Vancouver and Area, Fraser Valley and Sea to Sky

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 

TAIGA FLYCATCHER (1)

Location: HERE by the base of trees just west of the Aquatic Centre and HERE and HERE at the base of Hornbeam Trees on Beach Ave at Sunset Beach Park - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 25/25-March 8/26 (Ethan Moon, m.obs)

Taiga Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photo: Mike Tabak

Golden Eagle (1)

Location: 1 perched on tree HERE and HERE at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Feb 19-March 8 (Fred Goffin, m.obs)

Golden Eagle in Surrey - Photo: Mike Tabak

Rock Sandpiper (1)

Location: near the long term parking and ferry berths and on breakwater on south side of ferry jetty - Delta
Date: Feb 28-March 8 (Brent Taylor and Carol Turnbull, m.obs)

Rock Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Brent Taylor

Redhead (1)

Location: Surrey Lake - Surrey
Reported: Dec 26/25-March 8 (Kathryn Dick, 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-March 8/26 (Tom Plath, m.obs)

Location: 2 at 220th St and Dewdney Trunk Rd - Maple Ridge
Reported: 2015-March 8/26 (m.obs)

Location: Up to 3 at 7855 Shackleton Drive. Also seen on Eperson Rd and Willowfield Dr - Richmond
Reported: Dec 6/22-March 8/26 (Catherine Chow, m.obs)

Location: 1 at 4665 Duchess St - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 24-March 8 (Claire Meggs)

Location: 1 at 9515 Hazel St - Chilliwack
Reported: Jan 10/24-March 8/25 (Jason Alexander, 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-March 8/26 (Grant Edwards, m.obs)

Location: 2 at N MacDonald Ave and Oxford St - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 8/22-March 8/26 (Margaret Hansen, m.obs)

Location: 2 HERE at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Sept 20/25-March 8/26 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Location: 1 at 7439 James St - Mission
Reported: Jan 24/24-March 8/26 (Brent Schmor, m.obs)

Say's Phoebe (1)

Location: HERE and  HERE and HERE near 64th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 28/25-March 8/26 (Ben Lambert, m.obs)

Say’s Phoebe in Delta - Photo: Conor Trahar

Common Teal (2)

Location: Surrey Lake - Surrey
Reported: Dec 27/25-March 8/26 (William O’Shea , m.obs)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)

Location: at feeder at 41b St and River Rd W - Delta 
Reported: March 7 (Twista B.)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)

Location: turf farm on 72nd St - Delta 
Reported: March 7 (Brian Self)

Redhead (3)

Location: Green Lake - Whistler
Reported: Feb 9-March 7 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)

Gyrfalcon (1 Adult)

Location: on Cole and Vye Rd and on fencepost HERE on Bowman Rd between Vye Rd and Wells Line - Abbotsford
Reported: Jan 9-March 7 (Jean Bergen, m.obs)

Gyrfalcon in Abbotsford - Photo: Mike Tabak

Short-billed Dowitcher (1)

Location: HERE at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: March 1-6 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Rock Sandpiper (6)

Location: viewed by boat at Sand Heads Jetty - Richmond
Date: Feb 23-March 6 (Jess Findley, m.obs)

Glaucous Gull (1)

Location: on field off Angus Campbell Rd and Boundary Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Feb 14-March 3 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Glaucous Gull in Abbotsford - Photo: John Gordon

Red-naped Sapsucker (1)

Location: HERE off River Rd in Glen Valley - Abbotsford
Reported: Jan 31-March 2 (Dan Tyson, m.obs)

Red-naped Sapsucker in Abbotsford - Photo: John Gordon

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: 1 HERE on mudflats off dyke on Tsawwassen First Nations Land - Tsawwassen
Reported: Jan 21-March 2 (Warwick Board, m.obs)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)

Location: HERE on Dyke near Hale Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: March 1 (Mari Petznek et al.)

Gyrfalcon (1 Adult)

Location: HERE on tower on Hale Rd and on tower on Golden Ears Way and 210 St - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Dec 5/25-Feb 28/26 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Gyrfalcon in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Peter Candido

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: last seen at upper parking lot with a a flock of Robins and first seen briefly HERE at Rose Garden and at bowling green at QE Park - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 17-28 (Neill Vanhinsberg, m.obs)

Horned Lark (3)

Location: HERE on Banford Rd - Chilliwack 
Reported: Feb 26-28 (Ed Klassen)

Redhead (1)

Location: Harrison Lake - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Jan 28-Feb 27 (John Gordon, m.obs)

Western Gull (1 adult)

Location: turf farm on 72nd St - Delta
Date: Feb 26-27 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Western Gull in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting

Western Gull (1 juv)

Location: turf farm on 72nd St - Delta
Date: Feb 22-26 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: on the mudflats off the mansion near 64th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Jan 14-Feb 25 (Warwick Board, m.obs)

Redpoll (4)

Location: last seen HERE  off dyke between golf course and Westminster Hwy and first seen at the south end of main pond in alder at Terra Nova Park - Richmond
Reported: Feb 11-22 (Ed Nygren, m.obs)

Redpoll in Richmond - Photo: Ed Nygren

Cinnamon Teal (1)

Location: HERE off Hwy 15 - Surrey
Reported: Feb 21 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)

Location: HERE and HERE at Fraser Foreshore Park - Burnaby
Reported: Feb 15-21 (Alain Parada, m.obs)

Redhead (1)

Location: off boat launch on Pitt Lake at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Feb 8-19 (John Reynolds, m.obs)

BLACK-NECKED STILT (1) *DO NOT TRESPASS INTO FIELDS*

Location: last seen in grassy flooded field HERE and viewed from HERE by scope from pullout off Hwy 15 and first seen HERE and also HERE and HERE at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Nov 16/25-Feb 16/26 (Guerric Hache, m.obs)

Black-necked Stilt in Surrey - Photo: Lise Owens

Sora (1)

Location: pond at 41b marsh - Delta
Reported: Dec 29/25-Feb 16/26 (Ben Lambert, m.obs)

American Tree Sparrow (2)

Location: near electrical station near 72nd St and seen between 72-88 St just west of the pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Dec 25/25-Feb 15/26 (Janice White, m.obs) 

TUFTED DUCK (1)

Location: HERE at the east end of Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 11 (Caroline Knox, m.obs)

Tufted Duck in Vancouver - Photo: Melissa Hafting

Redhead (2)

Location: Iona main outer pond - Richmond
Reported: Feb 11 (Heather Tocher, m.obs)

TUFTED DUCK (1)

Location: at Iona inner NW sewage lagoon and main outer pond and in ocean off the base of the causeway - Richmond
Reported: Nov 23/25-Feb 9/26 (Ethan Gosnell, m.obs)

Tufted Duck in Richmond - Photo: Terri Gueck

Yellow-billed Loon (1)

Location: 1 off Porteau Cove - Squamish
Reported: Feb 9 (Kate Ostby)

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: Off the 12th Ave pumphouse - Tsawwassen
Reported: Feb 8 (Christine Balkwill et al.)

Cinnamon Teal (2)

Location: seen in at Iona outflow pond and in the SW inner pond at Iona and HERE on Ferguson Rd in ditch near Shannon Rd - Richmond
Reported: Dec 19/25-Feb 4/26 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)

Wilson's Warbler (1)

Location: HERE at Wreck Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 11/25-Feb 1/26 (Gaelen Schnare, m.obs)

Prairie Falcon (1)

Location: last seen on York Rd and first seen by scope in bare tree HERE in field between the end of Fadden Rd and US border  - Abbotsford  
Reported: Dec 29/25-Jan 29/26 (Isaiah Nugent, m.obs)

Redhead (2)

Location: Kilby Provincial Park - Harrison Mills
Reported: Jan 28 (John Gordon, m.obs)

Snow Buntings

Location: 1 HERE on dyke on Tsawwassen First Nations Land - Tsawwassen
Reported: Dec 24/25-Jan 28/26 (Grant Edwards, m.obs)

Location: up to 5 at end of Iona S Jetty - Richmond
Date: Oct 29/25-Jan 22/26 (Sabine Jessen, m.obs)

Snow Bunting in Delta - Photo: Simon Shutter

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: at 900 W 17th St and seen atHamilton Ave and Cumberland Crescent at Heywood Park - North Vancouver
Reported: Jan 19-28 (Catherine Po, m.obs)

Golden Eagle (1)

Location: on McDermott Rd near Marion Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Jan 26 (John Gordon)

WHITE-FACED/GLOSSY IBIS (1 juv, cannot be identified to species)

Location: briefly HERE in field off 184th St  - Surrey
Reported: Jan 24 (Doug Cooper)

Sora (1)

Location: off boardwalk at Iona main outer pond - Richmond
Reported: Jan 1-24 (Ben Keen, m.obs)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: Rose Park - Squamish
Reported: Jan 19-21 (Griffin Duckworth)

Common Teal (1)

Location: at Iona inner NW sewage lagoon - Richmond
Reported: Jan 2-21 (Frank Lin, m.obs)

Harris’s Sparrow (1 Juv) *please do not linger long or eBird the homeowner’s private address*

Location: private home with feeder near Cambridge St and N Skeena St - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 26/25-Jan 19/26 (Anne McSkimming, m.obs)

Harris’s Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Alex Leeder

ROCK PTARMIGAN (1)

Location: Peak of  Flatiron Mountain - near Hope
Reported: Jan 18 (Joan Septembre)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: HERE at Oliver’s Landing - Furry Creek
Reported: Jan 18 (Griffin Duckworth)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: Loutet Park - North Vancouver
Reported: Jan 17 (Ella Fortin)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: HERE near QE Park - Vancouver
Reported: Jan 17 (Wayne Diakow)

Rock Sandpiper (1)

Location: last seen on the breakwater near the short term parking and ferry berths and first seen at the compensation lagoon at ferry jetty - Delta
Date: Jan 11-13 (Alex Leeder et al., m.obs)

Rock Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Conor Trahar

Lesser Yellowlegs (1)

Location: Off the 12th Ave pumphouse - Tsawwassen
Reported: Jan 9 (Ben Lambert, m.obs)

Mountain Bluebird (1)

Location: at 5th Ave and Victoria St - Squamish
Date: Jan 9 (Jonas Brancalion)

WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN (1) *not relocated*

Location: at the intersection of Upper Wells Gray and Sitzmark Trails (you must have a valid trail pass and be wearing snowshoes or cross country skis to access and use this area. You are not permitted to walk here with regular shoes and must have purchased a trail pass to access) on Cypress Mountain - West Van
Reported: Jan 8 (Kris Mirski)

White-tailed Ptarmigan in West Van - Photo: Kris Mirski

Golden Eagle (1)

Location: flying over HERE near Sylvester Rd - Mission
Reported: Jan 8 (Krissi Martin)

Golden Eagle in Mission - Photo: Krissi Martin

American Goshawk (1 adult)

Location: private home NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC - Langley
Reported: Jan 7 (Eric Habisch)

American Goshawk in Langley - Photo: Eric Habisch

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Iona - Richmond
Reported:  Jan 3-6 (Bryan Zandberg)

Sora (1)

Location: between Caribou bridge and Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake  - Burnaby
Reported: Dec 29/25-Jan 5/26 (Joe Denham)

Long-billed Curlew (2)

Location: HERE in bay off Tsawwassen First Nations Land - Tsawwassen
Reported: Dec 23/25-Jan 5/26 (Ben Crebo, m.obs)

Redhead (2)

Location: in Katzie Marsh at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 3-4 (Kiera Fritsch, m.obs)

