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Pacific Loon (1)
Location: Private Home at 28Km on Francois Lake
Reported: Jan 17-21 (Tom Davies)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Babine Lake - Topley Landing
Reported: January 18-21 (Frank McDonald, m.obs)
BRAMBLING (1)
Location: in junco flock in the front yard of 4632 Scott Ave - Terrace
Date: December 21, 2025-January 11, 2026 (Teresa Weismiller et al.)
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| Brambling in Terrace - Photo: Eileen LeFrancois |
BRAMBLING (1)
Location: at feeder at 3959 Broadway Ave - Smithers
Reported: Dec 27 -28 (Mel and Evi Clouston, m.obs)
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| Brambling in Smithers - Photo: Ken White |
BRAMBLING (1)
Location: In junco flock on 5426 Hubert St - Telkwa
Reported: Dec 24 (Cindy Lewis)
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| Brambling in Telkwa - Photo: Cindy Lewis |
American Goldfinch (2)
Location: Private residence; Vanderhoof
Date: December 21 (Tom Davies and Peter Luggi)
Great Egret (1)
Location: Scout Island - Williams Lake
Reported: Nov 1-Dec 10 (Kris Andrews, m.obs)
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| Great Egret in Williams Lake - Photo: Sandy Proulx |
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Moresby Pond - Prince Rupert
Reported: Dec 1 (Teresa Weismiller)
Great Egret (2 of the Eurasian alba subspecies)
Reported: Nov 3 to 30 (Sonya Pastran, m.obs)
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| Great Egrets in Tlell, Haida Gwaii - Photo: Carey Bergman |
Great Egret (1 of the Eurasian alba subspecies)
Location: HERE at the old mill entrance; Port Edward
Reported: Nov 26-27 (Teresa Weismiller)
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| Great Egret (alba) in Port Edward - Photo: Teresa Weismiller |
PAINTED BUNTING (1) *Not open to public*
Location: Private Home; Williams Lake
Date: November 15-18 (Kelly Price)
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| Painted Bunting in Williams Lake - Photo: Phil Ranson |
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (1)
Location: Private Home HERE on Frontage Rd near Sykes Rd W (birders are welcome to view from public street) - Prince George
Reported: Nov 11-17 (Kalum Srochenski)
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| Black-throated Blue Warbler in Prince George - Photo: Kalum Srochenski |
Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)
Location: Private Home in Lone Butte
Date: November 3-11 (Sue and Andy Gower)
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| Lewis’s Woodpecker in Lone Butte - Photo: Sue Gower |
EURASIAN SKYLARK (2)
Location: NW corner of Sandspit Airport; Haida Gwaii
Date: October 25 to November 11 (Ian Cruickshank et al., m.obs)
HOODED ORIOLE (1)
Location: Great Bear Lodge in Smith Inlet (closed to public for season)
Date: Nov 10 (T. Rivest)
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| Hooded Oriole in Smith Inlet - Photo: Thomas Rivest |
Clark's Nutcracker (1)
Location: HERE at soccer fields; Tlell
Date: October 14-November 6 (Carey Bergman)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: HERE near Terrace
Reported: Nov 7 (Teresa Weismiller)
Great Egret (1)
Location: On Copper Bay Rd near horse pastures; Sandspit
Reported: Nov 1 (Garrett Beisel)
RUSTIC BUNTING (1)
Location: HERE near Sandspit Airport in flock of Juncos - Haida Gwaii
Date: October 29 (C. Hughes) to 31 (multiple observers)
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| Rustic Bunting in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Carey Bergman |
Pacific Golden-Plover (2)
Location: Sandspit Airport; Haida Gwaii
Date: October 20 to 31 (Carey Bergman, m.obs)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)
Location: NW corner of Sandspit Airport; Haida Gwaii
Date: October 26 (C. Hughes)
SIBERIAN PIPIT (1)
Location: NW corner of Sandspit Airport; Haida Gwaii
Date: October 25 (Jody Wells et al.)
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| Siberian Pipit in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Jody Wells |
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: HERE at Tatlayoko Lake - Tatla Lake
Date: October 14-15 (Sachi Snively)
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| Palm Warbler at Tatla Lake - Photo: Sachi Snively |
Pacific Loon (1)
Location: Sulphurous Lake - Lone Butte
Date: Oct 5 (Sue Gower)
Sabine’s Gull (2)
Location: Choelquoit Lake - Riske Creek
Reported: Oct 3 (Sue Gower)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: at Tatlayoko Lake banding station - Tatla Lake
Reported: Oct 3 (Sachi Snively)
OLIVE-BACKED PIPIT (1)
Location: HERE in lot off Oceanview Drive; Daajing Giids - Haida Gwaii
Reported: Sept 29-30 (Kaiden Bosch)
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| Olive-backed Pipit in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Kaiden Bosch |
Sabine’s Gull (1)
Location: Becher’s Prairie - Riske Creek
Reported: Sept 30 (Phil Ranson and Sandy Proulx)
Anna's Hummingbird (1)
Location: Private Home at 28Km on Francois Lake
Reported: Sept 5-29 (Tom Davies)
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| Anna's Hummingbird in Francois Lake - Photo: Tom Davies |
Parasitic Jaeger (1)
Location: Bouchie Lake; Quesnel
Date: Sept 28 (Suzy Wright)
WHITE WAGTAIL (1)
Location: HERE near Sandspit Airport; Haida Gwaii
Date: Sept 27 (Kaiden Bosch)
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| White Wagtail in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Kaiden Bosch |
RED-THROATED PIPIT (2)
Location: HERE at Sandspit Airport - Sandspit
Date: September 27 (Kaiden Bosch)
BOBOLINK (1)
Location: HERE at Sandspit Airport - Sandspit
Date: September 27 (Kaiden Bosch)
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| Bobolink in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Kaiden Bosch |
BOBOLINK (1)
Location: Rose Spit at Naikoon Provincial Park; Haida Gwaii
Date: September 23 (Kaiden Bosch)
Lewis's Woodpecker (1)
Location: HERE at Tatlayoko Lake - Tatla Lake
Reported: Sept 12 (Sachi Snively)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: HERE at Itautso Lake - Lac La Hache
Reported: Sept 11 (Paul Foth)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)
Location: HERE on beach with flock of American Pipits near Sandspit Airport -Haida Gwaii
Reported: Sept 10 (Kaiden Bosch)
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| Red-throated Pipit in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Kaiden Bosch |
Magnolia Warbler (1)
Location: HERE in Sandspit - Haida Gwaii
Reported: Sept 10 (Kaiden Bosch)
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| Magnolia Warbler in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Kaiden Bosch |
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| Bank Swallow in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Kaiden Bosch |
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| Lewis's Woodpecker at Tatla Lake - Photo: Sachi Snively |
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Tatlayoko Lake Bird Observatory - Tatla Lake
Reported: Sept 2-5 (Sachi Snively, m.obs)
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| Yellow-billed Loon in Tatla Lake - Photo: Sachi Snively |
MANX SHEARWATER (1)
Location: HERE off the ferry to Haida Gwaii
Reported: Aug 28 (T. Jutson et al.)
