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
Horned Lark (12)
Location: at marker 75 off the South Jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 13 (Tak Shibata, m.obs)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Date: Sept 12 (Sue Flecker, m.obs)
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| Clay-colored Sparrow in North Van - Photo: Sue Flecker |
Broad-winged Hawk (1)
Location: flying over picnic area at Cypress Mountain - West Vancouver
Reported: Sept 12 (Rob Lyske and Quentin Brown)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Location: Jackman Wetlands - Langley
Date: Sept 12 (Gabi Cuff)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (1)
Location: between 104th St and 112th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 12 (Mike Tabak)
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| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Mike Tabak |
Wandering Tattler (2)
Location: marker 224-246 off the South Jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 26-Sept 12 (Conor Trahar et al., m.obs)
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| Wandering Tattler in Richmond - Photo: Conor Trahar |
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: HERE at UBC - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 11-12 (Gaelen Schnare, m.obs)
American Avocet (1)
Location: west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 15-Sept 12 (Rhys Grenzberg, m.obs)
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| American Avocet in Delta - Photo: Henry Dejong |
Brown Pelican (3)
Location: on jetty by ferry berth 3 at the ferry jetty - Delta
Reported: June 9-Sept 11 (Cos Van Wermeskerken, m.obs)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (1)
Location: in field on Dixon Rd and Campbell Rd and seen HERE - Abbotsford
Reported: Sept 11 (Jean Bergen, m.obs)
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| Buff-breasted Sandpiper In Abbotsford - Photo: Jean Bergen |
Red-necked Phalarope (1)
Location: east side of Lost Lagoon - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 11 (Joe Denham)
Northern Waterthrush (2)
Location: centre dyke and east dyke at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 18-Sept 11 (Ben Lambert, m.obs)
Stilt Sandpiper (2)
Location: west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 16-Sept 11 (Kiera Fritsch, m.obs)
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| Stilt Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Katherine Scrimshaw |
Great Egret (1)
Location: on the beach off the washrooms at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 11 (Michelle Baudais)
Arctic Tern (2 Juv)
Location: HERE at Alta Lake - Whistler
Reported: Aug 30-Sept 11 (Casper Nova, m.obs)
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| Arctic Tern in Whistler - Photo: Griffin Duckworth |
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: at base of Blackcomb gondola - Whistler
Reported: Sept 11 (Matt Slaymaker)
Great Egret (1)
Location: at compensation lagoon and HERE at base of ferry jetty - Delta
Reported: Aug 16-Sept 11 (Mike Boyd, m.obs)
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| Great Egret in Delta - Photo: Christine Balkwill |
American Golden-Plover (2 Juv)
Location: between pilings and 104th St and at 88th St and at Mud Bay at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Aug 31-Sept 11 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| American Golden-Plover in Delta - Photo: Kevin Louth |
American White Pelican (1-18)
Location: at Crescent Beach and in Mud Bay and across from PUMA boxes at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: June 2-Sept 11 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
COCOS BOOBY (1)
Location: last seen here in Cowichan Valley waters and also seen here in Nanaimo waters by Duke Point and first seen sitting on water HERE and flying west past Deltaport viewed from Duke Point to Tsawwassen ferry - Delta
Reported: Aug 30-Sept 11 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
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| Cocos Booby off Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev |
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-Sept 11/26 (Tom Plath, m.obs)
Location: 2 HERE at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Sept 20/25-Sept 11/26 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE at Vanier Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 6-11 (Chelsea Comeau and Dan Neuman, m.obs)
Locatidon: 1 at 9515 Hazel St - Chilliwack
Reported: Jan 10/24-Sept 11/25 (Jason Alexander, m.obs)
Location: Up to 3 at 7855 Shackleton Drive. Also seen on Eperson Rd and Willowfield Dr - Richmond
Reported: Dec 6/22-Sept 11/26 (Catherine Chow, m.obs)
Location: 2 at 2925 270 A St - Langley
Reported: June 4-Sept 5 (Gurshan Sran)
Location: 2 at N MacDonald Ave and Oxford St - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 8/22-Sept 5/26 (Margaret Hansen, m.obs)
Location: HERE on Arbutus Greenway - Vancouver
Date: Aug 20 (Eric Greenwood)
Location: 4 at 9520 Patterson Rd - Richmond
Reported: May 19-Aug 15 (Erica Rogers, 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-June 28/26 (Grant Edwards, m.obs)
Location: 2 at 220th St and Dewdney Trunk Rd - Maple Ridge