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Deboville Slough - Coquitlam
Reported: Jan 1-4 (Jack Smith et al., m.obs)

Swamp Sparrow in Coquitlam - Photo: Mari  Petznek

Wilson's Warbler (1)

Location: on West Dyke at foot of Blundell Rd - Richmond
Reported: Dec 24/25-Jan 3/26 (James MacKenzie, m.obs)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: in parking lot and first seen HERE at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Dec 28/25-Jan 3/26 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Common Yellowthroat (1)

Location: in reeds and heard from tower at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Dec 12/25-Jan 2/26 (Kiera Fritsch)

Ancient Murrelet (10)

Location: viewed by scope off the end of White Rock Pier - White Rock
Reported: Jan 2 (Raymond Liu, m.obs)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: HERE at Deboville Slough - Coquitlam
Reported: Jan 1 (Mari Petznek)

Red-naped Sapsucker (1)

Location: HERE at Deboville Slough - Coquitlam
Reported: Jan 1 (Mari Petznek)

Red-naped Sapsucker in Coquitlam - Photo: Mari  Petznek

Redhead (1)

Location: Iona main outer pond - Richmond
Reported: Dec 26/25-Jan 1/26 (Heather Tocher, m.obs)

American Tree Sparrow (2)

Location: HERE at Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Dec 30-31 (Jack Smith et al., m.obs)

White-winged Crossbill (3)

Location: flying over First Pump Peak (snowshoes required) on Mount Seymour - North Van
Reported: Dec 30 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Townsend’s Solitaire (2)

Location: Kelvin Grove Beach Park - Lion’s Bay
Reported: Dec 29 (Lumi Schildkraut)

Cinnamon Teal  (1 male)

Location: HERE in pond off 0 Avenue - Langley
Reported: Dec 23-29 (Rob Puls)

Redpoll (1)

Location: HERE at Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Dec 28 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Redpoll (1)

Location: briefly HERE in goldfinch flock at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 27 (Liam Singh and Kalin Ocana et al.)

Mountain Bluebirds

Location: 3 HERE at Centennial Beach - Tsawwassen
Date: Nov 4-Dec 27 (Neill Vanhinsberg, m.obs)

Location: 2 in field behind light beacon at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Nov 11 (Melissa Hafting)

Location: 4 at Squamish Estuary off end of spit at east marsh - Squamish
Date: Nov 8-9 (Griffin Duckworth, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Blackie Spit Park- Surrey
Reported: Nov 8 (Gaelen Schnare et al.)

Location: 1 HERE near SFU - Burnaby 
Date: Oct 19-28 (Leslie Lee, Jack Smith et al, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Ambleside Park - West Van 
Date: Oct 27-28 (Ed Nygren, m.obs)

Mountain Bluebird in Burnaby - Photo: Jack Smith

Redpoll (1)

Location: HERE at Terra Nova - Richmond
Reported: Dec 27 (Dustin Hughes)

TUFTED DUCK x SCAUP HYBRID (1)

Location: at Iona inner NW sewage lagoon and main outer pond - Richmond
Reported: Dec 20-26 (Peter Candido, m.obs)

Glaucous Gull (1)

Location: briefly at Piper Spit before flying west at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Dec 25 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Greig)

Glaucous Gull in Burnaby - Photo: Alex Leeder

Harris’s Sparrow (1 Juv)

Location: private home - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 21-Dec 23 (Graham Sunderland)

Cinnamon Teal (2)

Location: upper marsh at Minnekhada Park - Coquitlam
Reported: Nov 2-Dec 23 (Jodii Grono, m.obs)

Turkey Vulture (1)

Location: flying south over Hale Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Dec 22 (Melissa Hafting and Kalin Ocana)

WHITE-FACED/GLOSSY IBIS (1 juv, cannot be identified to species)

Location: briefly on the Mayfair Lakes Golf course off No 7 Rd. before seen flying southwest and not relocated - Richmond
Reported: Dec 20 (Tom Plath, Lujain Alsaiari and Kelly Sekhon)

Ibis sp. in Richmond - Photo: Kelly Sekhon

Great Egret (1)

Location: 1 HERE on Upper Prairie Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 20 (Chris McDonald)

OVENBIRD (1, now deceased)

Location: was alive at Cottonwood Community Garden when found Dec 17 but was found dead on Dec 19 - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 17-19 (David Kolb)

Ovenbird in Vancouver - Photo: David Kolb

Redhead (1 male)

Location: HERE in pond at Squamish Golf Course - Squamish
Reported: Nov 24-Dec 19 (Chris Murrell, m.obs)

Redhead in Squamish - Photo: Chris Murrell 

Redhead (1 male)

Location: HERE in pond off 0 Avenue - Langley
Reported: Dec 19 (Eric Habisch)

Redhead (3)

Location: in pond at Riverway Golf Course 9001 Bill Fox Way (please view from restaurant overlook - do not walk on course) - Burnaby
Reported: Dec 15-17 (George Clulow, m.obs)

SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER (12)

Location: flying north past Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Dec 17 (Kevin Louth, Ken Klimko)

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (1 juv)

Location: in field on Tolmie Rd between No 2 Rd and No 3 Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Dec 14 (Gord Gadsden)

Rock Sandpiper (1)

Location: off 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Dec 12 (Kevin Louth)

Yellow-billed Loon (1 adult)

Location: last seen HERE off Tall Trees Park and off Larson Bay Park and HERE off Fisherman’s Rock and first seen 250m off Fisherman's Cove and at Kloochman Park (scope required) - West Van
Reported: Dec 3-12 (Ken Wright, m.obs)

Yellow-billed Loon in West Van - Photo: Ken Wright

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: in reeds off boardwalk at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Nov 9-Dec 12 (Gaelen Schnare, m.obs)

SUMMER TANAGER (1 female) *NOT open to the public*

Location: private homes - Surrey
Reported: Nov 28 (Fred D.) to Dec 10 (Krystal McEwan)

Red Knot (4)

Location: off 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Dec 9 (Kevin Louth)

Golden Eagle (1)

Location: Silver Lake - Hope
Reported: Dec 6 (Ed Klassen)

Glaucous Gull (1 adult)

Location: in field on Yale Rd and Gibson Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 4 (Gord Gadsden)

Turkey Vulture (1)

Location: beside watershed grille on eagle run dyke - Squamish
Reported: Nov 28-Dec 3 (Niall Bell)

Turkey Vulture in Squamish - Photo: Niall Bell

Redhead (1 female)

Location: HERE on river at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Dec 2 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Rock Sandpiper (1)

Location: last seen on south side of ferry jetty near the end across from breakwater and first seen at the compensation lagoon at ferry jetty - Delta
Date: Nov 27-30 (Debbie Wheeler, m.obs)

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Nov 29 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)

Yellow Warbler (1)

Location: Enterprise Way and 192nd St and Latimer Place and 192nd St - Surrey
Reported: Nov 27-29 (Mike Klotz, m.obs)

American Tree Sparrow (1)

Location: 1 between 64-72nd St near the electrical fenced off area at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 28-29 (Joe Denham, m.obs)

Glaucous Gull (1 Juv)

Location: in field on Sinclair Rd and Sumas Prairie Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Nov 26 (Diego Codeco)

PRAIRIE WARBLER (1, late report)

Location: HERE at Blackie Spit Park- Surrey
Reported: Nov 20 (Hsien Chong Tan and Judy Dee Ang)

American Avocet (1 flyover)

Location: flying north over 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 24 (Erin Desaulniers)

Great Egret (1)

Location: 1 HERE at Maria Slough - Agassiz
Reported: Nov 9-24 (Gary Kalyn, m.obs)

Great Egret in Agassiz - Photo: Les Peterson

Tundra Swan (Bewick's)

Location: 1 at Eagle Point Park - Harrison Mills
Reported: Nov 8-24 (Richard Lee)

Horned Lark

Location: 1 at end of spit at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Nov 20 (David Bell)

Western Cattle Egret (1)

Location: HERE at Squamish Estuary - Squamish
Reported: Nov 19 (Griffin Duckworth)

Western Cattle Egret in Squamish - Photo: Niall Bell

Hudsonian Godwit (1)

Location: Briefly at 64th St then flew to 72nd at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 17 (Benjamin DiLabio)

American Goshawk (1 Juv)

Location: HERE at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Nov 16 (Vanessa Schmidt)

American Goshawk in Delta - Photo: Vanessa Schmidt

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: HERE at UBC - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 13-15 (David Zhen, m.obs)

Townsend’s Solitaire in Vancouver - Photo: Nick Park

SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER (100+, scope required)

Location: 8 flying at the east end of the Duke Point ferry run - Delta
Reported: Oct 12-Nov 15 (Andrew Boycott, m.obs)

Location: 40 off the Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay Ferry - West Vancouver
Reported: Oct 12-Nov 2 (Alex Leeder, m.obs)

Location: 40+ off the end of the tip of the Iona S Jetty - Richmond
Date: Oct 12-Nov 1 (Grant Edwards and Yousif Attia, m.obs)

Location: 150+ flying north and south past Old Marine Dr Lookout - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 12-20 (Mike Toochin, m.obs)

Location: 100+ flying north and south past Wreck Beach and Acadia Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 12-20 (Gaelen Schnare, Dan Tyson, m.obs)

Short-tailed Shearwater in Metro Vancouver - Photo: Eric Ellingson

California Scrub-Jays

Location: 3 at Lord St and W 65th Ave - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 29-Nov 15 (Thea Beckman, m.obs)

Location: 1 behind the Museum of Anthropology at Cecil Green - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 13-Oct 8 (Gaelen Schnare, m.obs)

Location: 1 at love in the rain statue and by the restaurant at QE Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 22-Oct 8 (Alyssa K)

Location: 2 at 26893 29th Ave - Langley
Reported: Sept 25 (Sarah Cutting)

Location: 1 at NW corner of Blakeburn Lagoons - Port Coquitlam
Reported: Sept 24 (Mari Petznek)

Location: 1 at West 6th and Arbutus St - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 18 (Hanah Dah)

Location: 2 HERE on McMillan Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: May 25/22-Aug 16/25 (Leona Schroeder, m.obs)

Location: 1 at private yard on Sandon Dr - Abbotsford
Reported: July 7 (Joel Dent)

Location: 1 at parking lot by community gardens at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: April 22 (Conor Wilson)

Location: 3 along Target St at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Sept 27-29/24 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE on 96b Ave - Surrey 
Reported: Sept 20/24 (Ryan Hardy)

Blue-winged Teal (1)

Location: Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 13 (Frank Lin)

Snow Buntings

Location: 2 on gravel road on south side of the ferry jetty - Tsawwassen
Date: Nov 9-12 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Location: 4 HERE at Garry Point Park - Richmond
Date: Oct 29 (Mike Fung, m.obs)

Snow Bunting in Delta - Photo: Mike Tabak

Great Egret (1)

Location: flying east over Jericho - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 11 (Kaylin Ingalls)

California Scrub-Jay X Steller's Jay hybrid (1)

Location: Private home on 108 St - Delta
Reported: Nov 11 (Chris Geraghty)

California Scrub-Jay X Steller's Jay hybrid in Delta - Photo: Chris Geraghty

Semipalmated Plover (7, late)

Location:104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 9-10 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

American Tree Sparrow (1)

Location: 1 at Saveneye area at Blackie Spit Park- Surrey
Reported: Nov 9 (Alison Evely)

Long-billed Curlew (2)

Location: Off the 12th Ave pumphouse - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 28-Nov 9 (Alison Evely, m.obs)

