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 and/or for any identification questions please email Melissa Hafting at bcbirdergirl@gmail.com
**Ancient Murrelets are being seen at Lighthouse Marine Park in Point Roberts**
Redheads
Location: 1 at the east end of Lost Lagoon - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 14/22-Jan 27/23 (Frank Lin, m.obs)
Location: 1 in the ditch HERE on Southlands Dr - Delta
Reported: Jan 20-23 (David Hoar and Noreen Rudd)
Location: Up to 6 in Alouette River HERE - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 2-23 (Richard Wakelam, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Ladner Trunk Rd and 112th St in a small reservoir - Delta
Reported: Jan 16-20 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Katzie Marsh - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Dec 31/22 (Asher Steed et al.)
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| Redhead in Vancouver - Photo: Justin Flint |
California Scrub-Jays
Location: 3 on Shell Rd and Sealord Rd - Richmond
Reported: Oct 13/22-Jan 27/23 (Paul Clarke, m.obs)
Location: Up to 8 at Ladner Harbour Park and near Sharkey's restaurant parking lot - Ladner
Reported: Sept 29/22-Jan 25/23 (Doug Bamford, m.obs)
Location: 3 at Private Home on Willowfield Drive near Blundell Rd - Richmond
Reported: Dec 6/22-Jan 26/23 (Catherine Chow, m.obs)
Location: 4 at Private Home on Maple Crescent near Maple Crescent Park baseball diamond - Ladner
Reported: Sept 23/22-Jan 25/23 (Grant Edwards)
Reported: Jan 25 (Edie Bijdemast)
Location: 4 on Dunsmuir St and Gilley St near Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 15/22-Jan 25/23 (Lise Owens, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Balaclava Park near 31st and Collingwood Ave - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 15/22-Jan 20/23 (Paul Clapham)
Location: 2 at N MacDonald Ave and Oxford St - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 8/22-Jan 8/23 (Margaret Hansen, m.obs)
Location: 2 in oak tree on Westminster Hwy near Cooney Rd - Richmond
Reported: Oct 5-Jan 8/23 (Lauren Bruneski, m.obs)
Location: 2 on Ladner Rd near bridge - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 8 (Joanne Macdougall)
Location: 3 HERE near Christ Covenant Church - Langley
Reported: Dec 29/22-Jan 5/23 (Mike Klotz et al.)
Location: 1 at residential feeder near Finn Slough off leash dog park - Richmond
Reported: Nov 24/22-Jan 4/23 (Tom Plath, m.obs)
Blue-winged Teal (1 female, rare in winter)
Location: HERE in display ponds - Delta
Reported: Jan 11-27 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting, m.obs)
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| Blue-winged Teal in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev |
Prairie Falcon (1)
Location: Seen on Ladner Rd. Also seen on Rannie Rd near Sturgeon Slough parking lot. Also seen HERE on Connecting Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Oct 16/22-Jan 27/23 (Raymond Ng, m.obs)
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| Prairie Falcon in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Raymond Ng |
American Tree Sparrows
Location: 2 by blue interpretive sign near second tower at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Jan 26 (Alison Evely)
Location: 6 birds by electrical substation east of 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 5/22-Jan 22/23 (Dan Tyson, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE and 1 HERE and 1 HERE on the west dyke at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Jan 3-22 (Ben Lambert et al., m.obs)
Location: HERE on Koerner Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 15 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting)
Location: 1 on the ground at Piper Spit before the boardwalk at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Dec 30 (Nitin Tomer)
Location: 200m west of 88th St at Boundary Bay Dyke - Delta
Reported: Dec 21 (Brent Diakow)
