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.
2 American Redstarts seen here at Catbird Slough
Red-necked Phalarope (1)
Location: 1 female in west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: May 31-June 2 (Melissa Hafting and Ben Lambert, m.obs)
Least Flycatcher (3)
Location: 1 HERE near North Surrey sport complex - Surrey
Reported: June 2 (Jo-Anne Macdougall)
Location: 2 birds, 300m down the Nature Trail - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 24-June 2 (Keith Riding, m.obs)
Least Flycatcher in Surrey - Photo: Jo-Anne Macdougall
Location: 1 HERE near North Surrey sport complex - Surrey
Reported: June 2 (Jo-Anne Macdougall)
Location: 2 birds, 300m down the Nature Trail - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 24-June 2 (Keith Riding, m.obs)
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| Least Flycatcher in Surrey - Photo: Jo-Anne Macdougall |
Barrow's Goldeneye (1 immature male, rare in June)
Location: Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: May 3-June 2 (Ben Chidzero, m.obs)
Wilson’s Phalaropes
Location: 3 in west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: May 16-June 2 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)
Location: 2 at a Piper Spit - Burnaby
Reported: May 25-27 (Susan Camp, m.obs)
Location: 1 in 41b St marsh pond - Delta
Reported: May 16 (Bob Moore and Moose)
Location: 1 in pools between 64-72nd at Boundary Bay- Delta
Reported: May 15 (Kevin Louth)
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| Wilson's Phalaropes in Burnaby - Photo: Frank Lin |
Cackling Goose (1, rare in June)
Location: HERE at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: June 1 (Jaryd Turner)
Yellow-breasted Chats (Please do not use playback on these endangered birds)
Location: 2 birds HERE at Sturgeon Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 11-June 1 (Ken Willis, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE at Derby Reach Park. 400 m East of Heritage area parking lot along the Fort to Fort Trail due south of the pear sign - Langley
Reported: May 24-June 1 (Larry Joseph, m.obs)
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| Yellow-breasted Chat in Langley - Photo: Scott Edwardson |
Western Kingbird (3)
Location: 2 at Base of Iona S Jetty (north side in vegetation) - Richmond
Reported: May 29-31 (Keith Riding, m.obs)
Location: 1 by the bridge at the end of 224th St - Maple Ridge
Reported: May 28 (Jo-Anne MacDougall, m.obs)
Western Kingbirds in Richmond - Photo: Ben Lambert
Location: 2 at Base of Iona S Jetty (north side in vegetation) - Richmond
Reported: May 29-31 (Keith Riding, m.obs)
Location: 1 by the bridge at the end of 224th St - Maple Ridge
Reported: May 28 (Jo-Anne MacDougall, m.obs)
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| Western Kingbirds in Richmond - Photo: Ben Lambert |
SWAINSON’S HAWK (1)
Location: Briefly hunting over airport fields at Gilbert Rd and Russ Baker Way then flew east - Richmond
Reported: May 26 (Brent and Wayne Diakow)
Location: Briefly hunting over airport fields at Gilbert Rd and Russ Baker Way then flew east - Richmond
Reported: May 26 (Brent and Wayne Diakow)
Say's Phoebe (1)
Location: East beach of Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Reported: May 24 (Sue Flecker)
Clay-coloured Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE at Sturgeon Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 24 (Henry Dejong)
Clay-coloured Sparrow in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Henry Dejong
Location: HERE at Sturgeon Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 24 (Henry Dejong)
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| Clay-coloured Sparrow in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Henry Dejong |
SAGE THRASHER (1)
Location: HERE on beach logs near the base of the ferry jetty terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: May 24 (Tracey C.)
Sage Thrasher in Delta - Photo: Tracey C.
Location: HERE on beach logs near the base of the ferry jetty terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: May 24 (Tracey C.)