Cinnamon Teal (2)

Location: in the lake at Minnekhada Park - Coquitlam
Reported: Nov 3-9 (John Saremba, m.obs)

Short-billed Dowitcher (1)

Location: on the pilings at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Nov 2-9 (Sam F., m.obs)

Yellow-billed Loon (3 adults including one in breeding)

Location: off lighthouse and carpark at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 7-Nov 9 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Yellow-billed Loon in Point Roberts - Photo: Eric Ellingson

BLACK-NECKED STILT (1)

Location: at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park before flying towards the Nickomekl River - Surrey
Reported: Nov 7 (Edie Bijdemast)

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE and HERE at Jericho - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 27-Nov 4 (Laura Moth, m.obs)

LITTLE BLUE HERON (1)

Location: last seen HERE at Como Lake and first seen HERE at Inter River Park Before flying towards Rice Lake - North Van
Date: Oct 21-Nov 3 (Brett Brown and Josh Bruce, m.obs)

Little Blue Heron in North Van - Photo: Vanessa Schmidt

Redhead (1 female)

Location: Ambleside Pond - West Vancouver
Reported: Oct 27-Nov 3 (Joe Denham, m.obs)

Northern Mockingbird (1)

Location: HERE in Hawthorne directly across from Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Nov 2 (Dave Olson)

Rock Sandpiper (2)

Location: viewed by boat at Sand Heads Jetty - Richmond
Date: Nov 2 (Melissa Hafting, Rob Lyske, John Reynolds)

Rock Sandpiper in Richmond - Photo: Melissa Hafting

LEACH’S STORM-PETREL  (1)

Location: HERE viewed from the Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay Ferry - West Vancouver
Date: Oct 31 (Melissa Hafting)

WHITE WAGTAIL (1)

Location: in parking lot HERE on Bayview Street - Richmond
Date: Sept 8-Oct 30 (Yvette Munson, m.obs)

White Wagtail in Richmond - Photo: Nick Park

NORTHERN FULMAR (1)

Location: viewed HERE from the Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay Ferry - West Vancouver
Date: Oct 30 (Rob Lyske and Sue Flecker)

American Tree Sparrow (1)

Location: 1 at marker 187 on Iona S Jetty - Richmond
Date: Oct 30 (Peter Candido, m.obs)

American Golden-Plover (1)

Location: on the pilings at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 30 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch  (2)

Location: On the raptor trail HERE at Centennial Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 29 (Jesper Ahlstrom)

Great Egret (2)

Location: HERE in field - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Oct 26-29 (Ryan Peters)

SPOTTED REDSHANK (1)

Location: HERE on dock at Britannia Shipyards - Richmond. First seen HERE at west field and HERE at the house pond and HERE on log in Fuller’s Slough at Reifel Bird Sanctuary - Delta
Date: Oct 25-28 (Michelle Lamberson & Arne Toma, m.obs)

Spotted Redshank in Delta - Photo: Simon Shutter

SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (1)

Location: HERE on dock at Britannia Shipyards - Richmond.
Reported: Oct 28 (Kaiden Bosch, m.obs)

Ibis Sp. (1)

Location: Last seen on farm field on Chilliwack River Rd and first seen flying SE past HERE at Jesperson Dyke - Chilliwack
Reported: Oct 23-28 (Jon Pap, m.obs)

Hudsonian Godwit (1 juv)

Location: 1 HERE on dock at Britannia Shipyards - Richmond
Reported: Oct 25-27 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)

Hudsonian Godwit in Richmond- Photo: Mike Tabak

SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (1)

Location: at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 25-27 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Western Bluebird (16)

Location: Chilliwack Mountain near Hill keep Regional Park on Grand View Dr- Chilliwack
Reported: Oct 27 (Gord Gadsden and Diego Codeco)

Northern Mockingbird (1)

Location: briefly HERE then flew to south outer dyke. Previously seen briefly on west outer dyke between SW pond and west field at Reifel Bird Sanctuary - Delta
Reported: Aug 23-Oct 26 (Peter Candido, m.obs)

Horned Lark (1)

Location: 50 m east of tower at Katzie Marsh - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Oct 26 (Kiera Fritsch)

Lapland Longspurs

Location: 8 at end of spit at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Oct 14-26 (Ed Kingma, m.obs)

Location: 2 at marker 57 and 1 at marker 232 at Iona S Jetty - Richmond
Date: Oct 3-18 (Kris Mirski and Tak Shibata, m.obs)

Location: 24 HERE at Garry Point Park - Richmond
Date: Oct 13-17 (Raymond Liu, m.obs)

Location: 2 on soccer field in New Brighton Park - Vancouver
Date: Oct 14-15 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Greig, m.obs)

Location: 5 at Centennial Beach - Tsawwassen
Reported: Oct 14 (Moose Stoffregen)

Location: 6 by lighthouse at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 9-13 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Location: 3 in gravel area near compensation lagoon at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Oct 12-13 (Jesse Kemp, m.obs)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (2)

Location: 1 HERE at Finn Slough - Richmond
Reported: Oct 26 (Mike Klotz)

Location: 1 HERE in field (in large blackbird flock) on Deltaport Way and along 33a Ave - Delta
Reported: Oct 25-26 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Ancient Murrelets 

Location: 4 at Wreck Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 9-26 (Gaelen Schnare, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Tower Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 9-21 (Gaelen Schnare)

Location: 3 at Acadia Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 9-20 (Nick Park, m.obs)

Location: 2 at Kloochman Park - West Vancouver
Reported: Oct 12-15 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)

Location: 7 off Old Marine Dr Lookout - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 13 (Dan Tyson)

American Tree Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Walden Park - Chilliwack
Reported: Oct 23 (Bentley Colwill)

Ibis Sp. (1)

Location: flying SE past HERE at Jesperson Dyke - Chilliwack
Reported: Oct 23 (Jon Pap)

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Jesperson Dyke - Chilliwack
Reported: Oct 23 (Jon Pap)

BLACK PHOEBE  (1)

Location: HERE at Great Blue Heron Reserve - Chilliwack
Date: Oct 22 (Justin Flint)

Black Phoebe in Chilliwack - Photo: Justin Flint

Redhead (1 female)

Location: Lost Lagoon - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 15-22 (Frank Lin, m.obs)

LEACH’S STORM-PETREL  (1)

Location: HERE viewed from the Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay Ferry - West Vancouver
Date: Oct 21 (Mike and Sharon Toochin)

Leach's Storm-Petrel in West Vancouver - Photo: Sharon Toochin

Rock Sandpiper (1)

Location: 1 at end of Iona S Jetty - Richmond
Date: Oct 21 (Amin Zargar)

Rock Sandpiper in Richmond -  Photo: Amin Zargar

Franklin's Gull (1)

Location: HERE at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Oct 21 (Lucas Meestra)

Bar-tailed Godwit (1 juv)

Location: at compensation lagoon at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Oct 12-21 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

NORTHERN FULMAR (2)

Location: viewed from the Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay Ferry HERE and HERE - West Vancouver
Date: Oct 20 (Nick Park and John Reynolds)

Northern Fulmar in West Vancouver - Photo: Nick Park

Great Egret  (1)

Location: briefly at house pond at Reifel and HERE at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Sept 30-Oct 20 (John Chandler, m.obs)

Hudsonian Godwit (1)

Location: at compensation lagoon at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Oct 19 (Gary Kurtz)

Rusty Blackbird (1 female)

Location: HERE in field on River Rd W - Delta
Reported: Oct 19 (Mike Klotz)

Rusty Blackbird in Delta - Photo: Mike Klotz

Red-necked Phalarope (2)

Location: Flying S by the end of the tip of the Iona S Jetty - Richmond
Date: Oct 19 (Dan Tyson)

Swamp Sparrow (3)

Location: 1 HERE at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Oct 18 (Dave Olson)

Location: 1 HERE off the gravel parking lot by the mound at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Oct 15-17 (Alison Evely, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Trout Lake - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 14 (Kathleen Oliver)

Horned Larks

Location: 8 Off the 12th Ave pumphouse - Tsawwassen
Reported: Oct 14-17 (Mari Petznek, m.obs)

Location: 2 at marker 232 at Iona S Jetty - Richmond
Date: Oct 5-16 (Mike Boyd, m.obs)

Location: 2 on ground by parking at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 13-16 (Denise Kitson, m.obs)

Pacific Golden-Plover (1)

Location: in corn stubble field between 96th St and 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 4-17 (Jack Smith and Justin Choi et al., m.obs)

American Golden-Plovers

Location: 1 in corn stubble field between 96th St and 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 17 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 at compensation lagoon at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 31-Oct 13 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Location: 2 juv at foot of 96th and 104th Sts, and seen at 112th St Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 4-Oct 12 (Mike Tabak and Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

POMARINE JAEGER (1)

Location: flying north past Old Marine Dr Lookout - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 16 (Mike Toochin)

Bar-tailed Godwit (1)

Location: between 88th St-mansion at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Oct 16 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

American Tree Sparrow (2)

Location: 2 HERE by south side of the bridge at McDonald Place Park - Squamish
Reported: Oct 14 (Christopher Di Corrado)

RUFF (1)

Location: Off the 12th Ave pumphouse - Tsawwassen
Reported: Oct 13-14 (Heikal Badrulhisham and Sydney Young, m.obs)

Ruff in Delta - Photo: Paul Prappas

Great Egret  (1)

Location: off the spit at Blackie Spit/Mud Bay  - Surrey
Reported: Sept 17-Oct 14 (Will Drammond, m.obs)

LEACH'S STORM-PETREL (1)

Location: viewed from BC Ferries Duke Point to Tsawwassen - Delta
Reported: Oct 13 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Snow Bunting (1)

Location: at marker 130 at the Iona S Jetty - Richmond
Date: Oct 13 (Terri Gueck, m.obs)

Snow Bunting in Richmond - Photo: Amin Zargar 

CLARK'S GREBE (1,  probable)

Location: off White Rock Pier - White Rock
Date: Oct 13 (Stephan Dryagin)

Sabine's Gull (3)

Location: 1 flying north past Old Marine Dr Lookout - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 13 (Neill Vanhinsberg)

Location: 1 adult flying past lighthouse/carpark at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 12 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Location: 1 flying north past Old Marine Dr Lookout - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 9 (Gaelen Schnare)

Common Tern (20)

Location: flying north past Old Marine Dr Lookout - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 13 (Dan Tyson)

Townsend's Solitaire (1)

Location: 1 at Avalon entrance at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Oct 13 (Rick Zapf)

Black Swift (2, late)

Location: flying over Wreck Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 12 (Gaelen Schnare)

Great Egret  (1)

Location: in ditch by playground on Westham Island - Delta
Reported: Oct 3-12 (Kristina Breit, m.obs)

Northern Waterthrush (1)

Location: 1 on the north end of the east dyke at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Oct 11 (Kiera Fritsch) 

SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (1)

Location: in west field off the west dyke at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Oct 11 (Brian Self and Ben Lambert, m.obs)

Swamp Sparrow (2)

Location: HERE at Beaver Lake - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 11 (Masoud Javadi & Frank Lin)

Bar-tailed Godwit (1 Adult)

Location: HERE on beach at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 7-10 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Bar-tailed Godwit in Point Roberts - Photo: Kevin Louth

Brown Pelican (1)

Location: flew south past Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 10 (Kevin Louth)

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Jericho - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 9 (Evan Larson)

Red-necked Phalarope (2)

Location: off lighthouse at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 9 (Kevin Louth)

BLACK PHOEBE (1)

Location: Island 22 - Chilliwack
Date: Oct 9 (Gord Gadsden)

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (1)

Location: HERE and 50m east of 80th St pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Oct 8 (John Gordon, m.obs)

Ash-throated Flycatcher in Delta - Photo: John Gordan

Great Egret  (1)

Location: flying south over 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 8 (Conor Trahar, m.obs)

SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (1)

Location: between pilings and 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 5-7 (Henry Dejong, m.obs)

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Delta -  Photo:  Mike Tabak

American White Pelicans

Location: 42 off Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: July 18-Oct 7 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)

Location: 24 off Iona Beach before flying south - Richmond
Reported: July 17 (Brandon Hunt)

Location: 1 briefly across from the spit at Blackie Spit  - Surrey
Reported: July 12 (Ilya Povalyaev)

American White Pelicans in Delta - Photo: Tor Svanoe

American Goshawk (1 juv)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area on Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Oct 5 (Peter Candido et al, m.obs)

American Goshawk in West Van - Photo: Peter Candido

Golden Eagle (1)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area on Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Oct 5 (Peter Candido, m.obs)

Broad-winged Hawk (2)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area on Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Oct 5 (Melissa Hafting and Rob Lyske, m.obs)

Long-billed Curlew (2)

Location: 2 between 64 and 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 13-Oct 5 (Alison Evely, m.obs)

EURASIAN SKYLARK (1 Far Eastern Group, late report)

Location: HERE near the end of the Iona S Jetty - Richmond
Date: Oct 4 (Francis Jones)

Eurasian Skylark in Richmond - Photo: Francis Jones

Common Nighthawk (1, late)

Location: flying between 64 and 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Oct 4 (Tor Svanoe et al.)