American Avocet (1)
Location: Last seen HERE off the Tsawwassen First Nations Dyke off 41 B St just south of the coal port jetty. Also seen at Brunswick Point near causeway HERE. - Tsawwassen. Also seen at Reifel in the west field - Delta
Reported: Dec 16, 2022-Jan 25, 2023 (Bryan Zandberg, m.obs)
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| American Avocet in Delta - Photo: Heather T. |
ROCK SANDPIPER (2)
Location: 1 at compensation lagoon near taxi pullout at ferry jetty with Black Turnstones - Delta
Reported: Jan 25 (Kevin Louth)
Location: 1 in Dunlin flock on offshore island HERE near Blackie Spit viewed from Kayak (not accessible by foot) - Surrey
Reported: Jan 22 (Jim Lai)
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| Rock Sandpiper in Surrey - Photo: Jim Lai |
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: Between 80th St pumphouse and 88th St at Boundary Bay Dyke - Delta
Reported: Sept 29/2022-Jan 25/2023 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| Northern Mockingbird in Delta - Photo: Peter Candido |
Western Gull (1 adult)
Location: 1 on pilings at Gilbert Beach. Also seen once on the roof of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery - Richmond
Reported: Jan 22-25 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)
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| Western Gull in Richmond - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Snow Buntings
Location: 6 feeding at taxi pullout and on south side of ferry jetty (half way down) at Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal - Delta
Reported: Nov 29/22-Jan 25/23 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
Location: 2 at marker 243 on the south jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Dec 28/22-Jan 8/23 (Sabine Jessen, m.obs)
Townsend's Solitaires
Location: 1 at church parking lot at 4594 54a St - Delta
Reported: Dec 17/22-Jan 25/23 (Lindz Marsh and Jon and Ben Lambert, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Colony Farm duck pond - Coquitlam
Reported: Jan 19 (Joe Denham)
Location: 1 at Grant Narrows parking lot - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 11-16 (John Saremba)
Location: 1 on raptor loop trail near second bridge at Centennial Beach - Delta
Reported: Jan 3-14 (David Hoar, m.obs)
Location: 1 on Foster Ave near Cypress St - Coquitlam
Reported: Jan 2 (Hilary Maguire)
Location: 1 at roadside parking lot at Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 2 (Monica Nugent)
Location: 1 on beach by light beacon at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Jan 1 (David Hoar)
Location: 1 at grassy area of walk in campsite at Porteau Cove - West Vancouver
Reported: Jan 1 (Rick Zapf)
Location: 1 at 6098 Blink Bonnie Rd - West Vancouver
Reported: Dec 24-31 (Mark Swanson, m.obs)
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| Townsend’s Solitaire in Delta - Photo: Ben Lambert |
Swamp Sparrow (3)
Location: 1 in marsh by tower at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Jan 11-24 (Melissa Hafting and Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE in marsh at Ladner Harbour Park - Delta
Reported: Jan 22-23 (Kevin Krebs, m.obs)
Location: 1 near big bend by electrical substation by 72nd St in marsh at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Jan 9 (Kevin Louth)
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| Swamp Sparrow at Reifel - Photo: Peter Candido |
Glaucous Gull (1, 2nd winter)
Location: In field on Campbell Rd near Interprovincial Hwy - Abbotsford
Reported: Jan 24 (Gord Gadsden)
Common Teal (2)
Location: 1 in the flooded field near parking lot at Garry Point Park - Richmond
Reported: Jan 23 (Melissa Hafting)
Location: 1 in the ditch HERE on Southlands Dr - Delta
Reported: Jan 20-23 (David Hoar and Noreen Rudd)
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| Common Teal in Richmond - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Red Knot (3)
