At 2 pm on April 13-2026, Jeremy Gatten found a Snowy Plover in Campbell River. The bird was on the rocky shore off the end of Heard Rd.
Map to location HERE
The bird was viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 51st record for BC.
The bird has not been relocated on April 14th, despite multiple observers looking.
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| Snowy Plover in Campbell River - Photo: Jeremy Gatten |
At 8:30 am on April 13-2026 Jean-Pascal Giroux found a Tufted Duck at the Duncan Sewage Lagoons.
There is no public access inside the lagoons but birders can view the bird through the fence from the elevated trail off Wharncliffe Rd that gives a good view over most of the sewage lagoon.
Map to location HERE
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| Tufted Duck in Duncan - Photo: Jean-Pascal Giroux |
At 9:40 am on April 12-2026, Alex Leeder found a Black Phoebe at Jericho Park in Vancouver.
Map to location HERE.
This is the 67th record for BC.
The bird was viewed by a few observers in the park before it flew west at 9:55 am and was not relocated.
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| Black Phoebe in Vancouver - Photo: Ian Burgess |
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| Black Phoebe in Vancouver - Photo: Alex Leeder |
At 11:30am on April 9-2026, John Hodges found a Black Phoebe at Gospel Rock in Gibsons.
Map to location HERE
This is the 66th record for BC.
The bird was viewed by multiple observers as of 3:30pm.
The bird was not relocated on April 10, despite multiple observers looking.
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| Black Phoebe in Gibsons - Photo: Karen Holland |
At 6:50pm on April 8-2026, Griffin Duckworth found a Black Phoebe at the bridge pond by the train tracks off 3 Ave at Squamish River Estuary in Squamish.
Map to location HERE
This is the 65th record for BC.
The bird was still present hawking insects and calling as of 8pm.
The bird was not relocated on April 9th, despite multiple observers looking.
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| Black Phoebe in Squamish - Photos: Griffin Duckworth |
At 10:50 am on April 2-2026, Megan Louie found an adult male Tufted Duck in the Fraser River. The bird was viewed from Fraser River Park in Vancouver but could also be viewed from the dyke on the opposite side in Richmond.
Map to location HERE
The duck continues on April 4th at the same location and has been viewed by multiple observers.
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| Tufted Duck in Vancouver - Photo: David Zhen |
At 2 pm on April 1-2026, Keith Taylor found a Tufted Duck in a large flock of Lesser Scaup at Esquimalt Lagoon in Colwood. The bird is hugging the shoreline halfway between the bridge and the hump.
Map to location HERE
The bird continues as of 4 pm and has been viewed by multiple observers.
It was not relocated the next day.
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| Tufted Duck in Colwood - Photos: Les Peterson |
At 9:30am on March 30-2026, Frank Lin found and photographed an immature male Tufted Duck at Green Timbers Lake.
Map to location HERE
The bird continues on April 12th and has been viewed by multiple observers.
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| Tufted Duck in Surrey - Photo: Frank Lin |
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| Tufted Duck in Surrey - Photo: Dan Tyson |
At 11:30 am on March 24-2026, Nick Park and Conor Trahar found a Sagebrush Sparrow at Æ›̓éxÉ™tÉ™m Regional Park in Coquitlam. The bird is frequenting the path between the duck pond and pumphouse off the Shaughnessy St entrance and is traveling by itself.
The bird continued at 12 pm and has been viewed by one other observer.
The bird flew west at 12:05 pm and has not been relocated as of 7pm, despite multiple observers looking.
So far no sign of the bird on March 25th, despite multiple observers looking.
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| Sagebrush Sparrow in Coquitlam - Photo: Conor Trahar |
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| Sagebrush Sparrow in Coquitlam - Photo: Nick Park |
Map to location HERE
This is the 4th record for BC.
The bird continued on March 18-23rd HERE in the corn stubble field off W Fraser Rd near Glassford Rd in Dragon and was viewed by many observers.
The swan was not relocated on March 24 or 25th, despite multiple observers looking.
**On March 27, Terrill Bodner relocated the bird with 2000 Trumpeter Swans in a field at Riverside Park in Vanderhoof.
The bird was viewed in the same location March 30 by Sandra Kinsey and Laird Law with 2 Tundra and 2000 Trumpeter Swans.The bird was viewed from the viewing tower at Riverside Park.**
Map to location HERE
The bird continues at Riverside Park on March 31st and has been viewed by multiple observers.
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| Whooper Swan near Quesnel - Photos: Jeff Dyck |