Nashville Warbler

Location:  HERE at UBC - Vancouver
Date: Oct 3 (Toby Ye, m.obs)

Nashville Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: Toby Ye

American Golden-Plover (1)

Location: juv between 64 and 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 3 (Sabine Jessen)

Long-billed Curlew (2)

Location: Off the 12th Ave pumphouse - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 28-Oct 2 (Alison Evely, m.obs)

American Golden-Plover (1)

Location: Centennial Beach - Tsawwassen
Reported: Oct 2 (Kevin Louth)

Sabine’s Gull (1 Juv)

Location: flying on Harrison Lake - Harrison Hot Springs
Date: Oct 2 (Gord Gadsden)

Great Egret (1)

Location: in ditch along Ferguson Rd (near Canada Post) - Richmond
Date: Oct 1 (Kelsey Nishimura)

Brown Pelican (1)

Location: plunge diving off the channel at Garry Point Park - Richmond
Reported: Sept 30 (Yousif Attia)

Bar-tailed Godwit (1)

Location: between 96th-104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 14-30 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

RUFF (2)

Location: 1 HERE and HERE at Britannia Shipyards - Richmond
Reported: Sept 26-29 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Sept 25-29 (Rick Zapf, m.obs)

Ruff in Burnaby -  Photo: Rick Zapf

Palm Warbler (2)

Location: briefly HERE between 64th and 72nd St at Boundary Bay dyke before flying south - Delta
Reported: Sept 29 (Anna Linton)

Heermann’s Gull (1)

Location: flew south past Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 29 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimko)

Great Egret (3)

Location: in field on Chilliwack Central Rd between Prest Rd and Broadway St - Chilliwack 
Date: Sept 29 (Gord Gadsden)

Sabine’s Gull (1 Juv)

Location: HERE on the water off Maplewood Flats - North Van
Date: Sept 28 (Mark Stevens)

Sabine’s Gull (1 Adult)

Location: HERE on the water viewed by boat - Delta
Date: Sept 28 (Doug Martin)

Long-billed Curlew (2)

Location: HERE at base of jetty at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 23-28 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)

Pacific Golden-Plovers

Location: 2 between 96th St and 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 14-27 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Location: 3 at compensation lagoon at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 8-Sept 22 (Ilya Povalyaev, Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Location: 1 flying over the end of the spit at Blackie Spit  - Surrey
Reported: Sept 10 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 between 88th and 96th St and seen at foot of 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: June 28-Aug 18 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)

Location: foot of 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 14-27 (Liron Gertsman)

Parasitic Jaeger (2)

Location: by the breakwater at Harrison Lake - Harrison Hot Springs
Date: Sept 27 (Krissi Martin)

SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (2)

Location: 80m west of 80th St Pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 26 (Kevin Louth, Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Sharp-tailed Sandpipers in Delta - Photo: Conor Trahar

Ruffed Grouse (1)

Location: On Indian River Forest Service Rd (private access road) - Indian Arm
Reported: Sept 26 (Bryan Zandberg)

Brown Pelican (4)

Location: flew south past Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 25 (Kevin Louth)

Brown Pelican (3)

Location: 3 on the Sand Heads Jetty, viewed by boat - Richmond
Reported: Sept 4-25 (Mary Ann Henderson, m.obs)

Yellow-billed Loon (1)

Location: 1 off Porteau Cove and seen off Oliver's Landing at Furry Creek - Squamish
Reported: Dec 26/24-Sept 25/25 (Cameron Montgomery, m.obs)

Yellow-billed Loon in Squamish - Photo:  Chris Murrell

Sabine’s Gull (1 Juv)

Location: HERE on the water off Maplewood Flats - North Van
Date: Sept 25 (Mark Stevens)

Horned Lark (1)

Location: HERE at base of jetty at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 25 (Ed Nygren)

Sabine’s Gull (1)

Location: HERE off UBC from boat - Delta
Date: Sept 23 (Sebastian Penagos)

Palm Warbler (1)

Location: 300m east of 104th St at Boundary Bay  - Delta
Reported: Sept 24 (Carlo Giovanella)

Brown Pelican (2)

Location: 2 flew south past Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 23 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimko)

Palm Warbler (1)

Location: east end of campground at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 23 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimko)

Broad-winged Hawk (1)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area on Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Sept 23 (Nick Jacobs, m.obs)

Sabine’s Gull (1 Juv)

Location: HERE from boat - Delta
Date: Sept 22 (Ian Burgess et al.)

Sabine's Gull in Delta - Photo: Andrew Boycott

Broad-winged Hawk (1)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area on Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Sept 22 (Neill Vanhinsberg, m.obs)

Palm Warbler  (1)

Location: On the raptor trail HERE at Centennial Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 21 (Diego Codeco)

Broad-winged Hawk (2)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area on Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Sept 21 (Neill Vanhinsberg, m.obs)

Broad-winged Hawk in West Vancouver - Photo: Melissa Hafting

Bar-tailed Godwit (2 adults)

Location: directly across from taxi pullout on south side at compensation lagoon at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: July 26-Sept 21 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Bar-tailed Godwit in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

Northern Waterthrush (1)

Location: 1 at Avalon entrance at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Sept 20 (Catherine Po) 

SLATY-BACKED GULL (1)

Location: 1 between 72nd St and 88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 20 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Slaty-backed Gull in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

Ruddy Turnstone (4)

Location: 1 juv and 1 adult at compensation lagoon at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 23-Sept 20 (Peter Thompson, m.obs)

Location: 2 on beach at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 6-10 (Edie Bijdemast, m.obs)

Ruddy Turnstone in Point Roberts - Photo: Denise Kitson

Brown Pelican

Location: 1 flew south past Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 20 (Melissa Hafting)

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 20 (Jen N.)

Broad-winged Hawk (3)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area on Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Sept 19 (Neill Vanhinsberg, m.obs)

Northern Waterthrush (1)

Location: 1 HERE at the Ontario St duck pond at QE Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 19 (Conor Trahar, m.obs) 

Horned Larks

Location: 4 between marker 137 and 215 at Iona S Jetty - Richmond
Date: Sept 8-19 (Tak Shibata, m.obs)

Location: 4 HERE at the long term parking lot at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 10 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)

Location: 4 at end of the spit at Blackie Spit  - Surrey
Reported: Sept 10 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 2 in field by parking lot at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 8-9 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Horned Lark in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata

Stilt Sandpipers

Location: 5 at house pond and in west field  at Reifel - Delta
Date: Aug 27-Sept 19 (Aaron Skimmer, m.obs)

Location: 1 off mansion near 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Aug 26-31 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Stilt Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Peter Candido

FORSTER’S TERN (1 juv)

Location: on beach at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 18 (Kevin Louth)

Forster’s Tern in Point Roberts - Photo: Kevin Louth

Brown Pelican (3)

Location: off Crescent Beach viewed from end of Beecher and Sullivan St - Surrey
Reported: Sept 18 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: off beach grove lagoon - Delta
Date: Sept 18 (Chris Charlesworth)

Broad-winged Hawk (2)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area on Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Sept 17 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)

Broad-winged Hawk in West Vancouver - Photo: Peter Candido

Prairie Falcon (1)

Location: Flatiron Peak - Coquihalla Recreation Area, north of Hope
Reported: Sept 2-17 (Henry Dejong, m.obs)

Swainson’s Hawk (1)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area on Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Sept 16 (Ben Lambert et al)

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: by wooden arch bridge at Ceperley Creek at Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 16 (Joe Denham)

Great Egret (1)

Location: at foot of 112th St Boundary Bay (Delta) and seen at Mud Bay (Surrey)
Reported: Sept 15-16 (Kevin  Louth, m.obs)

Broad-winged Hawk (2)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area on Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Sept 15 (Rob Lyske)

Broad-winged Hawk in West Vancouver - Photo: Rob Lyske

Brown Pelicans

Location: 1 flew south past Kwomais Park - Surrey
Reported: Sept 15 (Phil Wright)

Location: 2 on breakwater at ferry terminal - Delta
Date: Sept 7-14 (Mike Fung, m.obs)

Location: 2 on the North Arm Jetty, viewed by boat - Richmond
Reported: Sept 11 (Doug Martin)

Location: 2 on the Sand Heads Jetty, viewed by boat - Richmond
Reported: Sept 4-7 (Mary Ann Henderson, m.obs)

Location: 1 flew past Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 4 (Kevin Louth)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: on Beaver Lake Trail near South Creek Trail at Beaver Lake in Stanley Park - Vancouver
Date: Sept 14 (Kajola Morewood)

Brewer's Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Date: Sept 14 (Chris McDonald)

Nashville Warbler (1)

Location: private home - Chilliwack
Date: Sept 14 (Gord Gadsden)

Long-tailed Jaeger (1)

Location: 1 flying south of the breakwater at the ferry terminal viewed from ferry - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 13 (Andrew Boycott and Jessica  Sandhu)

Long-tailed Jaeger in Delta - Photo: Andrew Boycott

Long-billed Curlew (3)

Location: 2 between 96 and 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 13 (Alison Evely)

Location: 1 west of 88 St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 12 (Kevin Louth)

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: on the dyke at 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Sept 13 (Devon Sy)

Sabine’s Gull (2)

Location: on Brydon Lagoon near water fountain - Langley
Date: Sept 9-12 (Laura Korska, m.obs)

1 of 2 Sabine’s Gulls in Langley - Photo:  Frank Lin

Great Egret  (1)

Location: flying S over the spit at Blackie Spit  - Surrey
Reported: Sept 12 (Wim Vessur)

Clay-colored Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE on Lynden Rd near Elizabeth Way - North Vancouver
Reported: Sept 10-11 (David A. Rodriguez Arias)

Clay-colored Sparrow in North Vancouver - Photo: DavidA. RodriguezArias

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: 1 at base of Roberts Bank jetty (south side) - Delta
Date: Sept 11 (Mike Tabak)

