On June 6-2026, Sachi Snively found a Brown Thrasher at his private home in Queen’s Bay. The bird was singing as well.
The home is not open to the public.
This is the 46th record for BC.
The bird continues on June 7th.
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| Brown Thrasher in Queen’s Bay - Photos: Sachi Snively |
At 4:30pm on June 5-2026, Ian Cruickshank found a male Northern Parula singing in Oak Trees along Hull Rd. He photographed and made an audio recording of the bird.
Map to location HERE
This is the 29th record for BC
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| Northern Parula in Bamfield - Photo: Ian Cruickshank |
At 6:30am on June 5-2026, Craig Sandvig found a male Dickcissel singing on hawthornes at Selkirk College Trails.
Map to location HERE
This is the 35th record for BC.
The bird continues at the same location on June 7th.
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| Dickcissel in Castlegar - Photos: Craig Sandvig |
At 4:15pm on June 1-2026, Jakob Dulisse found a Ferruginous Hawk circling over Argenta for a few minutes before he lost it.
Map to location HERE
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| Ferruginous Hawk in Argenta - Photos: Jakob Dulisse |
At 3:15 pm on May 31-2026, Kevin and Daniel Hu and multiple others found a White-winged Dove during a Shuswap Naturalists Club walk near the Illecillewaet Substation in Revelstoke.
Map to location HERE
This is the 27th record for BC.
The bird was not relocated on June 1st.
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| White-winged Dove in Revelstoke - Photos: Daniel Hu |
On May 30-2026, Geoffrey Newell and Gabriel LeRoy found a male Chestnut-sided Warbler at Uplands Park during the Friends of Uplands Park bird walk. The bird was first viewed HERE and later HERE.
The bird was viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 93rd record for BC.
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler in Victoria - Photos: Geoffrey Newell |
At 4 pm on May 29-2026, Émile Brisson-Curadeau found a Wood Sandpiper in Port Hardy. The bird was in a little pond 20 m off the trail near the Chevron cardlock gas station. Please stay on the trail while viewing the bird as not to flush it.
Map to location HERE
This is the 4th record for BC.
The bird has not been relocated on May 30th, thus far.
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| Wood Sandpiper in Port Hardy - Photos: Émile Brisson-Curadeau |
At 7:50 am on May 29-2026, Jo Ellen Floer found a Northern Parula in the trees near the small pond by Elizabeth Lake Lodge in Cranbrook.
She was able to get a recording of the bird and view it briefly.
Map to location HERE
At 8pm Craig Sandvig, Sachi Snively and Dianne Cooper viewed the bird at the same spot and obtained photos.
The bird continues in the same spot on May 30th and has been viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 28th record for BC.
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| Northern Parula in Cranbrook - Photos: Sachi Snively |
On May 16th-2026, Cindy Ederis found a Black Phoebe at the Quinsam Hatchery fish ladder in Campbell River. On June 5th, 2026 Cindy Ederis confirmed the bird laid 5 eggs in a nest. She is uncertain if the eggs are fertilized or not but are being incubated. She photographed the nest and those photos are below. If they hatch as pure Black Phoebes, it would be the first confirmed breeding record for Canada for this species.
Map to location HERE
The bird continued in the same location on June 6th and was viewed by multiple observers.
The hatchery is open to the general public 7 days a week, between 8am until 3:30pm.
This is the 68th record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in Campbell River (Photo: James MacKenzie) |
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| Black Phoebe in Campbell River - Photos: Cindy Ederis |
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| Black Phoebe nest in Campbell River - Photos: Kyle Fitzpatrick, Keely Dodds and Cindy Ederis |
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| Black Phoebe nest in Campbell River - Photos: Kyle Fitzpatrick, Keely Dodds and Cindy Ederis |
At 8:40 am on May 15-2026, Martha Miller and Julia Zarankin and Gretchen Whetham found a Spotted Redshank at Elizabeth Lake in Cranbrook. They observed the bird for 5 mins before it flew off and they could not relocate it and were not sure which direction it flew.
Map to location HERE
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| Spotted Redshank in Cranbrook - Photos: Martha Miller |
On May 10-2026, Joanne Jonas McRae found a White-winged Dove coming to her feeder at her private home.
The home may be open to the public if it returns tomorrow and then the address will be posted here.
On May 11th, the bird was visible from the public street in a tall fir in the 5700 block of Malibu Terrace. Listen for distinct calls to find it.
Map to location HERE
The bird continues at the same location on May 12th.
This is the 26th record for BC.
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| White-winged Dove in Nanaimo - Photos: Joanne Jonas McRae |
At 11am on April 29-2026, Kevin Louth found a Snowy Plover east of the pilings near 96th St at Boundary Bay.
Scope required. The bird was viewed by multiple observers as of 12:30pm but was not relocated as of 1pm when it flew east shortly before.
Map to location HERE
This is the 52nd record for BC.
The bird was not relocated on April 30th.
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| Snowy Plover in Delta - Photos: Evan Larson |
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| Snowy Plover in Delta - Photo: Nick Park |
On April 28-2026, Andrea I. found a male Hooded Oriole at her private home. The bird was coming to her hummingbird feeder.
The home is not open to the public.