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| Sage Thrasher in Delta - Photo: Tracey C. |
Ruddy Turnstone (1)
Location: Between 88th St and the mansion near 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: May 23 (Roger Foxall)
Western Kingbirds
Location: 2 across from the pump station on the north side of the Keith Wilson Bridget of the vedder canal - Chilliwack
Reported: May 23 (Krissi Martin)
Location: 1 at the east side of the long bridge at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: May 22 (Doug Martin)
American White Pelicans
Location: 1 near the McCartney creek mouth at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Reported: May 22 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)
Location: 16 flying over the foreshore at Reifel - Delta
Reported: May 16-19 (Ben Lambert, m.obs)
Location: 1 near the McCartney creek mouth at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Reported: May 22 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)
Location: 16 flying over the foreshore at Reifel - Delta
Reported: May 16-19 (Ben Lambert, m.obs)
Location: 10 on mudflats off the Iona entrance causeway - Richmond
Reported: May 15-17 (Mike Klotz, m.obs)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: Between 80th St pumphouse and 96th St at Boundary Bay Dyke - Delta
Reported: Sept 29/2022-May 20/2023 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| Northern Mockingbird in Delta - Photo: Peter Candido |
BOBOLINK (1 male)
Location: HERE and HERE walking on the grass at Jericho Pond - Vancouver
Reported: May 18 (Bryan Zandberg, m.obs)
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| Bobolink in Vancouver - Photo: Eric Watts |
Black-chinned Hummingbird (1 probable male)
Location: Feeding from purple flowers between 1st and 2nd shelter on the south jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 17 (Elaine Krieger)
WANDERING TATTLER (1)
Location: Marker 162-196 on the south jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 11-17 (Tak Shibata, m.obs)
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| Wandering Tattler in Richmond - Photo: Kaichi Huang |
LARK SPARROW (1)
Location: HERE on Middleton Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 16 (Mike Klotz)
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| Lark Sparrow in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Mike Klotz |
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Location: Park St Marsh at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: May 16 (Rob Lyske)
California Scrub-Jays
Location: 1 at private home near Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: May 14-16 (Michelle Mickmore)
Location: Up to 8 at Ladner Harbour Park and near Sharkey's restaurant parking lot - Ladner
Reported: Sept 29/22-May 16/23 (Doug Bamford, m.obs)
Location: 4 on Shell Rd and Sealord Rd - Richmond
Reported: Oct 13/22-May 16/23 (Paul Clarke, m.obs)
Location: 3 at Private Home on Willowfield Drive near Blundell Rd - Richmond
Reported: Dec 6/22-May 11/23 (Catherine Chow, m.obs)
Location: 4 at Private Home on Maple Crescent near Maple Crescent Park baseball diamond - Ladner
Reported: Sept 23/22-May 7/23 (Grant Edwards)
Reported: May 14-16 (Michelle Mickmore)
Reported: Sept 29/22-May 16/23 (Doug Bamford, m.obs)
Reported: Oct 13/22-May 16/23 (Paul Clarke, m.obs)
Reported: Dec 6/22-May 11/23 (Catherine Chow, m.obs)
Reported: Sept 23/22-May 7/23 (Grant Edwards)
Location: 2 at N MacDonald Ave and Oxford St - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 8/22-May 7/23 (Margaret Hansen, m.obs)
Location: 2 at N MacDonald Ave and Oxford St - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 8/22-May 7/23 (Margaret Hansen, m.obs)
Location: 1 at 11560 on #2 Rd also seen at #2 Rd and Steveston Hwy - Richmond
Reported: Apil 18-28 (Tara McBryan, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE on the trail north of Quilchena Golf Course at Terra Nova Park - RichmondReported: Feb 25-April 23 (Hugh Griffith et al., m.obs)
Reported: Apil 18-28 (Tara McBryan, m.obs)