BLACKPOLL WARBLER (1)

Location: HERE at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Date: Sept 9 (Lucas Meestra)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1, reported)

Location: HERE on the Cottonwood Trail at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Date: Sept 8 (Catherine Philips)

Townsend's Solitaire (1)

Location: in bushes at compensation lagoon at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 9 (Jason Roos)

Northern Waterthrushes

Location: 2 HERE at Trout Lake Park  - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 27-Sept 8 (Ed Nygren, m.obs) 

Location: 1 HERE at Terra Nova - Richmond
Reported: Sept 7 (Peter Thompson)

Location: 1 HERE at Jericho Park  - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 28 (Laura Moth) 

Location: 1 HERE at the start of the east dyke at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 14-28 (Mary Tait, m.obs)

Location: 1 at bridge channel at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Date: Aug 28 (Hank Tseng)

Location: 1 HERE at wooden bridge at the Ontario St duck pond at QE Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 24-27 (Conor Trahar, m.obs) 

Location: 1 at stream east of the dog park at Hinge Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 26 (Caryn Fehr) 

Location: 1 HERE at Surrey Lake Park  - Surrey
Reported: Aug 21-24 (Ed Kingma, m.obs) 

Location: 1 last seen by wooden arch bridge at Ceperley Creek and first HERE at west end of Lost Lagoon across from wooden bridge at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 14-17 (Joe Denham, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Tuyttens Rd - Agassiz
Reported: Aug 14 (Ben Pap)

Northern Waterthrush in Vancouver - Photo: Ethan Moon

Swainson’s Hawk (2)

Location: 1 flying over Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal - West Vancouver
Date: Sept 7 (Blair Dudeck)

Location: 1 flying over Great Blue Heron Reserve - Chilliwack
Reported: Sept 7 (Gord Gadsden)

American Redstart

Location: 1 HERE at Terra Nova - Richmond
Reported: Sept 7 (Peter Thompson)

Ancient Murrelet (1)

Location: being attacked by gulls on sandbar  at Blackie Spit Park viewed from pier - Surrey
Reported: Sept 7 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Sabine's Gull (1 Juv)

Location: HERE offshore of UBC viewed from whale watching vessel - Vancouver
Date: Sept 6 (Bruce and Ben Di Labio)

Clay-colored Sparrow (1)

Location: Last near 3941 Point Grey Rd; also HERE and HERE at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 27-Sept 4 (Laura Moth, m.obs)

Clay-colored Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Laura Moth

Lewis's Woodpecker (1)

Location: HERE on small utility pole on east side of Hwy 99 in front of blueberry farm - Richmond
Reported: Sept 4 (Scott Edwardson)

American Redstarts

Location: 1 behind the Museum of Anthropology at Cecil Green - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 4 (Gaelen Schnare)

Location: 1 at love lock statue at QE  Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 30 (Conor Trahar)

Long-billed Curlew (3)

Location: 2 at the corner of Dixon Rd and No 5 Rds - Abbotsford
Date: Aug 19-Sept 3 (Arden Powell, m.obs)

Location: 1 off mansion at 64th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Aug 19-26 (Ben Lambert, m.obs)

Lark Sparrow (1)

Location: Parking lot at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 2 (Kevin Louth)

Vesper Sparrow (1)

Location: West of the love lock statue at Queen Elizabeth Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 2 (Conor Trahar)

Solitary Sandpiper

Location: 2 on dock at north end of Trout Lake Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 2 (James McKenzie) 

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: West marsh of Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Sept 1 (Sue Flecker)

Great Egret  (1)

Location:  last seen on YVR south runway and previously seen HERE and HERE on Tsawwassen First Nations Lands and briefly seen at beach grove lagoon off 12th Ave pumphouse before flying towards ferry terminal also seen at compensation lagoon at ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 30-Sept 1 (Blair Dudeck, m.obs)

Great Egret in Delta - Photo: Jack Smith

Black Phoebe (1)

Location: HERE briefly at the foot of 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Aug 31 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: HERE at Beach Grove Park - Delta
Date: Aug 31 (Sabine Decamp)

Swainson’s Hawk (2)

Location: 1 flying over Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal - West Vancouver
Date: Sept 7 (Blair Dudeck)

Location: 1 flying over Sumas Mtn - Abbotsford
Reported: Aug 31 (Gord Gadsden)

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: 1 off 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Aug 29 (Brandon Hunt)

ALDER FLYCATCHER (1)

Location: Island 22 - Chilliwack
Reported: Aug 27 (Gord Gadsden)

Red-necked Phalaropes

Location: 5 briefly at Lost Lagoon - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 27 (Frank Lin)

Solitary Sandpiper (4)

Location: 1 briefly at East Beach at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Date: Aug 27 (Rob Lyske)

Location: 1 at Trout Lake - Vancouver
Date: Aug 25 (Ed Nygren)

Location: 1 off mansion pond near 64th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Aug 24 (Bentley Colwill)

Location: 1 off mansion at 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Aug 23 (Peter Thompson)

BLACK  PHOEBE (1)

Location: HERE at east salt marsh at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Reported: Aug 26 (Sue Flecker, m.obs)

Black Phoebe in North Van - Photo: Sue Flecker

Wandering Tattler (1)

Location: on breakwater at the ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 22-25 (Gerard Phillips, m.obs)

Wandering Tattler in Delta - Photo: Paul Clarke

Vesper Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE by wooden bridge at Beaver Lake at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 23-24 (Kajola Morewood, m.obs)

Vesper Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Frank Lin

American Redstart (1)

Location: 1 HERE at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 24 (Laura Moth, m.obs)

Lewis’s Woodpecker  (1)

Location: flying south over HERE at Centennial Beach - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 24 (Nicolas Demers)

Lewis’s Woodpecker in Delta - Photo: Nicolas Demers

American Redstart (1)

Location: 1 HERE at Deer Lake Park - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 23 (Colin McKenzie)

Red-necked Phalaropes

Location: 4 by tower in the west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 7-21 (Connor Church, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Aug 14-16 (Len Jellicoe, m.obs)

Location: 1 at house pond at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 14 (John Gordon et al., m.obs)

Location: 2 in the west lagoon at Blakeburn Lagoons - Port Coquitlam
Reported: Aug 5 (Colin Clasen)

Red-necked Phalaropes in Delta - Photo: Scott Edwardson

Solitary Sandpiper (2)

Location: 2 at Surrey Lake - Surrey
Reported: Aug 18-20 (Frank Lin, m.obs)

Location: 1 on Dixon Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Aug 17 (Ben Pap and Ed Klassen)

BLACK  PHOEBE (1)

Location: briefly HERE at Sturgeon Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Aug 18 (Neill Vanhinsberg)

Black Phoebe in Pitt Meadows - Photos: Neill Vanhinsberg 

Yellow-breasted Chat (1)

Location: HERE at Island 22 - Chilliwack
Reported: Aug 18 (Chris McDonald)

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: HERE at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Aug 17 (Dave Olson)

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: HERE at the SW corner of Dixon Rd and Campbell Rds - Abbotsford
Date: Aug 9-13 (Jean Bergen, m.obs)

Long-billed Curlew in Abbotsford - Photo: Jean Bergen

Ruddy Turnstone (1)

Location: flying N over the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Aug 12 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: Derby Reach Bog (no public access) - Langley 
Reported: Aug 11 (Eric Habisch)

Solitary Sandpiper (5)

Location: 1 at the east lagoon at Blakeburn Lagoon - Port Coquitlam
Reported: Aug 3-11 (Natasha Beauregard, m.obs)

Location: 1 at HERE at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 2-10 (Ian Burgess and Destiny Greig, m.obs)

Location: 1 by tower in the west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 9 (Yousif Attia and Ben Lambert)

Location: 1 at Bonson Rd Pond - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Aug 7 (Kiera Fritsch)

Location: 1 HERE and HERE and HERE at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: July 30-Aug 4 (Henry deJong, m.obs)

American Redstart (2)

Location:  1 HERE at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 10 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Elgin Park - Surrey
Reported: Aug 11 (Ilya Povalyaev)

American Redstart in Vancouver - Photo: Scott Edwardson

Bar-tailed Godwit (1)

Location:  between 104th St and pilings and at foot of 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: Aug 3-9 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)

Ruddy Turnstone (1)

Location: at the foot of 104th St and between 104th St and pilings at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: July 31-Aug 7 (John Gordon, m.obs)

Ruddy Turnstone in Delta - Photo: Wayne Diakow

Long-billed Curlew (4)

Location: 3 off 96th St at Boundary Bay before flying east - Delta
Date: Aug 1-5 (John Gordon and Peter Candido, m.obs)

Location: 1 flying over the base of S Jetty at Iona heading towards YVR - Richmond
Reported: Aug 4 (Wayne Diakow)

Long-billed Curlew in Delta - Photo: Scott Edwardson

BLACK  PHOEBE (1)

Location: briefly HERE by west pond at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: July 29 (Laura Moth)

BLACK  PHOEBE (1)

Location: HERE by pond off Ontario St at QE Park - Vancouver
Reported: July 28 (Sabine Jessen)

Red-throated Loon (2)

Location: Alice Lake - Squamish
Reported: July 21-26 (Debbi Hlady)

Pacific Golden-Plovers

Location: 2 in front of mansion between 96-88 St at Boundary  Bay - Delta
Reported: June 15-16 (Henry Dejong, m.obs)

Location: 1 between 34 St and farmhouse at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: June 7 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 in front of mansion between 96-88 St at Boundary  Bay - Delta
Reported: May 30 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Greater White-fronted Goose (1)

Location: Richmond Golf and Tennis Club (not open to public) - Richmond
Reported: July 26 (Liron Gertsman)

Lewis’s Woodpecker  (1)

Location: briefly HERE on tallest snag at east end of  Blakeburn Lagoons near golf course - Port Coquitlam
Reported: July 26 (Danielle Cooper)

Franklin’s Gull (1)

Location: in the water at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: July 24-25 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Wilson's Phalaropes

Location: Up to 8 in the west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: June 17-July 20 (Debbie Hlady, m.obs)

Location: 1 at the west end of Lost Lagoon - Vancouver
Reported: June 22 (Conor Trahar, m.obs)

Wilson's Phalarope in Vancouver - Photo: Conor Trahar

RUFF (1)

Location: by tower in the west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: July 15-18 (Kevin Young et al., m.obs)

Ruff at Reifel in Delta - Photo : Scott Edwardson

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: off 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: July 15 (Kevin Louth)

ALDER FLYCATCHER (1)

Location: HERE on Limbert Rd - Agassiz
Reported: July 7-15 (Les Peterson, m.obs)

Alder Flycatcher in Agassiz - Photo: Les Peterson

Brown Pelicans

Location: 6 flying west over ferry terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: July 15 (Laura Porcher)

Location: 5 at Private Home near Tunstall Bay - Bowen Island
Reported: July 4 (Trisha Beaty

Least Flycatchers

Location: 1 at Rosedale Ferry Rd - Popkum
Reported: July 8-9 (Chris McDonald)

Location: 2 HERE at Cheam Lake Wetlands - Popkum
Reported: June 1-July 5 (Chris McDonald, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE on Nature Dyke Trail at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: June 14-28 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

BLACK PHOEBES  

Location: 1 by the main pond and slough by the parking lot HERE at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: July 6-8 (Ankur Khurana, m.obs)

Location: 1 by Millenium Bridge at ƛ̓éxətəm Regional Park - Coquitlam
Reported: July 3 (Sam Ferguson)

Western Kingbirds

Location: Bowen Lookout at Cypress Mountain - West Vancouver
Reported: July 5 (Justin Choi et al.)

