At 5:45pm on Sept 27-2026, Katherine Scrimshaw found a Cassin’s Sparrow near the mansion by 96th St at Boundary Bay.
Map pin HERE
This is the first record for BC.
The bird was relocated on Sept 28th HERE near to 96th at Boundary Bay and was viewed and heard by multiple birders at 6:10pm.
 |
| Cassin’s Sparrow in Delta - Photos: Katherine Scrimshaw |
At 11am on September 27-2026, Curtis Rispin found a Red-throated Pipit in a flock of 18 American Pipits in a private farm field.
The bird was recorded as it called in flight. The fields are not open to the public and you must stand on the public street to scan and listen for the bird as the dyke is now closed to the public.
Map to location of where to stand HERE
This is the 73rd record for BC.
At 6:30pm on Sept 24-2026, Ilya Povalyaev found a Juan Fernandez Petrel while scoping off Shingle Bay from Sandspit in Haida Gwaii.
Map to location of where he stood to view HERE
Map to location of bird HERE
This is a first record for BC and Canada.
 |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel off Haida Gwaii - Photos: Ilya Povalyaev |
At 1:25 pm on September 24-2026, Jeremy Gatten found a Cocos Booby off the end of Heard Rd. The bird was last seen south of the Ken Forde Boat Launch.
Map to initial location HERE and south of the Ken Forde Boat Launch HERE
This is the 31st record for BC
 |
| Cocos Booby off Campbell River (Photo: Jeremy Gatten) |
At 4:50pm on September 25-2026, Ilya Povalyaev found an Eastern Yellow Wagtail on the beach and grassy trail around the perimeter of the Sandspit Airport in Haida Gwaii.
The bird was seen HERE and HERE as of 7:20pm
This is the 9th record for BC.
The bird was not relocated on Sept 24th.
 |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev |
At 12:45pm on Sept 22, 2026, Kennedy Hayes and Conor Melanson found a Cocos Booby at the south end of Weynton Passage near Telegraph Cove, while aboard a whale watching vessel.
Map to location HERE
This is the 30th record for BC.
 |
| Cocos Booby near Telegraph Cove - Photo: Kennedy Hayes |
On September 20-2026, Blair Dudeck found an immature male Garganey at Cluxewe Resort in Port McNeill, 20 mins south of Port Hardy. The bird was walking along the shoreline and was later seen on the water, 100m offshore with 100 Harlequin Ducks.
Map to location HERE
This is the 15th record for BC.
The bird has not been relocated on Sept 21st, despite multiple observers looking.
 |
| Garganey near Port Hardy - Photo: Blair Dudeck |
At 6pm on Sept 18-2026, Kalin Ocana et al. found a sub-adult Short-tailed Albatross on a private boat off Tofino.
This is only the second photographed record of a bird older than 2 years old, that has been found south of Alaska.
 |
| Short-tailed Albatross off Tofino - Photo: Kalin Ocana |
At 6pm on September 14-2026, Trevor Henry found a Red-throated Pipit at the SE end on Panama Flats in Saanich.
He viewed and recorded the bird. It was travelling in a flock of American Pipits.
Map to location HERE
This is the 72nd record for BC.
The bird continued HERE on Sept 16th.
 |
| Red-throated Pipit in Saanich - Photo: Trevor Henry |
At 9 am on September 14-2026, Craig Sandvig found a Sagebrush Sparrow at Selkirk College Trails in Castlegar. The bird was first seen in shrubs close to the Welsh Rd trail gate and then moved around the orchard and came back to the shrubs/hedgerow.
Map to location HERE
The bird was viewed by multiple observers and continued as of 6:15pm.
The bird was not relocated on Sept 15th, despite observers looking.
 |
| Sagebrush Sparrow in Castlegar - Photos: Craig Sandvig |