Location: HERE in field between 80-88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Jan 22 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)
Harris’s Sparrow (1)
Location: Private Home - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 17-21 (Laura Korska)
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| Harris’s Sparrow in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Laura Korska |
Gyrfalcon (1 juv)
Location: Seen at Ladner and Rannie Rd and at Sturgeon Slough parking lot and HERE on Rannie Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 7-15 (Daniel Graca, m.obs)
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| Gyrfalcon in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Daniel Graca |
Cassin’s Finch (35)
Location: Near Sasquatch lodge and HERE in Hemlock Valley - Agassiz
Reported: Jan 10-15 (Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)
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| Cassin’s Finch in Agassiz - Photo: Cos van Wermeskerken |
Red Knot (2, in non-breeding)
Location: In field on 36 Ave, east of overpass between 64 and 72nd St - Delta
Reported: Dec 28/22-Jan 9/23 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)
ROCK SANDPIPER (1)
Location: Sitting on pipe in Dunlin flock between marker 237 and the very tip of the end of the South Jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Dec 16/22-Jan 7/23 (Ian Burgess, m.obs)
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| Rock Sandpiper in Richmond - Photo: Sabine Jessen |
California Scrub-Jay x Steller’s Jay Hybrid (1)
Location: On Spruce St and Baker Ave. Also seen on Halley Ave and Fir St - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 1, 2022-Jan 7, 2023 (Darko Bojanic, m.obs)
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| California Scrub-Jay X Steller’s Jay hybrid in Burnaby - Photo: James Chen |
Sora (1)
Location: Feeding in the marsh at 41b St - Delta
Reported: Jan 4 (Richard Wakelam)
Red Knot (1, in partial breeding plumage)
Location: On mudflats at 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Jan 2/23 (Liron Gertsmn)
Swamp Sparrow (1)
Location: Near base of dyke at 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Jan 2 (Melissa Hafting and Ben Lambert)
Harris’s Sparrow (1)
Location: Private Home - Squamish
Reported: Dec 29/22-Jan 1/23 (Chris Dale)
Swamp Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE on the west dyke at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Dec 31 (Ben Lambert)
Chipping Sparrow (1)
Location: On dyke HERE off 224th St - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Dec 30 (Ken Willis)
Townsend's Solitaires
Location: 1 last seen on gravestones just north of 33rd Ave. Previously seen west of the office buildings in the lane off 38th Ave at Mtn View Cemetary - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 21-30 (Bryan and Janet King, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE on 209a St - Langley
Reported: Dec 29 (Eric Habisch et al).
Location: 1 HERE on 61 Ave - Langley
Reported: Dec 29 (Mike Klotz et al.)
Location: 2 at Ladner and Churchill Sts - New West
Reported: Dec 29 (Rob Butler)
Location: 1 at Avondale Park- Burnaby
Reported: Dec 25 (Sandra Palbiski)
Location: 1 at 1a Ave Centennial Beach entrance - Delta
Reported: Dec 18 (Anne Murray)
Location: 1 at Starboat Cove - West Vancouver
Reported: Dec 17 (Kathleen Oliver)
Location: 1 near pond on Ontario St at QE Park - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 17 (Jeremiah Kennedy)
Location: 1 feeding on berries on Knox St (also seen on Blair Ave) near Sapperton Park - New West
Reported: Dec 15-17 (J. Wilson, m.obs)
Location: 1 at 2366 Constantine Place - West Vancouver
Reported: Dec 17 (Sally McDermott)
Location: 1 HERE on centre dyke at Reifel - Ladner
Reported: Dec 15-16 (Kiera Fritsch, m.obs)
Bohemian Waxwing (1)
Location: In aspens at the east side of 224th St at Old Yale Park - Langley
Reported: Dec 29 (Phil Henderson et al.)
