At 8 am on October 26-2026, Kyle Pedro found a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Terrace. The bird was in a private yard viewable from the public road. Please be respectful of private residences in the area.
Map to location HERE
The bird was not relocated after this point on Oct 26th, despite multiple observers searching.
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| Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Terrace - Photo: Kyle Pedro |
At 10:45am on October 26-2026, Jul Wojnowski found a juvenile Little Blue Heron at the NW corner of Osoyoos Lake at the overlook south of Rd 22 in Osoyoos. It is best viewed HERE from Radio Tower Rd looking down towards the river mouth.
The bird was chased off by gulls from the foreshore but has returned to the same spot as of 2 pm and has been viewed by multiple observers.
Map to location HERE
**On Oct 27th, the bird has not been relocated thus far, despite multiple observers looking.**
This is the 7th record for BC.
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| Little Blue Heron in Osoyoos - Photos: Alex Bodden |
At 10 am on October 22-2026, Geoffrey Newell found an Elegant Tern sitting on the rocks off the end of Bowker Ave in Victoria.
Map to location HERE
The bird has flown towards Oak Bay Marina and has not been relocated thus far.
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| Elegant Tern in Victoria, BC - Photos: Geoffrey Newell |
At 8:30am on October 22-2026, Jeremy Gatten found a Tree Pipit in Campbell River. The bird is in a field beside an elementary school.
Map to location HERE
This is the first record for BC and Canada.
Parking is limited in area. Park on Crawford Rd and walk to the field. Please be respectful of private residences.
The bird continued as of 6 pm HERE in the grasses and has been viewed by multiple observers.
**The bird was not relocated on Oct 23rd, despite multiple observers looking.**
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| Tree Pipit in Campbell River (Photo: Jeremy Gatten) |
At 9 am on Oct 20-2026, Geoffrey Newell had an Elegant Tern fly east past Clover Point in Victoria.
Map to location HERE
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| Elegant Tern in Victoria - Photos: Geoffrey Newell |
At 7pm on October 18-2026, William Nicholls found 2 Cocos Boobies in Prince Rupert harbour. The birds were perched on a ship called “One Energy.”
Map to location HERE
This is the 32 and 33rd records for BC.
The birds were not refound on Oct 19th.
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| Cocos Boobies in Prince Rupert - Photos: William Nicholls |
On October 18-2026, Jeffrey Nicholls, Siobhan Powlowski, Tiffany Tjosvold and Laura Moth found a deceased Nazca Booby on Jericho Beach.
Map to location HERE
This is the 7th record for BC.
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| Nazca Booby in Vancouver - Photos: Laura Moth |
At 11 am on October 12-2026, Jeremy Gatten found a sub-adult Slaty-backed Gull in Campbell River.
The bird is sitting on a pier of a fish plant that has no public access off Spit Rd. Please view from beach or sidewalk.
Map to location HERE
At 1 pm he found a different bird, a full adult HERE at Rotary Beach Park.
This is the 88th and 89th record for BC.
Both birds have been viewed by multiple observers.
On Oct 13th, the sub-adult bird continued on the same pier of the fish plant off Spit Rd.
On Oct 14th, the sub-adult bird continued perched on a building HERE
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| Subadult Slaty-backed Gull in Campbell River (Photo: Jeremy Gatten) |
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| Adult Slaty-backed Gull in Campbell River (Photo: Jeremy Gatten) |
On Oct 10-2026, Curtis Rispin had a Red-throated Pipit fly over him calling at the Nanaimo River Estuary.
On Oct 11-2026, Guy Monty relocated the bird HERE and the bird continues as of 2:35 pm and has been viewed by multiple observers.
On Oct 12th, the bird continued in the same location and was heard calling while flying over.
This is the 75th record for BC.
At 11:30 am on October 2-2026, Melissa Hafting found a Siberian Pipit at Panama Flats. The bird was present in the same field as a continuing Red-throated Pipit and was travelling with 25 American Pipits. Melissa was able to call over 2 other birders (Geoffrey Newell and Jessica Sandhu) who were searching for the Red-throated Pipit in different areas of the flats and they were also able to get on the bird. There was a delay in posting to seek confirmation on the species that she believed it was from experts, such as Sulli Gibson and Cameron Eckert and others.
Map to location HERE
This is the 8th record for BC.
On Oct 5-2026, Val George reported viewing the bird at the same location.
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| Siberian Pipit in Saanich - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
