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 |