Location: 1 at 13993 Garden City Rd - Richmond
Reported: April 13-23 (Tom Plath, m.obs)
Location: 1 at 13993 Garden City Rd - Richmond
Reported: April 13-23 (Tom Plath, m.obs)
Location: 1 at residential feeder near Finn Slough off leash dog park - Richmond
Reported: Nov 24/22-April 13/23 (Tom Plath, m.obs)
Location: 4 on Dunsmuir St and Gilley St near Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 15/22-April 5/23 (Lise Owens, m.obs)
Location: 4 on Dunsmuir St and Gilley St near Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 15/22-April 5/23 (Lise Owens, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Britannia Shipyards - Richmond
Reported: Jan 25-Mar 24 (Edie Bijdemast, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Britannia Shipyards - Richmond
Reported: Jan 25-Mar 24 (Edie Bijdemast, m.obs)
Say’s Phoebe (1)
Location: At the base of the spit near the kiosk at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: May 14 (Viveka Ohman)
Ruddy Turnstone (1)
Location: Between 80-104th St at Boundary Bay- Delta
Reported: May 9-12 (Tom Plath, m.obs)
American White Pelican
Location: 5 in the bay on the North side of ferry causeway - Delta
Reported: May 11-12 (Mike Toochin, m.obs)
Location: 5 Flying north over Eagle Harbour - West Van
Reported: May 12 (Madelynn Kalyk)
Dusky Flycatcher (1)
Location: Iona woodlot - Richmond
Reported: May 12 (Mike Toochin)
Brown Pelican (9)
Location: First seen flying south by Brunswick Point. Last seen on the water in front of Kiniski’s Pub and Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: May 11 (Mike Toochin and Kevin Louth, m.obs)
BAR-TAILED GODWIT (2)
Location: Briefly present off the farmhouse at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 11 (Mike Toochin)
Vesper Sparrow (3)
Location: 1 HERE at N Jetty base at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 10-11 (Julian Heavyside, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: May 10 (Enrico Konig)
Location: 1 HERE on 0 Ave - Langley
Reported: May 8 (Jamie Gadsden)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Location: SW inner pond at Iona viewed from pipe - Richmond
Reported: May 11 (Keith Riding)
Eared Grebes
Location: 3 at Cheam Lake Wetlands - Rosedale
Reported: May 7-10 (Jamie Gadsden, m.obs)
Location: 2 at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: May 2 (Ilya Povalyaev)
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW(1)
Location: SW corner of Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: May 9 (Brian Stech)
Directions: Go into Jericho via W 4th Ave and then take the trail heading west that parallels W 4th Ave and then the trail turns north along marine drive. The bird is 100 m east of where the trail takes a right hand turn. Bird was last seen flying east.
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| Grasshopper Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Brian Stech |
Lark Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE at corner of Hope Airport
Reported: May 9 (John Procee)
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| Lark Sparrow in Hope - Photo: John Procee |
Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)
Location: Last seen HERE near Elegy Rd and Popkum Rd - Rosedale
Reported: May 7-9 (Gord Gadsden, m.obs)
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| Lewis’s Woodpecker in Rosedale - Photo: Dave Beeke |
TENNESSEE WARBLER (1 male, reported)
Location: Seen HERE near viewing platform at SE corner of Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: May 9 (Bryan Zandberg)
American White Pelicans
Location: 11 flying over Porter Drive - Abbotsford
Reported: May 9 (James Linde)
Location: 10 flying NW towards Harrison Mills viewed from Fairfield Island - Chilliwack
Reported: May 9 (Chris McDonald)
RBA: WHITE-TAILED KITE (1, Second Year bird)
Location: Last seen HERE and also HERE and HERE off Nathan Creek Dyke. Also seen HERE on 264th St and 84th Ave and HERE on 264th St - Langley (last seen flying high and to the SW)
Reported: May 7-8 (Phil Henderson, m.obs)