Lapland Longspur (Up to 120)
Location: HERE in field on Banford Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 10-27 (Jonathan Pap et al., m.obs)
Gyrfalcon (1 adult)
Location: Marion Rd and # 5 Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Dec 26 (Ed Klassen)
Redheads
Location: 2 at the n side of the base of the ferry jetty - Delta
Reported: Dec 21 (Liron Gerstman)
Location: 1 at Edwards Drive Pond - Point Roberts
Reported: Dec 15-18 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)
Location: 1 off the White Rock Pier - White Rock
Reported: Dec 13-16 (Frank Lin, m.obs)
Location: 1 at the North end of Hale Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Dec 8 (Dan Tyson)
RBA: BLACK PHOEBE (1)
Location: HERE and HERE on Jess Rd near Carey Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 17-18 (Benjamin Pap, m.obs)
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| Black Phoebe in Chilliwack - Photo: Krissi Martin |
Chipping Sparrow (1, late)
Location: Private Home - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 15-18 (Neill Vanhinsberg)
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| Chipping Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Neill Vanhinsberg |
California Scrub-Jays
Location: 1 on Westwater Drive near Brunswick Place - Richmond
Reported: Dec 17 (Alan Moat)
Location: 2 at 4926 48 B Ave - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 12-Dec 17 (Allissa Best)
Location: 1 at 244 St and 102 Ave also seen at 216th St and Ridgeway Crescent - Maple Ridge
Reported: Nov 28-Dec 15 (Kathleen McEachern)
Location: 1 at 11551 Trumpeter Drive - Richmond
Reported: Dec 5-6 (fide Wayne Diakow)
Location: 2 at 32nd and Dunbar - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 6 (fide Cole Gaerber)
Mountain Bluebirds
Location: 2 just east of the office buildings on 39th at Mountain View Cemetary - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 26-Dec 17 (Bryan and Janet King, m.obs)
Location: 1 bird 200m east of the foot of 72nd St and 2 birds 200m east of 80th St pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 3-17 (William Cranny, m.obs)
Location: 1 in the parking lot at the Trades and Technology building at University of the Fraser Valley on Keith Wilson Rd and Tyson Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 10 (Todd Kohler)
Male Mountain Bluebird in Delta -- Photo: Ben Lambert
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| Male Mountain Bluebird in Delta -- Photo: Ben Lambert |
Rusty Blackbird (1 female)
Location: HERE on 40th Ave in blackbird flock - Delta
Reported: Dec 16 (Keith Riding)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: HERE at Reifel Bird Sanctuary - Delta
Reported: Dec 11-15 (Rob Lyske and George Clulow, m.obs)
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| Northern Waterthrush in Delta - Photo: Rob Lyske |
Harris’s Sparrow (1)
Location: In field with cows and adjacent driveway in GCSP flock outside Reifel entrance - Ladner
Reported: Dec 9-15 (Kiera Fritsch, m.obs)
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| Harris’s Sparrow in Delta - Photo: Kiera Fritsch |
Pine Grosbeak (2)
Location: 1 km north of Hollyburn Lodge (accessed by snowshoes or cross country skis) at Cypress Bowl - West Van
Reported: Dec 15 (Wayne Diakow)
Golden Eagle (1 juv)
Location: Flying over Cameron Rd south of Hwy 7 - Agassiz
Reported: Dec 14 (Gord Gadsden et al.)
American Tree Sparrows
Location: 2 birds by the second tower at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Dec 14 (Alison Evely)
Location: 1 bird by the old first bench at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Dec 11 (Matthew Ballantyne)
Location: 2 bird 50m east of the foot of 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 5-6 (Dan Tyson, m.obs)
Location: 1 on West Dyke Trail between Williams and Francis Rd - Richmond
Reported: Dec 4 (Caroline Knox)
Cassin's Finch (Up to 16)
Location: Corner of Ryder Lake Rd and Extrom Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 12-14 (Gord Gadsden, m.obs)
Golden Eagle (1, reported)
Location: Flying north over Moncton Str and No 1 Rd - Richmond
Reported: Dec 14 (Doug Bamford)
Whimbrel (1)
Location: Near the pumphouse at Beach Grove Lagoon at Boundary Bay Regional Park - Tsawwassen
Reported: Dec 12 (Allan Jensen and Caroline Knox)
Rusty Blackbird (1)
Location: Near slough on Chapman Rd across from the research farm - Agassiz
Reported: Dec 12 (fide Bentley Colwill)
Golden Eagle (1, reported)
Location: Flying west from 64-72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Dec 10 (Debbi Hlady)