Reported: 2015-June 19/26 (m.obs)
Location: 1 at Trafalgar Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 12 (Jeff Holten)
Location: 2 at 1884 Brunette Ave - Coquitlam
Reported: July 17 (Mari Petznek)
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: 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)
Great Egret (1)
Location: at Edwards Drive Pond - Point Roberts
Reported: Aug 26-Sept 10 (Denise Kitson, m.obs)
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| Great Egret in Point Roberts - Photo: Denise Kitson |
Dusky Flycatcher (1)
Location: HERE at QE Park - Vancouver
Date: Sept 8-10 (Conor Trahar, m.obs)
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| Dusky Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photo: Conor Trahar |
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: HERE on Dixon Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Sept 10 (Krissi Martin, m.obs)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: HERE on mudflats at Locarno Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 9 (Sunny Zhang)
American Golden-Plover (1)
Location: HERE on mudflats at Locarno Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 9 (Laura Moth, m.obs)
Vesper Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE west of office buildings near the fenced lane south of 38th Ave at Mountain View Cemetery - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 7-9 (Bryan and Janet King, m.obs)
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| Vesper Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Sabine Jessen |
American White Pelican (43)
Location: on mudflats at Brunswick Point and seen flying over Reifel - Delta
Reported: July 10-Sept 9 (Neil Simpson, m.obs)
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (1)
Location: HERE at UBC - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 8 (Janet and Bryan King, m.obs)
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| Black-and-white Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: Bryan King |
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: HERE at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Date: Sept 8 (Sue Flecker)
Horned Lark (3)
Location: at marker 132 off the South Jetty at Iona Island - Richmond
Reported: Aug 29-Sept 8 (Conor Trahar et al., m.obs)
Say's Phoebe (1)
Location: on logs HERE at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Sept 7 (Cameron Walker)
Wilson’s Phalarope (4)
Location: at Fuller’s Slough and west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 6-Sept 7 (Kiera Fritsch, m.obs)
Red-necked Phalarope (2)
Location: at Harrison lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Aug 15-Sept 7 (Nazmul Bhuiyan, m.obs)
Great Egret (1)
Location: at duck pond at Centennial Beach by playground - Delta
Reported: Sept 7 (Ray and Donna Morris)
Redhead (1)
Location: at pumphouse at Beach Grove lagoon - Delta
Reported: Sept 7 (Chris Charlesworth)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)
Location: HERE at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: Sept 6 (Griffin Duckworth)
Least Flycatcher (1)
Location: HERE at Cecil Green Park - Vancouver
Date: Sept 6 (Peter Candido et al.)
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| Least Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photo: Peter Candido |
Horned Lark (1)
Location: HERE at Vanier Park - Vancouver
Date: Sept 6 (Jesse Kemp, m.obs)
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| Horned Lark in Vancouver - Photo: Anna Linton |
Horned Lark (1)
Location: East Beach at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Date: Sept 6 (Mark Stevens, m.obs)
Ruddy Turnstone (1 juv)
Location: at compensation lagoon at ferry jetty - Delta
Reported: Sept 5-6 (Dave Beeke, m.obs)
Horned Lark (2)
Location: briefly at Locarno Beach before flying towards Jericho Park - Vancouver
Date: Sept 6 (Laura Moth)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: HERE at Ceperley Creek east of wooden bridge at Lost Lagoon - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 6 (Mike Klotz)
Pacific Golden-Plover (2)
Location: at compensation lagoon at ferry jetty - Delta
Reported: Aug 21-Sept 6 (Robert Enns, m.obs)
Wilson’s Phalarope (2)
Location: in dried up pond at Elgin Heritage Park - Surrey
Reported: Aug 20-Sept 5 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)
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| Wilson's Phalarope in Surrey - Photo: Hector Segura Castillo |
American Golden-Plover (1)
Location: on mudflats at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Sept 5 (Peter Thompson, m.obs)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (2)
Location: HERE and HERE at Bowen Island Golf Club - Bowen Island
Reported: Sept 3-5 (Charlotte Gruneau)
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| Lewis’s Woodpecker in Bowen Island - Photo: Charlotte Gruneau |
American Golden-Plover (1 juv)
Location: at compensation lagoon at ferry jetty - Delta
Reported: Sept 4-5 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Location: in dried up pond at Elgin Heritage Park - Surrey
Reported: Aug 23-Sept 5 (Ed Kingma, m.obs)
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| Solitary Sandpiper in Surrey - Photo: Hector Segura Castillo |