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| White-tailed Kite in Langley - Photo: Andrew Boycott |
SWAINSON'S HAWK (1)
Location: Flying north over 208th St and Hwy 1 and heading towards Maple Ridge - Langley
Reported: May 7 (Dan Tyson)
Calliope Hummingbird (1 male)
Location: Banded at Iona banding station - Richmond
Reported: May 7 (Matthias Bieber)
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| Calliope Hummingbird in Richmond - Photo: fide Alanna Froese |
Solitary Sandpiper (2)
Location: 1 HERE on 96 Ave - Fort Langley
Reported: May 1-7 (Dan Tyson, m.obs)
Location: 1 at the NE end of Sheep Paddock Pond at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: May 6 (Mike Farnworth)
Blue-winged Teal X Cinnamon Teal Hybrid (1)
Location: Surrey Lake Park pond - Surrey
Reported: May 7 (Peter Zadorozny)
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| Blue-winged X Cinnamon Teal Hybrid - Photo: Peter Zadorozny |
Redhead (1)
Location: Cheam Lake Wetlands - Rosedale
Reported: May 7 (John Peetsma, m.obs)
Trumpeter Swan (1, late)
Location: On Pitt River near the Pitt River Bridge viewed from Deboville Slough Dominion Ave entrance - Coquitlam
Reported: May 7 (Colin Clasen and Mari Petznek)
Rough Legged Hawk (1, late)
Location: Flying N over Reifel - Delta
Reported: May 4 (Christian Cholette)
Baird’s Sandpiper (3, rare in spring)
Location: Off the end of 34th St at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 3 (Enrico Konig, m.obs)
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| Baird’s Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Enrico Konig |
American White Pelicans
Location: 8 HERE on Judson Lake - Abbotsford
Reported: May 3 (Krissi Martin)
Location: 4 on the mud at the second benches at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: April 30-May 1 (Tom Plath, m.obs)
Location: 6 flying south over the nature trail at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: April 27-28 (Brian Stech and Murray Brown)
Location: 4 sitting on mudflats off 112th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: April 26 (Ben Freeman, m.obs)
Location: 2 flying N over 41b marsh - Delta
Reported: April 25 (Mike Westbrook)
Location: 25 flying N over Wayburne Drive - Burnaby
Reported: April 25 (David Stary)
Location: 3 on the Pitt River HERE (enter dyke from Dominion Ave) - Port Coquitlam
Reported: April 23-24 (Braden Kirkby, m.obs)
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| American White Pelicans in Port Coquitlam - Photo: Caleigh Kirkby |
Western Kingbird (4)
Location: 1 on foreshore between 80-88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: May 3 (Kevin Louth)
Location: 1 on wire HERE - Burnaby
Reported: May 2 (Sue Gee Hwang)
Location: 1 on the wire HERE on Lefeuvre Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: May 1 (Krissi Martin)
Location: 1 at the foot of 112th St last seen flying towards the woodlot at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: April 30-May 1 (Ben Freeman, m.obs)
Location: 2 HERE on snag on the north side of the Keith Wilson Bridge - Chilliwack
Reported: April 28-29 (Krissi Martin, m.obs)
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| Western Kingbird in Burnaby - Photo: Sue Gee Hwang |
American Avocet (1)
Location: Last seen at Brunswick Point off 34th St near causeway HERE. Also seen HERE off the Tsawwassen First Nations Dyke off 41 B St just south of the coal port jetty - Tsawwassen. Also seen at Reifel in the west field - Delta
Reported: Dec 16, 2022-May 3, 2023 (Bryan Zandberg, m.obs)
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| American Avocet in Delta - Photo: Heather T. |
Common Teal (1)
Location: 112th St pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: May 3 (Victor Vandereyk)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: On the mudflats of 41b marsh at TFN - Tsawwassen
Reported: May 3 (Ben Freeman)
Swainson’s Hawk (1)
Location: Flying over Mt. Thom - Chilliwack
Reported: May 3 (Gord Gadsden)
RBA: ROSS’S GOOSE (2)
Location: Seen at Sardis Park Pond with Cacklers - Chilliwack. Also seen HERE in field off Evans Rd.