ROCK SANDPIPER (1)
Location: Sitting on pilings at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Dec 7 (Grayson Smith)
Townsend’s Solitaires
Location: 1 at McClughan Park west side near 204 St eating cotoneaster berries - Langley
Reported: Dec 5-7 (Dan Tyson, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Whyte Islet at Whytecliff Park - West Van
Reported: Dec 5 (Richard Wakelam)
Location: 1 on the Wilson Farm Dyke Trail just past the first big bend at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: Dec 3 (Mike Farnworth)
Location: 1 just east of the office buildings on 39th at Mtn View Cemetary - Van
Reported: Nov 26-Dec 2 (Bryan and Janet King, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Elgin Heritage Park - Surrey
Reported: Dec 2 (Phillip Wright)
Location: 1 at parking lot of Lower Seymour filtration water plant area - North Van
Reported: Nov 23 (Bryan King)
Location: 1 at Braemar Rd E and Lonsdale Ave - North Van
Reported: Nov 21 (Rob Lyske)
Location: 2 HERE at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Nov 20 (Sabine Jessen)
Location: 1 on junipers at Cape Roger Curtis Lighthouse - Bowen Island
Reported: Nov 14 (Charlotte Gruneau)
Glaucous Gull (1, 3rd cycle)
Location: In river viewed from the south end of the Vedder Bridge - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 6 (Gord Gadsden)
White-winged Crossbill (2)
Location: In a fir along the Vedder River at the east end of Browne Creek Wetlands - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 6 (Gord Gadsden)
RBA: PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (1)
*The bird was captured by Wildlife Rescue Association on Dec 6th and is in their care.*
Location: Last seen in underground parking of private apartment garage (off limits to birders) near Riverfront Park. First seen HERE and HERE and at Private Home - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 30-Dec 6 (Peggy Mersereau, m.obs)
Please do not point cameras at private homes.
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| Prothonotary Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Rusty Blackbird (1)
Location: HERE on Dixon Rd just north of Wells Line Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Dec 4 (Cameron Montgomery)
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| Rusty Blackbird in Abbotsford - Photo: Cameron Montgomery |
Bohemian Waxwings
Location: 2 birds 200m down the Nature Trail at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Dec 4 (Kiera Fritsch)
Location: Up to 26 HERE at Squamish Estuary - Squamish
Reported: Nov 27-Dec 4 (Chris Dale, m.obs)
Red Knot (1, late)
Location: Last seen sleeping on the compensation lagoon off taxi pullout at ferry jetty. First seen off the South corner of the Tsawwassen First Nations Dyke - Tsawwassen
Reported: Nov 24-Dec 3 (Tom Plath, m.obs)
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| Red Knot in Delta - Photo: Kat McGrath |
LESSER GOLDFINCH (1 male and 1 female)
Location: HERE at Maclure Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Nov 30-Dec 1 (Dave Olson, m.obs)
American Avocet (1)
Location: 1 (initially 2) in the west field (end closest to sw pond) at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Sept 23-Nov 30 (Graham Sunderland, m.obs)
Snow Buntings
Location: 3 at end of spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Nov 10-29 (MacKenzie Fenton, m.obs)
Location: Up to 7 Between marker 180 to end of jetty tip on the south jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Oct 26-Nov 26 (Grant Edwards, m.obs)
Reported: Nov 19 (Krissi Martin)
Location: 2 on dyke past tower near Katzie Marsh at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Nov 11-17 (Carolyn Schmor, m.obs)
Location: 5 feeding in car ferry line up to Swartz Bay at Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal - Delta
Reported: Nov 8 (Keith Taylor)
Swamp Sparrow (2)
Location: 1 HERE at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Nov 6-29 (Dave Olson, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE on Ballam Rd Dyke - Rosedale
Reported: Nov 6 (Chris McDonald)
California Scrub-Jays
Location: 1 at 632 E Sixth St - North Van
Reported: Nov 19-28 (Gabe van der Berg)
Location: 5 at 156 St and Green Timbers Greenway - Surrey
Reported: Oct 18-Nov 13 (Daniel Graca, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Terra Nova Park on dyke near playground - Richmond
Reported: Nov 6 (Sabine Jessen)
Location: 1 seen on 114a St near 11430-78 Ave - Delta
Reported: Aug 4, 2021-Nov 6, 2022 (Phil Kelly, Marylou Johnson and Robyn Moore, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Rotary Park - Ladner
