RBA: OLIVE-BACKED PIPIT in Haida Gwaii - Sept 29-30th

At 10:55 am on September 29-2025 Kaiden Bosch found an Olive-backed Pipit in dense salmonberry bushes in an old log sort lot off Oceanview Drive near 12th St in Daajing Giids. He saw it only briefly for 45 seconds before it took off. He saw it again at 2:10pm but could not get a photo but was finally able to relocate the bird in the same spot at 6pm and obtain photos.

Map to location HERE

This is the first record for BC and first for Canada.

The bird was observed briefly Sept 30th at the same location before flying into a nearby private property.  It has not been relocated since, despite dedicated searches for it.

Olive-backed Pipit in Haida Gwaii - Photos: Kaiden Bosch

RBA: LITTLE STINT in Colwood - Sept 26th

At 3:30pm on September 26-2025, Geoffrey Newell found a juvenile Little Stint in a flock of 130 Western Sandpipers at Esquimalt Lagoon in Colwood.

Map to location HERE

This is the 13th record for BC.

The bird has not been relocated since.

Little Stint in Colwood - Photos: Geoffrey Newell

RBA: RED-THROATED PIPITS in Haida Gwaii - Sept 27th

At 11:15 am on Sept 27-2025, Kaiden Bosch found 2 Red-throated Pipits calling and flying over him before landing on the grass of the Sandspit Airport in Sandspit, Haida Gwaii.

He was not able to obtain a photo or recording but is very familiar with the species and distinctive call and had one at the same site he photographed on Sept 10th, 2025.

Map to location HERE

This is the 64th and 65th record for BC.

The birds were not relocated.

RBA: WHITE WAGTAIL in Haida Gwaii - Sept 27th

At 10 am on September 27-2025, Kaiden Bosch found a White Wagtail on the beach near the Sandspit Airport in Haida Gwaii.

Map to location HERE

This is the 19th record for BC.

The bird has not been relocated as of 2pm.

White Wagtail in Sandspit, Haida Gwaii - Photos: Kaiden Bosch

RBA: SLATY-BACKED GULL in Delta - Sept 20th

At 6:15 pm on Sep 20-2025, Ilya Povalyaev found an adult Slaty-backed Gull at Boundary Bay, between the foot of 88th St and the 80th St pumphouse. 

Map to location HERE

The bird flew west toward 72nd St while he was photographing it. 

Birders looking for this bird should also check in front of the Mansion (between 96th and 88th St) where gulls typically gather on the rising tide.  

This is the 87th record for BC.

The bird has not been relocated since, despite multiple observers looking.

Slaty-backed Gull in Delta - Photos: Ilya Povalyaev

RBA: ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER in Ladysmith - Sept 15th

At 5:53pm on Sept 15-2025, Randy Varga found an Ash-throated Flycatcher at Yellow Point Lodge in Ladysmith.

The bird was foraging in trees along the ocean shore. The lodge grounds are open to the public who aren't staying at the hotel but who are eating lunch or dinner at the restaurant.

Map to location HERE

The bird has not been relocated.

Ash-throated Flycatcher in Nanaimo - Photo: Randy Varga

RBA: MASKED BOOBY in Queen Charlotte Sound - Aug 20th (LATE REPORT)

At 4:43pm on August 20-2025, Chelsea Stanley photographed a Masked Booby while aboard the CCGS Sir John Franklin research vessel in Queen Charlotte Sound.

Map to location HERE

This is the 4th record for BC.

Masked Booby in Queen Charlotte Sound - Photos: Chelsea Stanley

RBA: CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER in Okanagan Falls

A hatch year male Chestnut-sided Warbler was banded by David Bell at Vaseux Lake bird observatory’s banding station at 7:30am on Sept 13-2025.

This is the 92nd record for BC

Chestnut-sided Warbler in Okanagan Falls - Photo: David Bell

RBA: LITTLE BLUE HERON in Wardner - Sept 10-13th

At 12pm on Sept 10-2025, Daryl Calder found a juvenile Little Blue Heron along the shoreline of the Kootenay River in Wardner. The bird was first identified as a Great and Cattle Egret due to long distance views but photos obtained on Sept 11th by Helen Diakow et al. show it to be a Little Blue Heron.

Map to location of bird HERE and HERE

The bird is best viewed by scope from the pullout HERE or HERE on Laurier St.

This is the 5th record for BC.

The bird continues as of 7pm on Sept 11th and has been viewed by multiple observers.

At 7:30 pm on Sept 11th, the bird flew high and south down the river.

The bird continued in the same location on Sept 13th.

**The bird has not been relocated on Sept 14th or 15th, despite multiple observers looking.**

Little Blue Heron in Wardner - Photos: Helen Diakow

RBA: RED-THROATED PIPIT in Haida Gwaii - Sept 10th

At 9:40 am on Sept 10-2025, Kaiden Bosch found and photographed a Red-throated Pipit on the beach near the Sandspit Airport in Sandspit, Haida Gwaii. The bird was in a flock of American Pipits. Kaiden watched it for 30 mins and left it there.

Map to location HERE

This is the 63rd record for BC.

Red-throated Pipit in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Kaiden Bosch 

RBA: WHITE WAGTAIL in Richmond - Sept 8-Oct 30th

At ten am on September 8-2025, Yvette Munson found an adult female White Wagtail of the lugens subspecies, in a parking lot on Bayview Street in Richmond.

Map to location HERE

Note the parking lot is a pay parking lot.

It also goes up on to the nearby roof of the Lavash Seaside Grill restaurant and nearby buildings HERE

The bird continues in the original location on Oct 30th.

The bird was not found in Richmond on Oct 31st, despite multiple observers looking.

The bird was refound in Powell River by Kathie and Ken Pritchard. You can read about that HERE

This is the 18th record for BC.

White Wagtail in Richmond - Photo: Nick Park

White Wagtail in Richmond - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev