At 10:35 am on Sept 23-2023, Paul Jacques found a Reed/Pallas’s Bunting in Squamish near the Coho Park Trail. The bird was perched on a tree near a marshy area and was not associating with any other birds.
Unfortunately, the photos obtained do not show the diagnostic lesser coverts to differentiate a Reed Bunting which has rufous lesser coverts from a Pallas’s Bunting, which has grey ones.
The bird has not been relocated thus far on Sept 24th, despite multiple observers looking.
Map to last known location HERE
Either species would be a first record for BC and Canada.
Note the area has lots of black bears and birders should be bear aware.
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| Reed/Pallas’s Bunting in Squamish - Photos: Paul Jacques |
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