Location: In field by southwest side of Deer Lake - Burnaby
Reported: July 1 (Liam Hughes)

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (1)

Location: HERE at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: July 3 (Nick Park, m.obs)

Ash-throated Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photo: Nick Park

LARK SPARROW (1)

Location: HERE on Koerner Rd east of Rannie Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: July 3 (Eric Habisch, m.obs)

Lark Sparrow in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Eric Habisch

Bar-tailed Godwit (1)

Location: 1 between 88th and 96th St of Boundary Bay - Delta
Date: June 28-29 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

American White Pelicans (62)

Location: Flying northwest over private home in White Rock
Date: June 28 (Philip Wright)

OVENBIRD (1)

Location: Singing HERE in Stanley Park - Vancouver
Date: June 25-26 (Neill Vanhinsberg, m.obs)

Ovenbird in Vancouver - Photo: Nick Park

Yellow-breasted Chat (1) *do not use playback on this endangered bird*

Location: HERE, HERE and HERE near gate at Catbird Slough by the parking lot - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 24-June 30 (Ella Nowak, m.obs)

Yellow-breasted Chat in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Ella Nowak

GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE (1) 

Location: HERE at Wellington Point Park - Delta
Reported: June 19 (Lise Owens)

Great-tailed Grackle in Delta - Photo: Lise Owens 

Northern Mockingbird (1)

Location: seen HERE at base of N Jetty and seen on beach by washrooms at the base of N Jetty HERE at Iona Beach - Richmond
Reported: June 15 (Zach Fedder, m.obs)

Northern Mockingbird in Richmond - Photo: Alex Leeder

SNOWY PLOVER (1 Adult) 

Location: seen HERE near 88th St and last seen alone HERE in front of mansion near 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: June 12-13 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)

Snowy Plover in Delta - Photo: Rob Lyske

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: near lodge chairlift near upper parking lot at Seymour Mountain - North Vancouver
Reported: June 9-13 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (1) *not relocated*

Location: in flock of Western Sandpipers and Dunlin in front of mansion near 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: June 8 (Ilya Povalyaev)

White-rumped Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev 

American White Pelicans

Location: 55 off sandbar at Crescent Beach - Surrey
Reported: June 4 (Martin Gebauer)

American White Pelicans in Surrey - Photo: Martin Gebauer

Redhead (2)

Location: off beach playground at Deer Lake Park - Burnaby
Reported: June 2 (Kevin Eng)

BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER (4)

Location: HERE at burn at Skagit River Forest Ecological Reserve - Hope
Reported: May 11-June 1 (Chris Ensing, m.obs)

Western Kingbirds

Location: 1 by tower across from main outer pond at Iona and on the beach by the end of the n jetty - Richmond
Reported: May 30-June 1 (Bill Hubbard, m.obs)

Location: 1 by the boat launch and yellow gate to dyke to Katzie Marsh at Grant Narrows  - Pitt Meadows

Reported: May 28-31 (Lorenzo Bonnetti, m.obs)

Location: 1 on the West Dyke at Terra Nova by the foot of Westminster Hwy then flew towards Garry Point - Richmond
Reported: May 28 (Paul and Rosemary Clapham)

Location: 1 at east beach at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: May 26-27 (Sue Flecker, m.obs)

Location: 1 flying west by the foot of 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: May 26 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 on bare tree near gate at Catbird Slough by the parking lot - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 24 (Anna Linton)

Location: 1 last seen by the duck pond and by the Wilson Farm trail pumphouse and previously seen HERE near Millenium Bridge, also seen off Colony Farm Rd between works yard and highway at ƛ̓éxətəm Regional Park - Coquitlam
Reported: May 7-20 (Conor Wilson, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Grant Narrows Nature Trail - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 12 (Richard Wakelam)

Location: 1 by info sign between 64-72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: May 10 (Melanie Shields)

Location: 1 along power lines at Blaney Bog before flying SE - Pitt Meadows
Reported: April 27 (Krissi Martin)

Western Kingbird in North Van - Photo: Sue Flecker

Brown Pelicans

Location: 7 adults viewed from Duke Point ferry in Richmond and pair sitting on breakwater at BC ferry terminal viewed from short term parking by looking through the fence at Berth 2 by scope - Tsawwassen
Reported: May 18-June 1 (Scott Gilmore, Emma Dolman, et al., m.obs)

Location: 1 juv on Bird Islet (viewed from Whytecliff Park by scope or end of Saint Georges Crescent or from Kloochman Park by scope)  - West Van
Reported: May 12-19 (Mark Swanson, m.obs)

Location: 1 on Sand Heads Jetty (viewed by boat) - Richmond
Reported: May 19 (Karl Topping)

Brown Pelican in Tsawwassen - Photo: Melissa Hafting

BAR-TAILED GODWIT (1)

Location: On mudflats by the Canada flag and HERE at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 18-31 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

BLACK-THROATED SPARROW (1)

Location: Last seen HERE and first seen HERE in blackberry bushes on decommissioned road near the end of North Parallel Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: May 30 (Jean Bergen, m.obs)

Black-throated Sparrow in Abbotsford - Photo: Jean Bergen

Black-crowned Night-Heron (1 adult)

Location: HERE at Sturgeon Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 30 (Mari Petznek, m.obs)

Pacific Golden-Plover (1)

Location: in front of mansion between 96-88 St at Boundary  Bay - Delta
Reported: May 30 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Northern Mockingbird (1)

Location: NE end of Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: May 30 (Gord Gadsden)

ARCTIC TERN (1)

Location: flying south by Lighthouse at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: May 29 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimko)

American White Pelicans

Location: 6 off Reifel foreshore - Delta
Reported: May 27 (Debbie Wheeler et al.)

Location: 34 in river across from parking at Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 24 (Mike Klotz, m.obs)

Location: 26 off the tip of Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: May 23 (Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)

Location: 22 near the compensation lagoon on the n side of ferry jetty - also seen at Brunswick Point -  Delta
Reported: May 15-22 (Michael Shephard, m.obs)

Location: 6 flying north over Blackie Spit  - Surrey
Reported: May 19 (Cos van Wermeskerken)

Vesper Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: May 27 (Griffin Duckworth)

Wandering Tattler (1)

Location: Marker 220-240 on the Iona South Jetty -  Richmond
Reported: May 21-25 (Tak Shibata, m.obs)

Wandering Tattler in a Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata

Red-necked Phalarope (1)

Location: south end of West field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: May 25 (Don Mackinnon)

Wilson’s Phalaropes

Location: 3 HERE in the SW inner marsh and in west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: May 10-25 (Krissi Martin, m.obs)

Location: 2 in SW inner sewage lagoon at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 14 (Vanessa Hum)

BRAMBLING (1)

Location: Private Home (not open to the public) - Burnaby
Reported: May 21 (Neil and Andrea MacLeod)

Brambling in Burnaby - Photo: Andrea MacLeod

Baird’s Sandpiper

Location: Centennial Beach - Tsawwassen
Reported: May 21 (Helen Baker)

American Golden-Plover (1)

Location: HERE on Tsawwassen First Nations Land - Delta
Reported: May 18-20 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)

Solitary Sandpiper (4)

Location: 1 at Brydon Lagoon on pond south of electrical Box - Langley
Reported: May 19 (Cos van Wermeskerken)

Location: 1 at flooded field near Esso at Garden City Lands - Richmond
Reported: May 18 (Paul Clarke)

Location: 1 at south side of Trout Lake - Vancouver
Reported: May 18 (Kathleen Oliver)

Location: 1 in ditch at McGuire Rd on north side of road and east of Gibsons - Chilliwack
Reported: May 14-17 (Ed Klassen, m.obs)

Dusky Flycatcher (1)

Location: 1 at east beach at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: May 18 (Rob Lyske)

SWAINSON’S HAWK (3)

Location: 1 flying E over Hwy 99 and Hwy 10 interchange - Delta
Reported: May 18 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 flying n over Piper Spit - Burnaby 
Reported: May 18 (Conor Trahar)

Location: 1 flying west over Hwy 1 Exit 8 to Cypress - West Van
Reported: May 11 (Rob Lyske)

SAGE THRASHER (1)

Location: along fence between spit and dog beach at Blackie Spit  - Surrey
Reported: May 17 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Sage Thrasher in Surrey  - Photo: Nick Park

Redheads

Location: 18 on n side of ferry jetty - Tsawwassen
Reported: May 10 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 2 at Central ponds at Serpentine Fen  - Surrey
Reported: May 10 (Henry Dejong)

Willet (3)

Location: seen at foot of 88th St and 112th St. 3 seen at the pilings between 96-104th St also at the foot of 104th St. and at the spit at Blackie Spit in Surrey and at 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 26/24-May 10/25 (Mike Tabak, m.obs) 

Willet in Delta - Photo: Peter Candido

SAGE THRASHER (1)

Location: Private Home - Bowen Island
Reported: May 8 (Trisha Beatty)

Solitary Sandpipers

Location: 1 at Yew Lake - West Van
Reported: May 8 (Angela Hansen)

Location: 2 moving around ponds at Jackman Wetlands - Aldergrove 
Reported: May 7 (John Gordon)

Location: 1 in flooded field closest to Esso Gas Station at Garden City Lands - Richmond 
Reported: May 7 (Bryan Zandberg et al.)

Location: 1 HERE in flooded field at Garden City Lands - Richmond 
Reported: April 28 (Melissa Hafting)

Location: 1 at the West pond at Jericho park pond - Vancouver
Reported: April 26-27 (Laura Moth, m.obs)

Vesper Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE briefly before flying towards elementary school at Garden City Park - Richmond
Reported: May 8 (Melissa Hafting)

Dusky Flycatcher (1)

Location: HERE at Deer Lake - Burnaby 
Reported: May 7 (Lise Owens, m.obs)

Dusky Flycatcher in Burnaby - Photo: Melissa Hafting

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: on mudflats on the Canadian side of border at Peace Arch Provincial Park - Surrey
Reported: May 6-7 (Richard Wakelam, m.obs)

Redhead (2)

Location: SW inner sewage lagoon at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 7 (Bryan Zandberg et al.)

Black-throated Gray Warbler x Townsend's Warbler Hybrid (1)

Location: 1 at Jackman Wetlands - Aldergrove 
Reported: May 7 (John Gordon)

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: off the spit at Blackie Spit  - Surrey
Reported: May 6 (Jason Stovin)

TUFTED DUCK (1, immature drake)

Location: last seen at Lost Lagoon and first seen HERE at main pond at Vanier Park and also at Iona inner SW sewage lagoon and main outer pond (Richmond) - Vancouver
Reported: March 1-May 5 (Christine Balkwill, m.obs)

Tufted Duck at Iona - Photo: Mari Petznek

American White Pelican (2)

Location: on mudflats at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 5 (Yousif Attia)

Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)

Location: HERE at Minnekhada Regional Park - Coquitlam
Reported: May 4 (Jaice Crofton, m.obs)

Lewis’s Woodpecker in Coquitlam - Jaice Crofton

American White Pelican (9)

Location: flying S over Garry Point Park - Richmond
Reported: May 4 (Melissa Hafting)

Horned Lark (1)

Location: in gravel construction area on the base of the north jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 3 (Katherine Scrimshaw)

Willet (1)

Location: on mudflats off Iona causeway across from sewage lagoons - Richmond
Reported: May 2 (Evan Larson, Nick Park, Tak Shibata, m.obs)

Willet in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata 

BREWER’S SPARROW (1)

Location: on path HERE between main outer pond and inner ponds at Iona - Richmond
Reported: April 27-29 (Mike and Sharon Toochin,  m.obs)

Brewer’s Sparrow in Richmond - Photo: Sue Flecker

American White Pelican (16)

Location: flying E over Gilbert Beach - Richmond
Reported: April 29 (Geoff McDonell)

American White Pelicans in Richmond - Photo: Geoff McDonell

Yellow-billed Loon (1)

Location: 1 HERE off Lindell Beach and HERE off Jade Bay boat launch and HERE off Spring Bay at Cultus Lake - Chilliwack
Reported: March 12-27 (Gord Gadsden, m.obs)

Yellow-billed Loon in Chilliwack - Photo: Dave Beeke

Say’s Phoebe (1)

Location: east salt marsh at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: April 27 (Helen Baker)

American White Pelican (2)

Location: flying S over Crescent Park - Surrey
Reported: April 26 (Ilya Povalyev)

Common Teal (1)

Location: foot of 112th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: April 26 (Geoffray Newell)

Red Knots

Location: 1 at the foot of 112th St at Boundary Bay in Delta and at Mud Bay - Surrey
Reported: Jan 5-April 26 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)

Location: 3 on the pilings between 96-104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Dec 22/24-April 26/25 (Alison Evely et al.)