Reported: Oct 31 (Ben Freeman)
TROPICAL KINGBIRD (1)
Location: At 34th St and River Rd W - Delta
Reported: Nov 28 (James McKenzie)
California Scrub-Jay X Steller’s Jay (1)
Location: 1 last seen HERE previously seen at 9868 179 St - Surrey (likely one of the 3 hybrid fledglings from 11430-78 Ave - Delta)
Reported: Sept 13-Nov 28 (Simon Bernard, m.obs)
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| California Scrub Jay x Steller’s Jay Hybrid in Surrey - Photo: Frank Lin |
Mountain Bluebirds
Location: 1 female sitting on YVR fence HERE and HERE on Ferguson Rd - Richmond
Reported: Nov 9-28 (Melissa Hafting and Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
Location: 1 male sitting on elderberry at the east end of Pumhouse Trail at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: Nov 11 (Colin Clasen)
Location: 1 male sitting on elderberry at the east end of Pumhouse Trail at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: Nov 11 (Colin Clasen)
Whimbrel (1)
Location: Off the Pumphouse at Beach Grove - Delta
Reported: Nov 27 (Leila Wallace)
Redheads
Location: 1 at main pond at Great Blue Heron Reserve - Chilliwack
Reported: Nov 27 (Chris McDonald)
Location: 2 male and 1 female at Edwards Drive Pond - Point Roberts
Reported: Nov 13-26 (Melissa Hafting m.obs)
Location: 9 at main pond at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Nov 6-26 (Dave Olson, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE on private property off 112th St - Delta
Reported: Nov 21-25 (Frank Lin, m.obs)
Location: 5 at Silvermere Lake - Mission
Reported: Nov 20 (Dave Olson)
Location: 1 male and female HERE at Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 29-Nov 17 (Justin Flint, m.obs)
Location: 2 HERE on Alouette River - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Nov 10-17 (Richard Wakelam, m.obs)
Location: 2 in lagoon HERE - Bowen Island
Reported: Nov 8-13 (Ken Wright, m.obs)
Location: 1 off the Heron Loop Trail at the Great Blue Heron Reserve - Chilliwack
Reported: Nov 12 (Bentley Colwill)
Location: 2 males in pond at Kings Links Golf Course east of 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 1-6 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)
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| Redheads in Vancouver - Photo: Justin Flint |
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 female)
Location: In blackbird flock on Chilliwack Central Rd HERE - Chilliwack
Reported: Nov 25 (Bentley Colwill)
American Tree Sparrow (2)
Location: 2 seen 50 m east of electrical fenced off area between 64-72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 24-25 (Kevin Louth)
Location: 1 HERE at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Nov 23 (Joel Schmidt and Larry Hooge, m.obs)
Common Teal (1)
Location: HERE at Garry Point Park - Richmond
Reported: Nov 24 (Yousif Attia)
Semipalmated Plover (1, late)
Location: On Beach Grove beach off the 17A Ave entrance - Tsawwassen
Reported: Nov 23 (Kevin Louth)
WESTERN BLUEBIRD (2)
Location: Male and Female HERE at Seymour Landing - Bowen Island
Reported: Nov 21 (Jess Findlay and Charlotte Gruneau)
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| Male Western Bluebird on Bowen Island - Photo: Charlotte Gruneau |
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| Female Western Bluebird on Bowen Island - Photo: Jess Findlay |
Bohemian Waxwing (16)
Location: HERE near Green Lake - Whistler
Reported: Nov 21 (Dea Lloyd)
TROPICAL KINGBIRD (1)
Location: On telephone wire on 104th St near Hornby Dr - Delta
Reported: Nov 12-20 (Elzbieta Nowak, m.obs)
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| Tropical Kingbird in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Sora (2)
Location: 1 in ditch at the end of Thompson Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Nov 19 (Joanne Macdougall)
Location: 1 in marsh near tower in west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Nov 19 (Brian Self)
Tree Swallow (1, late)
Location: Flying south over West Dyke at Westminster Hwy at Terra Nova - Richmond
Reported: Nov 19 (Melissa Hafting et al.)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1, late)
Location: 200m from bridge on Westham Island in mixed blackbird flock - Delta
Reported: Nov 19 (John Reynolds)
Horned Lark (3)
Location: On dyke 200m past tower near Katzie Marsh at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Nov 15-16 (Viktor Vandereyk, m.obs)
RBA: BROWN BOOBY (1 adult female)
Location: Viewed by boat HERE off Westham Island - Delta
Reported: Nov 14 (Lochlan Wylie et al.)
