At 8:45 am on September 4-2026, Geoffrey Newell and Trevor Henry found a Cocos Booby on a log off McMicking Point. A scope is required.
Map to location HERE
This is the 28th record for BC.
The bird flew east at 9:35 am and was viewed by multiple observers before departing.
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| Cocos Booby in Victoria (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
At 8:45 am on September 2-2026, Geoffrey Newell viewed a single Elegant Tern plunge diving and flying east past McMicking Point heading towards Discovery Island. He viewed the bird by scope for 5 mins before it disappeared.
Map to location HERE
On August 31-2026, Blair Dudeck and Jared Clarke et al. found and photographed 2 Scripps’s Murrelets on a pelagic for Eagle Eye Tours offshore from Tofino.
Map to location HERE
This is the 37th record for BC.
At 5:05 pm on August 30-2026, Ilya Povalyaev found a Cocos Booby while aboard a BC Ferries vessel on the Duke Point to Tsawwassen route. The bird was seen sitting on the water and then flying west straight off Deltaport. The bird was too distant to be viewed from land and was not seen again when scoping from the terminal.
Map to location HERE
This is the 27th record for BC.
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| Cocos Booby off Delta - Photos: Ilya Povalyaev |
At 4 pm on Aug 29-2026, A Cocos Booby was viewed and photographed well offshore from Ucluelet by Judy Meredith and Mark Morris aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship.
Map to location HERE
This is the 26th record for BC.
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| Cocos Booby off Ucluelet - Photos: Mark Morris |
At 3:20 pm on Aug 29-2026, Simon Thompson found a juvenile Short-tailed Albatross well offshore from Ucluelet while aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship.
Map to location HERE
Photo to come.
At 8:50 am on Aug 29, 2026 Simon Thompson had a Hawaiian Petrel off of Winter Harbour on Vancouver Island while riding the Ruby Princess cruise ship. He was not able to get any photos of this bird.
Map to location HERE
At 3:20 pm on Aug 29-2026, Simon Thompson had a second Hawaiian Petrel well offshore from Ucluelet while aboard the same cruise ship. He was able to obtain photos of this bird.
Map to location HERE
Photo to come.
This is the 9th and 10th record for BC.
On August 26-2026, Blair Dudeck and Jared Clarke et al. had 2 juvenile Short-tailed Albatross on a pelagic for Eagle Eye Tours offshore from Tofino.
Map to location HERE
At 2:25pm on August 25-2026, Will LaVigne found a Black Phoebe at the Little River Ferry Terminal landing in Comox.
Map to location HERE
This is the 77th record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in Comox - Photo: Will LaVigne |
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 |