Reported: April 27-May 2 (Gord Gadsden, m.obs)
Location: 1 Flying over Deboville Slough Pumphouse HERE and HERE heading towards the Pitt River Bridge with Cacklers and Greater White-fronted Geese (flock did not land) - Port Coquitlam
Reported: April 25- May 1 (Moose Stoffregen and Colin Semple)
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| Ross’s Goose in Chilliwack - Photo: Dave Beeke |
Grasshopper Sparrow (1)
Location: On NE corner of Hope Airport fence - Hope
Reported: May 1 (Gord Gadsden)
Calliope Hummingbird (2)
Location: 1 Male at Fraser River Heritage Park near the Clarke Theatre - Mission
Reported: April 30 (Gord Gadsden)
Location: 1 Male Briefly HERE at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: April 29 (Breanna Wilson)
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| Calliope Hummingbird in Squamish - Photo: Breanna Wilson |
GRAY FLYCATCHER (1, photographed)
Location: West side of Sardis Park Pond south of the Lane Drive pedestrian access -Chilliwack
Reported: April 29 (Arden Powell)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Location: West pond near viewing platform at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported:April 29 (Sue Flecker)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1 female)
Location: 1 on turf farm on 72nd St - Delta
Reported: April 26-28 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| Pacific Golden-Plover in Delta - Photo: Enrico Konig |
Long-billed Curlews
Location: 1 in field 200m south of railway tracks on the east side of 88th St - Delta
Reported: April 26-28 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
Location: 1 flying over Brunswick Point heading towards Reifel - Delta
Reported: April 25 (Ben Freeman)
Location: 1 flying west over the N Jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: April 24 (Kathleen Oliver)
Location: 2 flew out of field HERE near Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: April 23 (Mike Toochin and Liron Gertsman)
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| Long-billed Curlew in Delta (88th St) - Photo: Ben Lambert |
Redheads
Location: 2 at the east end of Lost Lagoon - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 14/22-April 28/23 (Frank Lin, m.obs)
Location: 1 on the pond at Minnekhada Park - Coquitlam
Reported: April 21-27 (Colin Clasen, m.obs)
Location: 2 on Green Lake near Harbour Air - Whistler
Reported: April 25 (Dea Lloyd)
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| Redheads in Vancouver - Photo: Mike Fung |
Western Bluebird (2)
Location: Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: April 26 (Ken Davis)
Harris’s Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE on Chilliwack Central Rd at feeder across from Elementary school - Chilliwack
Reported: Mar 24-April 25 (Krissi Martin, m.obs)
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| Harris's Sparrow in Chilliwack - Photo: Krissi Martin |
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: 1 briefly in field HERE at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: April 25 (Edie Bijdemast)
Say’s Phoebes
Location: 1 at Bayly Park - Whistler
Reported: April 25 (N.M.)
Location: 1 behind washrooms on beach logs at Iona - Richmond
Reported: April 22-25 (Cam Walker, m.obs)
Location: 1 on Stearman Beach - West Vancouver
Reported: April 23 (Sally McDermott et al.)
Location: 1 at West Salt Marsh at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: April 17-23 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)
Location: 2 at Grauer Lands Salt Marsh HERE off the West Dyke Trail - Richmond
Reported: April 19-23 (Claire Heath, m.obs)
Location: 1 at base of spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: April 23 (Frank McFires)
Location: 1 at Crescent Beach Park - Surrey
Reported: April 22 (Stan Banner)
Location: 1 on the airport fence on Ferguson Rd west of Canada Post building - Richmond
Reported: April 22 (Mike Toochin)
Location: 1 behind MOA at Cecil Green Park at UBC - Vancouver
Reported: April 22 (Paul Jacques)
Location: 1 HERE at Britannia Ship Yards - Richmond
Reported: April 21 (Daniel Poon)
Location: 1 near community garden also seen near duck pond/entrance to banding station trail gate at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: April 10-21 (Roger Foxall, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE on Westham Island - Delta
Reported: April 20 (Scott Wilson)
Location: 1 HERE at SW corner of Deer Lake - Burnaby
Reported: April 17-18 (Li Hou, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Squamish River Estuary HERE - Squamish
Reported: April 10-12 (Chris Dale)
Location: 1 viewed HERE near Deltaport - Delta
Reported: April 10 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)
Location: 1 briefly viewed by scope at East Beach at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: April 10 (Rob Lyske)
Location: 2 at Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: April 8-10 (Ken Davis, m.obs)
Northern Goshawk (1 adult - photographed)
Location: Flying north over 657 202 St - Langley
Reported: April 22 (Sarah Lamond)
Harris’s Sparrow (1)
Location: Private Home - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 17-April 20 (Laura Korska)
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| Harris’s Sparrow in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Laura Korska |
Red-naped Sapsucker (2)
Location: 1 female HERE at Cecil Green Park - Vancouver
Reported: April 19 (Paul Jacques)
Location: 1 male HERE across from Burke Mountain Pioneer Park - Coquitlam
Reported: April 15 (Eleni G.)
