At 2:30pm on June 25-2022, Mike Klotz and Carli Gilmore found a male Chestnut-sided Warbler singing from the cottonwoods on the dyke at Catbird Slough.
Map to location HERE
The bird was last seen in the same spot on July 10th and was viewed by multiple observers. It has not been relocated since.
This is the 85th record for BC.
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| Male Chestnut-sided Warbler in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Carli Gilmore |
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Sue Flecker |
At 11:45 am on June 23-2022, Benoit Hilty photographed a male Chestnut-sided Warbler at Bear Creek Provincial Park in Kelowna.
Map to exact location HERE
The bird continues HERE in the parking lot to Canyon Rim Trail at Bear Creek Provincial Park and also flies to the entrance of the campground across the street on July 7th and has been viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 84th record for BC.
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler in Kelowna - Photo: Kalin Ocana |
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler in Kelowna - Photo: Mike Force |
At 7:15 am on June 12-2022, Julia Flesaker found a Chestnut-sided Warbler at the ski and snowboard area at Summit Lake which is 18 km SE of Nakusp.
Map to location of bird HERE
This is the 83rd record for BC.
It has not been relocated, despite multiple observers looking.
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler in Nakusp - Photo: Julia Flesaker |
At 8am on June 6-2022, Suzy Wright found a male Indigo Bunting with Lazuli Buntings at her home on Freeman Rd.
The bird may be viewed from along Freeman Rd near HERE but please do not trespass.
It has not been relocated since.
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| Indigo Bunting near Quesnel - Photo: Suzy Wright |
At 12:30pm on June 5-2022, Luke Downs found a Snowy Egret on the Cowichan Estuary Conservation Trail in Cowichan Bay.
The bird was feeding in the slough HERE and perching in trees and has been viewed by multiple observers.
On June 6th the bird was last seen HERE in the marsh along Westcan Terminal Rd and hasn’t been seen since.
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| Snowy Egret in Cowichan Bay - Photo: Nathan Hentze |
At 12:30pm on June 4-2022, Kayne Meyers-Harris found an Ash-throated Flycatcher perched in shrubs near the pond on the pipe at Iona Regional Park.
Map to location HERE
The bird has not been relocated as of 7pm, despite multiple observers looking.
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| Ash-throated Flycatcher in Richmond - Photo: Kayne Meyers-Harris |
At 7:25 am on June 4-2022 Ian Burgess and Brent Diakow found a male Scarlet Tanager at the upper main parking lot in a flock of Western Tanagers at Queen Elizabeth Park.
Map to location HERE
The bird has also been seen HERE near the lawn bowling area. However the main location at the upper parking lot is where it prefers most.
On June 5th, Sharon Toochin discovered a second male Scarlet Tanager at the same location. While one was being viewed at the main upper parking lot HERE a second bird was being seen and photographed at the quarry garden beneath Seasons in the Park Restaurant HERE. Then both birds were viewed together at the upper main parking lot by several observers.
On June 6th both bird continue at the original location (main upper parking lot).
**The birds were not relocated on June 7th**
**This is the 4th confirmed photographed record for BC and the 1st record for Metro Vancouver.**
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| Male Scarlet Tanager in Vancouver - Photo: Cole Gaerber |
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| Male Scarlet Tanager in Vancouver - Photo: Ian Burgess |