MASKED BOOBY (1)
Location: HERE in Queen Charlotte Sound
Reported: Aug 20 (Chelsea Stanley)
Ovenbird (1)
Location: Mugaha Banding Station; Mackenzie
Reported: Aug 11 (Lucile Jacques)
Cape May Warbler (1)
Location: Mugaha Banding Station; Mackenzie
Reported: Aug 11 (Lucile Jacques)
American Golden-Plover (1)
Location: Becher’s Prairie; Riske Creek
Reported: Aug 14 (Phil Ranson and Sandy Proulx)
Franklin’s Gull (1)
Location: Becher’s Prairie; Riske Crwek
Reported: Aug 14 (Phil Ranson and Sandy Proulx)
American Goldfinch (2)
Location: Private Home - Burns Lake
Reported: Aug 4 (Keith Walker)
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| American Goldfinches in Burns Lake - Photo: Keith Walker |
Ancient Murrelet (1)
Location: HERE on Babine Lake
Reported: July 28 (Jackson Shelford)
Rock Wren (1)
Location: Canfor Rock Quarry - Fort St James
Reported: July 9-20 (Keith Gordon et al., m.obs)
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (1)
Location: HERE viewable from Hampton Rd (please do not trespass onto private property) - Terrace
Reported: June 26-July 1 (Anna Linton, m.obs)
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| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Terrace - Photo: Brennan T. Bantle |
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE (1 male)
Location: HERE by the bridge by the canoe launch at Cottonwood Island - Prince George
Reported: June 27-29 (Liz Hewison, m.obs)
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| Great-tailed Grackle in Prince George - Photo: Jeff Dyck |
Yellow-billed Loon (1 adult in breeding)
Location: McLeese Lake north of Soda Creek
Reported: June 27 (Mark Pokorski)
Franklin’s Gull (1)
Location: Eagle Lake - Tatla Lake
Reported: June 23 (Jim Sims)
Magnolia Warbler (1)
Location: HERE on Dease Lake Hwy
Reported: June 11 (Ian Burgess)
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| Magnolia Warbler off Dease Lake Hwy - Photo: Ian Burgess |
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: at the north end of Tatlayoko Lake - Tatla Lake
Reported: June 8 (Leslie Harris Jr.)
BULLOCK’S x BALTIMORE ORIOLE Hybrid (1 male)
Location: HERE at Scout Island - Williams Lake
Reported: June 1-6 (Lubna Khan)
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| Bullock’s x Baltimore Hybrid in Williams Lake - Photo: Lubna Khan |
Rock Wren (1)
Location: East end of Horse Lake in Lone Butte.
Reported: May 27 (Doug and Wendy Hogg)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: Private Home - Prince George
Reported: May 25 (Cara Snell)
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| Northern Mockingbird in Prince George - Photo: Cara Snell |
Upland Sandpiper (1)
Location: Eaglet Lake - Giscome
Reported: May 15 (Jeff Dyck)
American Golden-Plover (1)
Location: East Lake - Riske Creek
Reported: May 10 (Susan and Andy Gower)
Marbled Godwit (1)
Location: Separating Lake - Riske Creek
Reported: May 9 (Sharon Henry)
Hudsonian Godwit (3)
Location: Sandspit Airport; Haida Gwaii
Reported: May 7-9 (Carey Bergman)
Black Scoter (1)
Location: on Francois Lake in front of km 28 on Francois Lake East Rd
Reported: April 20 (Tom Davies)
Canvasback x Redhead (1 male)
Location: Sewage Lagoon HERE - Kitimat
Reported: February 15-April 11 (April MacLeod, m.obs)
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| Redhead x Canvasback Hybrid Drake in Kitimat - Photo: Benn Whitwell |
Marbled Godwit (1)
Location: on the runway field at Sandspit Airport - Haida Gwaii
Date: April 12 (C. Bergman)
Redhead (2)
Location: Hazelton Sewage Lagoon - Hazelton
Reported: April 9 (Larry Joseph)
Sora (1)
Location: 150 Mile Mission Rd - Williams Lake
Reported: March 26 (Sue Gower)
Common Teal (1)
Location: Springfield Ranch - Soda Creek
Reported: March 7 (Phil Ranson)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: North end of Tatlayoko Lake - Tatla Lake
Reported: Feb 14/2025 (Jim Sims)