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| Red-naped Sapsucker in Vancouver - Photo: Paul Jacques |
Mountain Bluebirds (no further updates provided)
Location: 1 HERE at Brydon Lagoon - Langley
Reported: April 19 (Cos Van Wermeskerken)
Location: 12 at YVR Airport fence along Ferguson Rd near Templeton Rd - Richmond
Reported: April 19 (Derek Noort)
Location: 8 near the washrooms at Iona and on N Jetty - Richmond
Reported: April 16-19 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)
Location: 15 HERE and HERE at Deer Lake - Burnaby
Reported: April 14-19 (Ian Berg, m.obs)
Location: 6 between 88-96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: April 17-19 (Kevin Louth)
Location: 7 at 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: April 19 (Kevin Louth)
Location: 6, 100 m east of 112th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: April 11-19 (Kevin Louth)
Location: 2 east of observation tower at Centennial Beach - Delta
Reported: Mar 19-April 19 (Nicki Brocamp and Bruce Taylor, m.obs)
Location: 1 at West Salt Marsh at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: April 17 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)
Location: Up to 27 near duck pond/banding station entrance trail gate at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: Mar 17-April 17 (fide Richard Wakelam, m.obs)
Location: 1 at playing field at Magee High School - Vancouver
Reported: April 16 (Kat McGrath)
Location: 2 off the end of 34th St at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: April 16 (Grant Edwards)
Location: 2 near office at Mtn View Cemetery - Vancouver
Reported: April 16 (Mike Klotz)
Location: 15 on the beach near the ponds at Jericho - Vancouver
Reported: April 15 (Steve Irwin)
Location: 2 HERE on Colebrook Rd - Surrey
Reported: April 14 (Ilya Povayaev)
Location: 1 HERE at Locarno Beach - Vancouver
Reported: April 11-12 (Lob Lubby, m.obs)
Location: 2 HERE at Ambleside Park - West Van
Reported: April 9 (Rob Lyske)
Location: 1 near water treatment plant at Lower Seymour Demonstration Forest - North Van
Reported: Mar 28-April 5 (Norm Lee, m.obs)
Location: 7 at Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: Mar 18-April 5 (Krissi Martin, m.obs)
Long-billed Curlews
Location: 2 HERE on Prairie Central Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: April 17 (Ed Klassen, m.obs)
Location: 1 briefly on field HERE at Jericho - Richmond
Reported: April 16 (Mike Fung)
Location: 1 briefly on YVR runway before flushed off by plane - Richmond
Reported: April 16 (Kendra Bisbing)
Location: 3 HERE on mudflats off spit at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: April 15 (Chris Dale)
Location: 1 on sandbank on Green Lake near the mouth of the River of Golden Dreams - Whistler
Reported: April 13 (Karl Rickers and Ellen Ramsay)
ROSS’S GOOSE X SNOW GOOSE (1)
Location: 1 flying in a flock of 100 Snow Geese over Brunswick heading towards Deltaport. Last seen in field at the foot of River Rd at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: April 17-18 (Ben Freeman, m.obs)
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| Snow Goose X Ross’s Goose in Delta - Photo: Robert Enns |
Rock Sandpiper (1)
Location: Seen on rocks directly across from ferry jetty breakwater. Also seen at compensation lagoon near taxi pullout at ferry jetty with Black Turnstones. Also seen by scope on breakwater at ferry jetty - Tsawwassen
Reported: Jan 25-April 15 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| Rock Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Common Teal (1)
Location: Park St Marsh at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Mar 28-April 13 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)
Blue-winged Teal (1 female, rare in winter)
Location: HERE in display ponds - Delta
Reported: Jan 11-April 9 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting, m.obs)
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| Blue-winged Teal in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev |
Horned Lark (2)