Location: 2 on pilings near Purple Martin boxes at Blackie Spit - Surrey

Reported: Nov 5/24-Jan 1/25 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

American Avocet (1)

Location: 1 at the foot of 112th St off the pumphouse on mudflats at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: April 25 (Brian Self)

Vesper Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at the dog park at Harbourside Park - North Vancouver
Reported: April 25 (John Kalman, m.obs)

Red-naped Sapsucker (1)

Location: Private Home - Vancouver
Reported: April 24 (Marcel Pepin)

American White Pelican (7)

Location: flying NW over Richmond Centre Mall - Richmond
Reported: April 22 (Yousif Attia)

Location: 7 flying north over Reifel - Delta
Reported: April 22 (Nathan Heuver)

Lapland Longspur (1)

Location: marker 232 at the Iona South Jetty - Richmond
Reported: April 20 (Tak Shibata)

Common Teals

Location: 1 at east beach at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Feb 17-April 20 (Sue Flecker, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Bonson Rd pond - Pitt Meadows 
Reported: April 9-14 (Kiera Fritsch)

Location: 1 HERE at Fraser Foreshore Park - Burnaby 
Reported: March 28-April 14 (Dan Pontalti, m.obs)

Location: 1 on the north side of the ferry Jetty base - Delta
Reported: March 26-April 2 (Geoffrey Newell)

Location: 1 at Shoreline Park at Rocky Point - Port Moody
Reported: Feb 18-March 24 (Frank Lin, m.obs

Lesser Goldfinch (1)

Location: private home - Chilliwack
Reported: April 19 (Gord Gadsden)

WHITE-WINGED DOVE (1)

Location: please view feeders from HERE on public sidewalk on N Skeena St (do not trespass into yard). Also seen here once on Oxford St - Vancouver 
Reported: March 22-April 18 (Brian and Anne McSkimming, m.obs)

White-winged Dove in Vancouver - Photo: Ben Lambert

Swainson’s Hawk (1)

Location: flying over Vedder Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: April 18 (Gord Gadsden)

Mountain Bluebirds 

Location: 2 on YVR Airport fence across from Shannon Rd on Ferguson Rd - Richmond
Reported: April 15-17 (Mike Fung, m.obs)

Location: 6 HERE at Gordon Park - Vancouver
Reported: April 13-16 (Ryan Lewis, m.obs)

Location: 2 on dyke between ferry jetty and 41b marsh - Tsawwassen
Reported: April 13 (Vlad Lutov)

Location: 1 Across from BCR office on 27B Ave - Delta
Reported: April 11 (Neil Simpson)

Mountain Bluebird in Vancouver - Photo: June Pang

Say’s Phoebe (1)

Location: 1 HERE at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: April 17 (Griffin Duckworth)

Lapland Longspur (2)

Location: marker 196-225 at the Iona South Jetty - Richmond
Reported: April 10-14 (Craig Huish et al., m.obs)

Lapland Longspur in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE on Sea Island - Richmond
Reported: April 14 (Bryan Zandberg)

Vesper Sparrow (1, possible)

Location: HERE on Sea Island - Richmond
Reported: April 14 (Bryan Zandberg)

American Tree Sparrow (1)

Location: seen at the boardwalk at Piper Spit and seen HERE at Piper Spit viewing tower - Burnaby
Reported: April 10-12 (Richard Wakelam, m.obs)

Mountain Bluebird (1)

Location: 200m east of 104th St on Hornby Dr. - Delta
Reported: April 9 (Kevin Louth)

Glaucous Gull (1)

Location: on the metal dock parallel to the Bowen Island ferry at Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal - West Vancouver

Reported: April 9 (Joe Denham)

Redhead (3)

Location: 2 at Blakeburn Lagoon - Port Coquitlam
Reported: Dec 24/24-April 6/25 (Mari Petznek, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE in Carvolth pond - Langley
Reported: Dec 27/24-April 6 (Dan Tyson)

Location: 1 at SW inner pond at Iona (viewed from pipe) - Richmond
Reported: Feb 27 (Wayne Diakow)

Location: in Alouette river HERE between Mckechnie and Sharp Rd - Pitt Meadows|
Reported: Feb 17 (Kiera Fritsch)

Say’s Phoebe (2)

Location: 1 at the corner of Koerner Rd and Middleton Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: April 3 (Kiera Fritsch)

Location: 1 at the Piper Spit boardwalk - Burnaby
Reported: April 3 (Stephen Jollymore)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1)

Location: last seen HERE in tree with multiple sap wells at Kloochman Park. Also seen HERE on Bear Lane - West Vancouver
Reported: Jan 26-April 3 (Rob Lyske and Mike and Sharon Toochin, m.obs)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in West Vancouver - Photo: Rob Lyske

Mountain Bluebirds

Location: 3 near duck pond at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: March 27-April 2 (Liz Stockwell, m.obs)

Location: 22 at Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: March 27-31 (Ken Davis, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Lower Seymour Conservation area near the water filtration plant - North Vancouver
Reported: March 31 (Norm Lee)

Location: 1 at Lions Bay Main Beach Park on beach logs - Lions Bay
Reported: March 31 (Sam MacTavish)

Location: 1 HERE at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: March 29 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Grieg)

Location: 2 HERE and HERE at Deer Lake - Burnaby
Reported: March 20-28 (Richard Wakelam, m.obs)

Location: 6 in field HERE on Sheffield Way - Chilliwack
Reported: March 26-28 (Gord Gadsden)

Location: 1 in marsh west of 88th St and also previously at the foot of 64th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: March 26-27 (Geoffrey Newell, m.obs)

Location: 2 on beach between 3rd and 4th Ave - Tsawwassen
Reported: March 26 (Kevin Louth)

Location: 1 on beach HERE near Maple Beach - Point Roberts
Reported: March 26 (Melissa Hafting)

Location: 2 in marsh HERE at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: March 26 (Griffin Duckworth)

Mountain Bluebird in Burnaby - Photo: Richard Wakelam

Townsend’s Solitaire (2)

Location: 1 HERE and HERE at VanDusen Gardens - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 28-March 31 (Heather Mackay, m.obs)

Location: 1 near parking lot washrooms at Acadia Beach - Vancouver
Reported: March 26 (Kat McGrath and Deb Sherrard)

Lesser Yellowlegs (1)

Location: pumphouse at 96 at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: March 26-29 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)

Say’s Phoebes

Location: 1 at Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: March 27-28 (Ken Davis, m.obs)

Location: 1 near second benches at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: March 26 (Glen Bodie et al.)

Location: 1 near duck pond at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: March 22-25 (Mike Farnworth, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Deer Lake Park  - Burnaby
Reported: March 22 (Jesse Kemp, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: March 14-22 (Tiffany Brunke, m.obs)

Say’s Phoebe in Burnaby - Photo: Crystal Blue

Snow Bunting (1)

Location: on mudflats at foot of 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: March 26 (Geoffrey Newell)

Snow Bunting in Delta - Photo: Geoffrey Newell

Mountain Chickadee (1)

Location: Last seen HERE also seen HERE and first seen HERE at Lighthouse Park - West Vancouver
Reported: Jan 4-March 15 (Kevin Krebs, m.obs)

Mountain Chickadee in West Van - Photo: Paul Jacques

Golden Eagle (3)

Location: 1 perched on tree HERE at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Feb 17-March 14 (Monica Nugent et al., m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Willband - Abbotsford
Reported: March 1-7 (Dave Olson, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Elk Mtn - Chilliwack
Reported: March 3 (Krissi Martin)

Golden Eagle in Surrey - Photo: Scott Edwardson

Rock Sandpiper (1)

Location: 1 viewed HERE with Black Turnstones on the south side of the ferry Jetty - Delta
Reported: Feb 21-March 13 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Rock Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting

Semipalmated Plover (1)

Location: SW inner pond - Richmond
Reported: Jan 26-March 13 (Neill Vanhinsberg, m.obs)

Semipalmated Plover in Richmond - Photo: Jesse Kemp

Mountain Bluebird (1)

Location: HERE on Bench Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: March 11 (Krissi Martin)

Lesser Yellowlegs (1)

Location: in field west of Crown Packaging at the foot of Garden City Rd/South Dyke - Richmond
Reported: March 7 (Tom Plath)

Northern Mockingbird (1)

Location: HERE at Reifel - Vancouver
Reported: March 2 (Ryan Lewis)

Glaucous Gull (1, first year)

Location: on field east of Turf Farm off 72nd St near airport tower - Delta
Reported: Jan 5-March 1 (Mike Toochin, m.obs)

Glaucous Gull in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting

American Tree Sparrows

Location: 3 between 64-72nd St near the electrical fenced off area at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 15/24-March 1/25 (Robert Holland, m.obs)

Location:  4 HERE on Rannie Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Feb 23 (Peter Thompson)

Location: 3 HERE at Serpentine Fen Park - Surrey
Reported: Jan 4-Feb 20 (Alison Evely, m.obs)

American Tree Sparrow in Delta - Photo: Gabrielle Cuff

Sora (2)

Location: 1 HERE at 41 b marsh pond on TFN Lands - Delta
Reported: Jan 23-March 1 (Alison Evely, m.obs)

Location: 1 at main pond at Terra Nova - Richmond
Reported: Feb 14 (James Mackenzie)

Sora in Delta - Photo: Wayne Diakow

Rusty Blackbird (1)

Location: HERE at Costco parking lot  - Abbotsford
Reported: Feb 24-26 (Krissi Martin, m.obs)

Rusty Blackbird in Abbotsford - Photo: Krissi Martin

Say’s Phoebe (1)

Location: Last seen by the mansion near 64th St. Also seen at the foot of 64th St. First seen HERE between 64-72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 17/24-Feb 26/25 (Sabine Decamp, m.obs)

Say's Phoebe in Delta - Photo: Ben Lambert

SAGE THRASHER (1)

Location: HERE, HERE and HERE in marsh near electrical fenced area near 72nd St - Delta
Reported: Feb 23 (Sabine Decamp, m.obs)

Sage Thrasher in Delta - Photo; Sabine Decamp

Gyrfalcon (3)

