At 5:45 pm on September 10-2026, Jordy Houkes found a Cocos Booby near the Duke Point Ferry terminal. He viewed the bird from a BC Ferries vessel.
Map to location HERE
The bird was relocated by Guy Monty on Sept 11th HERE in Cowichan Valley waters from a BC Ferries vessel travelling from Duke Point to Tsawwassen.
This is likely the same bird first found by Ilya Povalyaev on August 30th. You can read about it HERE
This is the 29th record for BC.
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| Cocos Booby off Nanaimo - Photo: Jordy Houkes |
On Sept 7-2026, Michael McGrenere found a Chestnut-sided Warbler at his private home in Cordova Bay in a mixed warbler flock. He only viewed the bird for 6 seconds and was unable to get a photo but saw it well.
This is the 94th record for BC.
At 2:15pm on September 6-2026, Nathan Hentze found a second cycle dark morph Red-footed Booby sitting on Race Rocks in Victoria. The bird was viewed during a RPBO Tour with Eagle Wings and all observers on board saw the bird.
Race Rocks is only accessible by boat.
Map to location HERE
This is the 2nd record for BC.
The bird continues HERE on Race Rocks on Sept 11th and has been viewed by multiple observers.
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| Red-footed Booby in Victoria - Photo: Nathan Hentze |
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| Red-footed Booby in Victoria - Photo: Trenton Schulz-Franco |
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| Red-footed Booby in Victoria - Photo: Trevor Henry |
At 7:45 am on September 6-2026, Gord Curry found a Northern Parula in a birch tree directly across from his house. The bird is located across from #50 1st Street in Sointula, Malcolm Island. The bird is travelling in a mixed warbler flock and viewable from the public road.
Please do not trespass onto private property and be respectful of private residences.
Map to location HERE
This is the 31st record for BC.
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| Northern Parula in Sointula on Malcolm Island - Photos: Gord Curry |
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: Trevor Henry |
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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.
