At 8:50am on Sept 11-2023, Michelle Hamilton found a banded juvenile Snowy Plover on Comber's Beach in Tofino. The bird is on the beach near the trailhead entrance. The bird has been viewed by multiple observers.
**The bird was first photographed by Peter McAllister on September 10th at Chesterman’s Beach but it was misidentified as a Sanderling.**
Map to location HERE
This is the 43rd record for BC.
This bird was banded and the band number sent in and the researcher Micah Ashford revealed this bird was banded as a chick in Coos County Oregon on June 20, 2023.
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| Snowy Plover in Tofino - Photos: Lev Frid |
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| Snowy Plover in Tofino (Photo: Michelle Hamilton) |
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