To report rare birds or sightings of interest in the Vancouver and Lower Mainland area, Fraser Valley and Sea to Sky Country and to submit pictures (with date, time and location) and/or for any identification questions, please email Melissa Hafting at bcbirdergirl@gmail.com
American Redstarta are back at Grant Narrows HERE and at Catbird Slough.
American White Pelican (1)
Location: across from PUMA boxes at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: June 2 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
Western Kingbird (4)
Location: on YVR fence on Ferguson Rd near Shannon Rd and HERE at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 22-June 2 (Aaron Gaffney, m.obs)
American White Pelican (9)
Location: HERE at Iona causeway - Richmond
Reported: May 26-June 2 (Kathleen Oliver, m.obs)
Wilson’s Phalarope (1)
Location: on mudflats viewed by scope from 34 b entrance at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 27-June 2 (Conor Trahar et al.)
Yellow-breasted Chat (1) *please do not use playback on this endangered bird*
Location: last seen 300m north of Catbird Slough on west side of Rannie Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 23-June 2 (Philip Wright, m.obs)
Yellow-breasted Chat (1) *please do not use playback on this endangered bird*
Location: last seen 300m north of Catbird Slough on west side of Rannie Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 23-June 2 (Philip Wright, m.obs)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: entrance gate to Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: June 2 (Ed Nygren)
Wilson’s Phalarope (3)
Location: West Field (near tower) at Reifel Bird Sanctuary - Delta
Reported: May 19-June 2 (Kiera Fritsch, m.obs)
California Scrub-Jays
Location: 5 (2 adult HERE confirmed breeding with 3 young) on #3 Rd near Richmond Music School - Richmond
Reported: May 6/24-June 2/26 (Tom Plath, m.obs)
Location: 2 HERE at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Sept 20/25-May 27/26 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
Location: 1 at corner of Laval St and Hammond Ave - Coquitlam
Reported: May 20-27 (Amy Wise, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Quebec Ave and E 7th Ave - Vancouver
Reported: May 27 (Steven Lawrence)
Location: 1 HERE near Ford Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 21 (Dan Tyson)
Location: 1 at 7439 James St - Mission
Reported: Jan 24/24-May 21/26 (Brent Schmor, m.obs)
Location: 2 at 220th St and Dewdney Trunk Rd - Maple Ridge
Reported: 2015-May 21/26 (m.obs)
Location: Up to 3 at 7855 Shackleton Drive. Also seen on Eperson Rd and Willowfield Dr - Richmond
Reported: Dec 6/22-May 21/26 (Catherine Chow, m.obs)
Location: Up to 4 at Private Home on Maple Crescent near Maple Crescent Park baseball diamond. Also seen at 44 Ave and Arthur Dr and Rotary Park - Ladner
Reported: Sept 23/22-May 10/26 (Grant Edwards, m.obs)
Location: 1 at 2312 Henry St - Port Moody
Reported: May 4 (Sarah Staddon)
Location: 1 at 4665 Duchess St - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 24-March 24 (Claire Meggs)
Location: 1 at 9515 Hazel St - Chilliwack
Reported: Jan 10/24-March 24/25 (Jason Alexander, m.obs)
Location: 2 at N MacDonald Ave and Oxford St - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 8/22-March 24/26 (Margaret Hansen, m.obs)
American Golden-Plover (1 adult in breeding plumage)
Location: on mudflats west of pilings at 96th St and in field HERE at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: May 27-June 2 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| American Golden-Plover in Delta - Photo: Mike Tabak |
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: on mudflats west of pilings at 96th St and in field HERE at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: May 27-June 2 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: base of spit at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: May 31 (Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)
MANX SHEARWATER (1)
Location: viewed from a Hullo Ferry halfway between Vancouver and Duke Point in Nanaimo - West Vancouver
Reported: May 31 (Eric Ferber)
Wilson's Phalarope (8)
Location: main outer pond and in SW inner pond at Iona (viewed from pipe) - Richmond
Reported: May 14-31 (Mike Toochin, m.obs)
MANX SHEARWATER (2)
Location: viewed by boat off Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Date: May 30 (Ryleigh Whitfield)
Sabine’s Gull (100)
Location: viewed by boat off Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Date: May 30 (Ryleigh Whitfield)
Wilson’s Phalarope (3)
Location: pond at 41 b marsh - Delta
Reported: May 31 (Liam Tarzwell)
Sabine’s Gull (up to 7)
Location: viewed by boat HERE between Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay - West Van
Reported: May 30 (Mark Swanson and Tobin Sparling et al.)
Sabine’s Gull (up to 50)
Location: HERE viewed by boat between UBC and Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 30 (Karl Topping et al.)
