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Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: HERE off Bonniebrook Beach; Gibsons
Reported: Dec 17/25 (Mari Petznek)
Lewis's Woodpecker (1)
Location: Gospel Rock; Gibsons
Reported: Dec 6 (Karen Holland)
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| Lewis's Woodpecker in Gibsons - Photo: Karen Holland |
Redhead (2)
Location: Cranberry Lake - Powell River
Date: Nov 30 (Kathie Pritchard) to Dec 6 (multiple observers)
House Wren (1, late)
Location: HERE at Oyster Bay - Pender Harbour
Date: Nov 29 (John Field)
WHITE WAGTAIL (1)
Date: October 31-Nov 3 (Kathie and Ken Pritchard, m.obs)
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| White Wagtail in Powell River - Photo: Kathie Pritchard |
LITTLE BUNTING (1)
Location: briefly HERE at Roberts Creek Pier before flying high towards Gibsons.
Reported: Oct 30 (Kaiden Bosch)
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| Little Bunting in Roberts Creek - Photo: Kaiden Bosch |
Pink-footed Shearwater (2)
Location: viewed by scope off Roberts Creek Pier - Roberts Creek
Reported: October 27 (Arnold Skei)
Short-tailed Shearwater (200)
Location: viewed by scope off Mission Point - Sechelt
Reported: October 17-27 (Kaiden Bosch, m.obs)
Short-tailed Shearwater (3)
Location: Roberts Creek Jetty - Roberts Creek
Reported: October 26 (Rand Rudland)
Lapland Longspur (1)
Location: Gospel Rock; Gibsons
Reported: Oct 11 (Karen Holland)
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| Lapland Longspur in Gibsons - Photo: Karen Holland |
Lark Sparrow (1)
Location: Parking area of Chaster Creek - Gibsons
Reported: Sept 3 (Karen Holland, m.obs)
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| Lark Sparrow in Gibsons - Photo: Karen Holland |
Lewis's Woodpecker (1)
Location: Cross Rock & Little Africa - Gibsons
Reported: Sept 3 (John Hodges)
Brown Pelicans
Location: 1 at Pam Rocks - Howe Sound
Reported: Sept 3 (Brad Shine)
Location: 1 at White Islets, viewable from Wilson Creek Estuary - Sechelt
Reported: Sept 2 (Karl Topping, m.obs)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: Wildwood Bluffs - Powell River
Reported: Aug 25-26 (Iwan van Veen, m.obs)
American White Pelicans
Location: 20 flying southeast over Gordon Ave - Powell River
Reported: June 26 (Lois Bridger)
Location: 12 flying over Joe's Restaurant near the Davis Bay Pier - Sechelt
Reported: June 26 (Jules Even)
Redhead (1)
Location: Wildwood Sewage Lagoon - Powell River
Reported: June 9-10 (Pierre Geoffray, m.obs)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)
Location: HERE on Bear Bay Rd - Garden Bay
Reported: May 30 (Dawn Millen)
Brown Pelican (1)
Location: White Islets (viewed by boat) - Sechelt
Reported: May 27-30 (Karl Topping)
Dusky Flycatcher (1)
Location: HERE in arbutus trees at Wilson Creek Estaury; Sechelt
Reported: May 10 to 23 (John Hodges, m.obs)
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| Dusky Flycatcher in Sechelt - Photo: Mari Petznek |
SAGE THRASHER (1)
Location: HERE at Gospel Rock - Gibsons
Reported: May 22 (Mari Petznek, m.obs)
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| Sage Thrasher in Gibsons - Photo: Mari Petznek |
Brown Pelican (1)
Location: Mitlenatch Island (viewed by boat) - Powell River
Reported: April 18 (Heather Baskey)
Mountain Bluebird (3)
Location: Wildwood Bluffs -Powell River
Date: April 8-12 (Ivan van Veen)
Say’s Phoebe (1)
Location: in the field behind the Academy of Music - Powell River
Date: April 11 (Carol Reid)
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Location. On the breakwater at Brew Bay-Powell River
Date: April 6 (Ivan van Veen)
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES
Location: 1 on suet feeder at private home on Hawthorn Rd near Mossy Rock Rd - Roberts Creek
Reported: March 25-April 4 (John Hodges)
Reported: Oct 24/24-April 4/25 (John Hodges, m.obs)
Location: 1 by the parking lot at Roberts Creek jetty - Roberts Creek
Reported: Oct 31/24-Feb 7, 2025 (Mari Petznek, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE on Skookumchuk Rd -
Sechelt
Reported: Jan 29 (Cathy M.)
Location: 1 at Mission Point - Sechelt
Reported: Dec 2 (Arnold Skei)
Location: 1 by the causeway at Wilson Creek Estuary - Sechelt
Reported: Nov 7 (Mari Petznek)
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| Mountain Chickadee in Gibsons - Photo: Karen Holland |
Say’s Phoebe (1)
Location: eastern end of Chaster Rd at Cross Rock and Little Africa - Gibsons
Reported: March 27 (John Hodges)
Sora (1)
Location: Private Home - Powell River
Reported: March 26 (Kathy Pritchard)
Redhead (1)
Location: Parsons Park - Powell River
Reported: Feb 25 (Carol Reid, m.obs)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: HERE near Sturt Rd Beach Access - Powell River
Reported: Feb 9 (Pierre Geoffray et al.)
Golden Eagle (3)
Location: 2 at Sechelt Landfill - Sechelt
Date: Dec 3/23-Jan 25/25 (Martin Davis, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Oyster Bay - Kleindale
Date: Dec 24/23-Jan 3/24 (Solveigh Harrison, m.obs)
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| Golden Eagle in Sechelt - Photo: Karen Holland |
Northern Goshawk (1 immature)
Location: Gospel Rock - Gibsons
Reported: Jan 5/25 (Rand Rudland)