Location: 1 adult on tower HERE on 210 St and Golden Ears Way. Also seen on the tower on Hale Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Dec 20/24-Feb 23/25 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Location: 1 juv on South Sumas and Hopedale Rd.  - Abbotsford
Reported: Feb 7 (Gord Gadsden)

Location: 1 adult last seen HERE on McDermott Rd north of Vye Rd, also seen at Vye Rd and Cole Rd and Vye Rd and Bowman Rd and Cole rd and #5 Rd and Marion and #5 Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Nov 28/24-Jan 14/25 (Ed Klassen, m.obs)

Gyrfalcon in Abbotsford - Photo: Joel Schmidt

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (1)

Location: flying north past marina at Oliver’s Landing - Furry Creek
Reported: Feb 17 (Griffin Duckworth)

Western Gull (1 adult)

Location: on pilings at Gilbert Beach - Richmond
Reported: Feb 6-17 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Western Gull in Richmond - Photo: Melissa Hafting

Snow Bunting (1)

Location: at parking lot at Feather Park - Squamish 
Reported: Feb 14 (Chelsea Comeau and Dan Neumann)

American Goshawk (1 juv)

Location: private home - Langley
Reported: Feb 13 (Dan Tyson)

Turkey Vulture (1)

Location: circling over Blakeburn Lagoon - Port Coquitlam
Reported: Feb 9 (Chris Thomas)

Redheads

Location: 1 at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Jan 18-Feb 7 (Lucas Meerstra, m.obs)

Location: 1 in Brookswood Pond - Langley
Reported: Jan 11-26 (Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)

Location: 1 at 12th Ave Pumphouse - Delta
Reported: Jan 25 (Bentley Colwill)

Location: 1 briefly at Lost Lagoon - Vancouver
Reported: Jan 18 (Caroline Knox, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Vanier Park pond - Vancouver
Reported: Jan 18 (Destiny Greig and Alex Leeder)

RUFF (1)

Location: last seen HERE at Elgin previously seen on the spit at Blackie Spit Park and previously seen HERE at the Elgin Heritage area and first seen HERE with yellowlegs at Elgin Park - Surrey
Reported: Dec 31/24-Feb 6/25 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Ruff in Surrey - Photo: Heather Tocher

Rock Sandpiper (2)

Location: 1 on Grebe Islets with Surfbirds viewed from Kloochman Park - West Vancouver
Reported: Jan 25-Feb 6 (Jock McCracken, m.obs)

Location: 1 viewed HERE with Black Turnstones before flying towards ferry Jetty - Delta
Reported: Jan 25 (Yousif Attia)

Great Egret (1)

Location: 1 HERE on Camp River Rd just east of Standeven Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Nov 15/24-Feb 4/25 (Chris McDonald, m.obs)

  Great Egret in Chilliwack - Photo: Ben Lambert

Blue-winged Teal (1 female, rare in winter)

Location: last seen on McGuire Rd between Banford and Gibson Rd in open water in fields first seen on Chilliwack Central Rd near Upper Prairie Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Jan 29-Feb 4 (Gord Gadsden)

Common Teal (1)

Location: entrance slough at Saveneye area at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Jan 21-Feb 4 (Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)

Horned Lark (15)

Location: HERE on Banford Rd - Chilliwack 
Reported: Feb 3 (Ed Klassen)

Lapland Longspur (4)

Location: HERE on Banford Rd - Chilliwack 
Reported: Feb 3 (Ed Klassen)

BLACK PHOEBE (1)

Location: HERE and HERE and HERE at Jackman Wetlands - Langley  
Reported: Jan 9-Feb 2 (James Linde, m.obs)

Black Phoebe in Langley  - Photo: Gabrielle Cuff

Black-throated Gray Warbler (1 male)

Location: last seen at 1666 Comox St and HERE at Cardero St and Henshaw Ln first seen in green space at Pendrell and Cardero Sts - Vancouver
Reported: Jan 6-29 (Elayne Figueroa, m.obs)

Black-throated Gray Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: Elayne Figueroa

Lesser Yellowlegs (4)

Location: 2 last seen at Beach Grove Lagoon first seen flying by private home near Beach Grove park - Tsawwassen
Reported: Nov 27/24-Jan 29/25 (Sabine Decamp, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Dec 2/24-Jan 25/25 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Location: 1 in ponds between 64-72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Jan 17 (Rich Wakelam)

Location: 1 HERE at Elgin Park - Surrey
Reported: Dec 31 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

SUMMER TANAGER (1) *pls view from public street*

Location: Briefly at 4595 54 A St and last seen at private home that is not open to the public - Delta
Reported: Dec 15/24-Jan 28/25 (Jon Lambert, m.obs)

Summer Tanager in Delta - Photo: Ben Lambert

Wilson’s Warbler (2) *Note UBC Farm open Tues-Sat 9am to 4pm*

Location: 1 HERE at UBC Farm - Vancouver
Reported: Jan 12-25 (Joanna Chin, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Mackenzie Lane - Vancouver
Reported: Jan 25 (Claude Pageau)

Wilson’s Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: Maggie Munro

WHITE-FACED/GLOSSY IBIS (2-3 juv)

Location: 2 last seen together at Garden City Lands.1 seen in field (at the same time as the one in Richmond) across from the River Rd Brunswick Point parking lot. 1 seen (at the same time as the Delta bird) in marsh near parking lot and in the NW area of the park in the field near the main pond at Garden City Lands. Previously seen fields on north side of East west connector hwy near No 7 Rd HERE. Best viewed by scope from overpass on No 7 Rd. Before seen flying south over River Rd at Brunswick Point - Delta.  First seen at SW inner pond at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 20/24-Jan 25/25 (Neill Vanhinsberg, Kris Mirski, m.obs)

White-faced/Glossy Ibis in Richmond - Photo: Mario Lam

Cinnamon Teal (1)

Location: 41 b marsh pond on TFN Lands - Delta
Reported: Jan 23 (Caroline Knox, m.obs)

Cinnamon Teal in Delta - Photo: Wayne Diakow

American Avocet (1)

Location: last seen on beach in front of marsh on TFN land off 41b St and at Beach Grove Lagoon pumphouse and at the pilings between 96-104 St at Boundary Bay also seen off the end of 34th St at Brunswick Point. Previously - Delta
Reported: Aug 31/24-Jan 23/25 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)

American Avocet in Delta - Photo: Moose Stoffregen

American Goshawk (1 adult)

Location: private home in the Champlain Heights area potentially viewable from the Red Alder Trail HERE - Vancouver
Reported: Jan 20 (Mel Chanona)

American Goshawk in Vancouver - Photo: Mel Chanona

Yellow-billed Loon (2)

Location: 1 off Wreck Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Jan 20 (Victor Botnaru)

Location: 1 HERE on the US side of the border near the ferry berth off Tsawwassen
Reported: Jan 20 (Kirsten Mills and Jeff Gaskin)

Yellow-billed Loon in Whatcom County - Photo: Kirsten Mills

Harris’s Sparrow (1 juv) *please park at railway tracks and walk down do not block the road when viewing the bird*

Location: HERE and HERE and HERE on 96th St, south from the railway tracks - Delta
Reported: Nov 23/24-Jan 20/25 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Harris’s Sparrow in Delta - Photo: Wayne Diakow

Common Teal (1)

Location: entrance driveway slough at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Jan 9-18 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Yellow-billed Loon (1)

Location: HERE at Lighthouse Park and travelling SE - West Vancouver
Reported: Jan 16 (Mari Petznek)

Yellow-billed Loon in West Vancouver - Photo: Mari Petznek

American Goshawk (1)

Location: briefly seen flying east over 41b marsh - Delta
Reported: Jan 16 (Philip Wright)

Northern House Wren (1)

Location: HERE east of the gun club on Lakemount Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Nov 28/24-Jan 16/25 (Gord Gadsden, m.obs)

House Wren in Abbotsford - Photo: Krissi Martin

Long-billed Curlew (1)

Location: 1 HERE on spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Dec 2/24-Jan 13/25 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Long-billed Curlew in Surrey - Photo: Cos van Wermeskerken

WHOOPER SWAN (1)

Location: Last seen in the US from the end of Lamson Rd. Also seen HERE on Vye Rd near Cole Rd. Also seen HERE on Schneider Rd also seen on Lamson Rd south of Vye Rd. Previously seen HERE on Wells Line and Cole Rd also seen HERE on Wells Line and Bowman Rd. HERE on Campbell Rd near McDermott Rd and first seen HERE on Campbell Rd west of Marion Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Dec 6/24-Jan 12/25 (Raymond Ng, m.obs)

Whooper Swan in Abbotsford - Photo: Rand Rudland

BLACK PHOEBE (1)

Location: last seen HERE by mini golf also seen HERE also seen HERE at Hastings Racecourse. Also seen HERE by bridge also seen HERE also seen by the basketball courts HERE also seen near the WCB memorial also seen by the staircase by the box office HERE. Seen before at the NW corner of park and then flew towards Agrodome. First seen HERE at Hastings Park Sanctuary - Vancouver  
Reported: Oct 14/24-Jan 12/25 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Greig, m.obs)

Black Phoebe in Vancouver - Photo: Alex Leeder

Golden Eagle (1)

Location: perched in tree on McDermott and Old Yake Rd and before on Wells Line Rd near Interprovincial Hwy - Abbotsford
Reported: Jan 5-12 (Sue Flecker, m.obs)

American Goshawk (1)

Location: briefly perched HERE at Garry Point Park then flew off east chased by crows - Richmond
Reported: Jan 11 (Melissa Hafting et. al)

Rock Sandpiper (4)

Location: viewed by boat on rocks with Black Turnstones at Sand Heads Jetty - Richmond
Reported: Jan 11 (Melissa Hafting et. al)

Rock Sandpiper in Richmond - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

PRAIRIE FALCON (1)

Location: last seen HERE on 34th St. First seen HERE on 33 a Ave - Delta
Reported: Jan 9 (John Gordon and Carlo Giovanella, m.obs)

Prairie Falcon in Delta - Photo: John Gordon

Short-billed Dowitcher (1, late)

Location: last seen 250m west of the pilings also seen on the  pilings near Purple Martin boxes at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Nov 16/24-Jan 9/25 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

BRAMBLING (1) 

Location: seen HERE with American Robins on hillside on the old Ferguson Rd between the cement plant and Airport fence (note there is no authorized parking on this road, one must park HERE and walk back). The bird was also seen HERE on the new Ferguson Rd with Purple Finches as well and on Shannon Rd with Purple Finches HERE and HERE - Richmond
Reported: Jan 3-7 (Tak and Mayumi Shibata, m.obs)

Brambling in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Jan 4-7 (Evan Larson, m.obs)

Rock Sandpiper (3)

Location: 1 HERE on rocks with Black Turnstones at Lighthouse Park - West Vancouver
Reported: Jan 5/25 (Sally McDermott et. al)

Location: 1 on the pilings between 96-104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Dec 22-24 (Hector Segura Castillo, m.obs)

Location: 1 on the south side of ferry jetty across from breakwater with Black Turnstones - Delta
Reported: Dec 21 (Debbi Hlady)

Rock Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Hector Castillo

Sora (1)

Location: by tower at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Jan 5 (Tyler Flamank)

Pectoral Sandpiper (1)

Location: at the foot of 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Jan 2 (Kevin Louth)

Yellow-billed Loon (3 juv)

Location: 1 off Porteau Cove - Squamish
Reported: Dec 26/24-Jan 2/25 (Cameron Montgomery)

Location: 1 off Acadia Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 23 (Mike Toochin, m.obs)

Location: 1 off the carpark at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Dec 6-22 (Melissa Hafting)