass was being consumed by a Bald Eagle on a beach on Hope Island. Hope Island is not open to the public and trespassing is prohibited without permission. Hope Island is 45 km NW of Port Hardy.
Map to location HERE
This is the 6th record for BC.
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| Nazca Booby on Hope Island - Photo: Andrew Jones |
At 7:45 am on Aug 11-2026, Ian Cruickshank and Jan Wijmenga viewed an Elegant Tern flying SW past Amphitrite Point in Ucluelet. They viewed it by scope and were unable to get a photo.
Map to location HERE.
At 10:30 am on Aug 10-2026, Geoffrey Newell found an Ash-throated Flycatcher at Island View Beach. The bird was north of the washrooms that are north of the parking lot.
Map to location HERE
The bird disappeared and has not been relocated since.
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| Ash-throated Flycatcher in Saanich (Photos: Geoffrey Newell) |