Brown Pelican (1)
Location: HERE on mudflats at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Aug 30-Sept 5 (Peter Thompson and Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
Horned Lark (1)
Location: south side of ferry jetty - Delta
Date: Sept 5 (Ilya Povalyaev)
Great Egret (1)
Location: HERE on Chaplin Rd - Agassiz
Reported: Aug 18-Sept 4 (Ken Davis, m.obs)
Red-necked Phalarope (1)
Location: pilings near 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 4 (Ilya Povalyaev)
Hudsonian Godwit (1)
Location: on mudflats just west of 112th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 3 (Sam Heinrich)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE in Savannah flock at Inter River Park - North Vancouver
Reported: Sept 3 (Dan Tyson)
American Golden-Plover (1 Juv)
Location: on beach at base of north jetty. at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 2 (Sam Heinrich, m.obs)
Stilt Sandpiper (1)
Location: house pond at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Sept 2 (Chris Charlesworth, m.obs)
Red-necked Phalarope (9)
Location: at Fuller's Slough and west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 15-Sept 2 (Rhys Grenzberg, m.obs)
Horned Lark (2)
Location: briefly and flyovers at marker 136 off the South Jetty at Iona Island - Richmond
Reported: Aug 29-Sept 1 (Conor Trahar et al., m.obs)
Least Flycatcher (1)
Location: HERE at QE Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 31 (Toby Ye)
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| Least Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photo: Toby Ye |
Sabine’s Gull (1 adult)
Location: HERE viewed while on Duke Point to Tsawwassen ferry - Delta
Reported: Aug 30 (Ilya Povalyaev)
Horned Lark (2)
Location: at NE corner of Harrison lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Aug 30 (Dan Tyson, m.obs)
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| Horned Lark in Harrison Hot Springs - Photo: Dan Tyson |
Horned Lark (17)
Location: at Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: Aug 30 (Ken Davis)
Wilson’s Phalarope (1)
Location: marker 55 off the South Jetty at Iona Island - Richmond
Reported: Aug 30 (Terri Gueck, m.obs)
Northern Waterthrush (2)
Location: HERE at Trout Lake - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 14-Aug 30 (Kathleen Oliver, m.obs)
Solitary Sandpiper (2)
Location: at Trout Lake - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 14-30 (Kathleen Oliver, m.obs)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: on mudflats at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Aug 6-30 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
Red-necked Phalarope (2)
Location: HERE at Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 29-30 (Ed Kingma, m.obs)
Vesper Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE on fenceline along Tenth Ave - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 29 (Khalid Boudreau)
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| Vesper Sparrow in Burnaby - Photo: Khalid Boudreau |
Horned Lark (7)
Location: at CE Barry Running Track on 5th Ave - Hope
Reported: Aug 29 (Ken Davis)
American Avocet (6)
Location: at Harrison lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Aug 29 (Ed Klassen)
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| American Avocets in Harrison Hot Springs - Photo: Ed Klassen |
Red-necked Phalarope (1)
Location: NW corner of Trout Lake - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 29 (Kathleen Oliver)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: HERE at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 27 (Rich Wakelam)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE at Lost Lagoon - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 14-26 (Caroline Knox, m.obs)
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| Clay-colored Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Caroline Knox |
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: NE corner of Harrison lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Aug 25 (Gord Gadsden)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: HERE at Terra Nova - Richmond
Reported: Aug 15-25 (Ed Kingma, m.obs)
Hudsonian Godwit (3)
Location: briefly at compensation lagoon at ferry jetty then flew south after human disturbance - Delta
Reported: Aug 24 (Wesley and Riley Fernandes)
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| Hudsonian Godwits in Delta - Photo: Riley Fern |
LONG-TAILED JAEGER (1 juv)
Location: viewed from boat HERE - Richmond
Reported: Aug 24 (Sebastian Penagos and Luke Crosby)
BLACK PHOEBE (1)
Location: HERE at Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 24 (Ed Kingma)
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| Black Phoebe in Burnaby - Photo: Ed Kingma |
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: HERE at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 24 (Ed Kingma)
Alder Flycatcher (1)
Location: banded at Æ›̓éxÉ™tÉ™m Regional Park - Coquitlam
Reported: Aug 24 (Kiera Fristch)
Bar-tailed Godwit (2)
Location: at compensation lagoon at ferry jetty - Delta
Reported: Aug 23 (Christine Balkwill, m.obs)
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| Bar-tailed Godwits in Delta - Photo: Christine Balkwill |