Vesper Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: May 30 (Griffin Duckworth)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: Jackman Wetlands - Aldergrove
Reported: May 18-30 (James Linde, m.obs)
MANX SHEARWATER (1)
Location: HERE viewed by boat between UBC and Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 29 (Tobin Sparling)
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| Manx Shearwater in Richmond - Photo: Tobin Sparling |
American Avocets (2)
Location: on mudflats viewed by scope from HERE at Brunswick Point and also seen off 34th St entrance - Delta
Reported: May 25-29 (Sam Heinrich, m.obs)
SAGE THRASHER (1)
Location: briefly on YVR fence on Ferguson Rd near Shannon Rd - Richmond
Reported: May 28 (Don Bain)
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| Sage Thrasher in Richmond - Photo: Don Bain |
Bar-tailed Godwit (1)
Location: on mudflats viewed by scope from HERE at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 25-28 (Joachim Bertrands, m.obs)
Pacific Golden-Plover (4)
Location: on mudflats 50 m south of 41b marsh (close to dyke) - Delta
Date: May 20-28 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| Pacific Golden-Plover in Delta - Photo: Kevin Louth |
Wilson's Phalarope (3)
Location: mansion near 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: May 28 (Ilya Povalyaev)
Franklin’s Gull (2 adults)
Location: in field HERE at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: May 27 (John DeWynter)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (1 adult)
Location: HERE at Brydon Lagoon - Langley
Reported: May 27 (Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)
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| Black-crowned Night-Heron in Langley - Photo: Cos Van Wermeskerken |
Dusky Flycatcher (1)
Location: HERE and HERE at QE Park - Vancouver
Reported: May 26-27 (Conor Trahar)
American White Pelican (1)
Location: flying north over Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 27 (Joergen Schoepe)
American White Pelican (1)
Location: off 112th St looking towards Blackie Spit and then seen on sandbar at Blackie Spit - Delta
Reported: May 25-27 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
Western Kingbird (4)
Location: by pumphouse at Æ›̓éxÉ™tÉ™m Regional Park - Coquitlam
Reported: May 16-27 (Alison Evely, m.obs)
Western Kingbird (2)
Location: On telephone wire on Townshipline Rd and Gladwin Rd - Coquitlam
Reported: May 27 (Arden Powell)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: HERE at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 25-26 (Sam Heinrich, m.obs)
Least Flycatcher (1)
Location: HERE at Hastings Park - Vancouver
Reported: May 26 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Greig)
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| Least Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photo: Alex Leeder |
Horned Lark (1)
Location: marker 230 at Iona South Jetty - Richmond
Reported: May 26 (Tak Shibata, m.obs)
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| Horned Lark in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata |
Franklin’s Gull (1)
Location: on mudflats viewed by scope from 34 b entrance at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 26 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
Wilson's Phalarope (1)
Location: west pond at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: May 26 (Laura Moth, m.obs)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: along 33a Ave - Delta
Reported: May 26 (Ilya Povalyaev)
Red-necked Phalarope (1)
Location: on mudflats viewed by scope from 34 b entrance at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 26 (Evan Larson, m.obs)
Yellow-breasted Chat (1) *please do not use playback on this endangered bird*
Location: seen HERE at Addington Point Dyke lookout and first seen HERE on Oliver Rd at Minnekhada - Coquitlam
Reported: May 21-25 (Ella Nowak, m.obs)
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| Yellow-breasted Chat in Coquitlam - Photo: Ella Nowak |
Franklin’s Gull (1 adult)
Location: by light beacon at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Date: May 24 (Denise Kitson)
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| Franklin’s Gull in Point Roberts - Photo: Denise Kitson |
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: HERE on Oliver Rd at Minnekhada - Coquitlam
Reported: May 23 (Christine Balkwill)
Lark Sparrow (2)
Location: Hope Airport - Hope
Date: May 23 (Ken Davis)
Franklin’s Gull (1 adult)
Location: end of spit with Bonaparte’s Gulls at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: May 22 (Geoffrey Newell)
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| Franklin’s Gull in Surrey - Photo: Geoffrey Newell |
Bar-tailed Godwit (1)
Location: across from end of spit looking towards Mud Bay with scope at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: May 22 (Geoffrey Newell, m.obs)
American White Pelican (4)
Location: ocean side of spit looking west off Dog beach at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: May 22 (Geoffrey Newell)
Lark Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Date: May 21 (Gerard Van Herk)
Western Kingbird (7)
Location: HERE off Wooldridge Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 17-21 (Peter Thompson, m.obs)
Swainson's Hawk (1)
Location: HERE on post on Hwy 9 - Agassiz
Reported: May 20 (Kyle and Bianca Davis)
Dusky Flycatcher (1)
Location: Private Home - Hope
Reported: May 20 (Alex Leeder)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: in field off 88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: May 19 (Kevin Louth)
Solitary Sandpiper (2)
Location: Surrey Lake - Surrey
Reported: May 19 (Henry Dejong)
GRAY FLYCATCHER (1)
Location: private home - Abbotsford
Reported: May 18 (Randy Walker)
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| Gray Flycatcher in Abbotsford - Photo: Randy Walker |
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: Jackman Wetlands - Aldergrove
Reported: May 18 (James Linde)
Red-necked Phalarope (2)
Location: HERE at Reifel Bird Sanctuary - Delta
Reported: May 16-17 (Roger Foxall, m.obs)
Townsend’s Solitaire (1)
Location: HERE at Yew Lake Trail - West Van
Reported: May 17 (Yousif Attia et al.)
Red-necked Phalarope (1)
Location: Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: May 14-17 (Ed Kingma, m.obs)
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| Red-necked Phalarope in Burnaby - Photo: Dan Tyson |
Stilt Sandpiper (1)
Location: HERE at Reifel Bird Sanctuary - Delta
Reported: May 15-17 (Evan Larson, m.obs)
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| Stilt Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Evan Larson |
Least Flycatcher (1)
Location: HERE at Ford Landing - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 17 (Mari Petznek)
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| Least Flycatcher in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Mari Petznek |
Dusky Flycatcher (1)
Location: HERE at Trout Lake - Vancouver
Reported: May 16 (Leah Nurmi, m.obs)
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| Dusky Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photo: Conor Trahar |