This is the 32nd record for BC.
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| Hooded Oriole in Merritt, BC - Photo: Andrea I. |
At 1 pm on April 18-2026, Amanda Jane and the Clarks found a White Wagtail of the lugens subspecies on the roof of the Kwisitis Visitor Centre and on the beach at Wickanninish Beach in Tofino.
The bird continued 300m south of the Kwisitis Visitor Centre as of 6:30pm and has been viewed by multiple observers.
Map to location HERE
This is the 19th record for BC.
The bird was not relocated on April 19th.
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| White Wagtail in Tofino - Photos: Adrian Dorst |
At 2 pm on April 13-2026, Jeremy Gatten found a Snowy Plover in Campbell River. The bird was on the rocky shore off the end of Heard Rd.
Map to location HERE
The bird was viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 51st record for BC.
The bird was not relocated on April 14th, despite multiple observers looking.
On April 15th-18th, the bird continued at Oyster Bay.
The bird was not relocated on April 19th.
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| Snowy Plover in Campbell River - Photos: Jeremy Gatten |
At 8:30 am on April 13-2026 Jean-Pascal Giroux found a Tufted Duck at the Duncan Sewage Lagoons.
There is no public access inside the lagoons but birders can view the bird through the fence from the elevated trail off Wharncliffe Rd that gives a good view over most of the sewage lagoon.
Map to location HERE
The bird has not been relocated.
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| Tufted Duck in Duncan - Photo: Jean-Pascal Giroux |
At 9:40 am on April 12-2026, Alex Leeder found a Black Phoebe at Jericho Park in Vancouver.
Map to location HERE.
This is the 67th record for BC.
The bird was viewed by a few observers in the park before it flew west at 9:55 am and was not relocated.
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| Black Phoebe in Vancouver - Photo: Ian Burgess |
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| Black Phoebe in Vancouver - Photo: Alex Leeder |
At 11:30am on April 9-2026, John Hodges found a Black Phoebe at Gospel Rock in Gibsons.
Map to location HERE
This is the 66th record for BC.
The bird was viewed by multiple observers as of 3:30pm.
The bird was not relocated on April 10, despite multiple observers looking.
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| Black Phoebe in Gibsons - Photo: Karen Holland |
At 6:50pm on April 8-2026, Griffin Duckworth found a Black Phoebe at the bridge pond by the train tracks off 3 Ave at Squamish River Estuary in Squamish.
Map to location HERE
This is the 65th record for BC.
The bird was still present hawking insects and calling as of 8pm.
The bird was not relocated on April 9th, despite multiple observers looking.
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| Black Phoebe in Squamish - Photos: Griffin Duckworth |
At 10:50 am on April 2-2026, Megan Louie found an adult male Tufted Duck in the Fraser River. The bird was viewed from Fraser River Park in Vancouver but could also be viewed from the dyke on the opposite side in Richmond.
Map to location HERE
The duck continues on April 4th at the same location and has been viewed by multiple observers.
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| Tufted Duck in Vancouver - Photo: David Zhen |
At 2 pm on April 1-2026, Keith Taylor found a Tufted Duck in a large flock of Lesser Scaup at Esquimalt Lagoon in Colwood. The bird is hugging the shoreline halfway between the bridge and the hump.
Map to location HERE
The bird continues as of 4 pm and has been viewed by multiple observers.
It was not relocated the next day.
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| Tufted Duck in Colwood - Photos: Les Peterson |
At 9:30am on March 30-2026, Frank Lin found and photographed an immature male Tufted Duck at Green Timbers Lake.
Map to location HERE
The bird continues on May 9th and has been viewed by multiple observers.
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| Tufted Duck in Surrey - Photo: Frank Lin |
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| Tufted Duck in Surrey - Photo: Dan Tyson |
At 11:30 am on March 24-2026, Nick Park and Conor Trahar found a Sagebrush Sparrow at Æ›̓éxÉ™tÉ™m Regional Park in Coquitlam. The bird is frequenting the path between the duck pond and pumphouse off the Shaughnessy St entrance and is traveling by itself.
The bird continued at 12 pm and has been viewed by one other observer.
The bird flew west at 12:05 pm and has not been relocated as of 7pm, despite multiple observers looking.
So far no sign of the bird on March 25th, despite multiple observers looking.
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| Sagebrush Sparrow in Coquitlam - Photo: Conor Trahar |
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| Sagebrush Sparrow in Coquitlam - Photo: Nick Park |
Map to location HERE
This is the 4th record for BC.
The bird continued on March 18-23rd HERE in the corn stubble field off W Fraser Rd near Glassford Rd in Dragon and was viewed by many observers.
The swan was not relocated on March 24 or 25th, despite multiple observers looking.
**On March 27, Terrill Bodner relocated the bird with 2000 Trumpeter Swans in a field at Riverside Park in Vanderhoof.
The bird was viewed in the same location March 30 by Sandra Kinsey and Laird Law with 2 Tundra and 2000 Trumpeter Swans.The bird was viewed from the viewing tower at Riverside Park.**
Map to location HERE
The bird continues at Riverside Park on March 31st and has been viewed by multiple observers.
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| Whooper Swan near Quesnel - Photos: Jeff Dyck |