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| Brown Booby in Delta - Photo: Lochlan Wylie |
ROCK SANDPIPER (2)
Location: 1 flying past light beacon at Lighthouse Marine Park heading towards marina/Jetty - Point Roberts
Reported: Nov 13 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)
Location: 1 Briefly at end of Iona South Jetty - Richmond
Reported: Nov 11 (Sabine Decamp)
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| Rock Sandpiper in Richmond - Photo: Sabine Decamp |
Wilson’s Warbler (1, late)
Location: HERE at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Nov 13 (Monica Nugent et al.)
Harris’s Sparrow (1 juv)
Location: HERE off Tsawwassen Dr N - Tsawwassen First Nation
Reported: Nov 12 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)
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| Harris’s Sparrow in Delta - Photo: Yousif Attia |
Common Yellowthroat (1, late)
Location: On beach grass off the Morrison Crescent/Beach Grove Rd entrance - Tsawwassen
Reported: Nov 11 (Debbi Hlady)
Townsend’s Solitaire (2)
Location: HERE at Klootchman Park - West Van
Reported: Nov 10 (Sue Flecker, Grant Edwards, Ben Lambert)
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| Townsend’s Solitaire in West Van - Photo: Ben Lambert |
American Tree Sparrow (2)
Location: 1 HERE on dyke near 72nd at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 9 (Grant Edwards)
Location: 1 HERE on small trail at Terra Nova Park - Richmond
Reported: Nov 7 (Melissa Hafting)
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| American Tree Sparrow in Richmond - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Horned Lark (5)
Location: 3 at Base of N Jetty HERE and in works yard at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Oct 28-Nov 9 (Kat McGrath, m.obs)
Location: 2 HERE on dyke at Pitt Lake - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Oct 29 (Richard Wakelam, m.obs)
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| Horned Lark in Richmond - Photo: Kat McGrath |
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE on Victoria Dr - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 8 (Jim Palmer)
SOOTY/SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER (1)
Location: Flying north past light beacon too fast to id to species at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Nov 5 (Roger Foxall)
TROPICAL KINGBIRD (3)
Location: 2 last seen HERE in row of trees on Robertson Rd on Westham Island. First seen HERE at Fuller’s Slough inside Reifel Bird Sanctuary - Delta
Reported: Oct 15-Nov 3 (Tom Plath, m.obs)
Location: 1 last seen HERE near parking lot and first seen HERE and by Purple Martin boxes HERE at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 23 (Daniel Graca, m.obs)
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| Tropical Kingbird in Surrey - Photo: Daniel Graca |
Harris's Sparrow (2)
Location: 1 on the gravel part of McPherson Rd, 300m from McCombs Rd at East Sector Park - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Nov 3 (Gord Gadsden)
Location: 1 on Jesperson Dyke HERE halfway between the Jesperson entrance and Gill Rd entrance - Chilliwack
Reported: Oct 22-29 (Chris McDonald)
American Golden-Plover (juvs)