Location: 2 at base of n jetty near gravel area and green recycle bin at Iona - Richmond
Reported: April 3-7 (Keith Riding, m.obs)
Horned Lark in Richmond - Photo: Brian Stech
Location: 2 at base of n jetty near gravel area and green recycle bin at Iona - Richmond
Reported: April 3-7 (Keith Riding, m.obs)
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| Horned Lark in Richmond - Photo: Brian Stech |
Harris’s Sparrow (1)
Location: Private Home - Squamish
Reported: Dec 29/22-April 7/23 (Chris Dale)
Snow Bunting (2)
Location: 2 at marker 145-230 on the Iona south jetty - Richmond
Reported: Mar 19-April 1 (Wayne Diakow, m.obs)
Snow Bunting in Richmond - Photo: Wayne Diakow
Location: 2 at marker 145-230 on the Iona south jetty - Richmond
Reported: Mar 19-April 1 (Wayne Diakow, m.obs)
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| Snow Bunting in Richmond - Photo: Wayne Diakow |
Mountain Bluebirds
Location: 2 at YVR Airport fence along Ferguson Rd near Shannon Rd - Richmond
Reported: Mar 26-31 (Kendra Bisbing)
Location: 5 HERE and HERE at Deer Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Mar 20-21 (Blake Noelte, m.obs)
Location: 1 at corner of Duncan Rd and Giesbrecht Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Mar 21 (Bentley Colwill)
Location: 1 HERE at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Mar 20 (Sabine Decamp)
Say’s Phoebe (2)
Location: 1 by west end of dog park at Harbourside Park - North Van
Reported: Mar 30 (Caroline Knox and Allan Jensen)
Location: 1 by washrooms at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Mar 28 (Keith Riding, m.obs)
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| Say’s Phoebe in Richmond - Photo: Grant Edwards |
Golden Eagle (1 juv)
Location: Flying high over the footbridge and duck pond at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: Mar 26 (Joel Schmidt and Kathleen Oliver)
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| Golden Eagle in Coquitlam - Photo: Joel Schmidt |
Redheads
Location: Up to 6 in Alouette River HERE - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 2-March 26 (Richard Wakelam, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Nov 11/2022-March 24/2023 (Ed Klassen, m.obs)
Location: 4 HERE at Judson Lake - Abbotsford
Reported: March 11 (Bentley Colwill and Krissi Martin)
Location: 1 in the Serpentine River at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: March 6 (Alan and Liz Stewart, m.obs)
Location: 1 in the ditch HERE on Southlands Dr - Delta
Reported: Jan 20-23 (David Hoar and Noreen Rudd)
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.)
Whimbrel (2)
Location: 1 briefly at Blackie Spit before flying towards the US. Last seen near trestle on mudflats - Surrey
Reported: March 22–24 (Melissa Hafting and Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
Location: 1 Seen on rocks directly across from ferry jetty breakwater - Tsawwassen
Reported: March 19 (Melissa Hafting and Ilya Povalyaev)
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| Whimbrel in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
California Scrub-Jay X Steller’s Jays
Location: 1 on Spruce St and Baker Ave. Also seen on Halley Ave and Fir St - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 1/22-March 21/23 (Darko Bojanic, m.obs)
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 13/22-March 10/23 (Simon Bernard, m.obs)
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| California Scrub Jay x Steller’s Jay Hybrid in Surrey - Photo: Frank Lin |
Golden Eagle (1, Immature)
Location: HERE on conifer at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Mar 18-20 (Steve Lambert, m.obs)
Location: HERE on conifer at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Mar 18-20 (Steve Lambert, m.obs)
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| Golden Eagle in Surrey - Photo: Steve Lambert |
Western Bluebird (1 female)
Location: 1 at 1445 Frost Rd in Columbia Valley - Chilliwack
Reported: Mar 19 (Clarke Mallory)
Location: 1 at 1445 Frost Rd in Columbia Valley - Chilliwack
Reported: Mar 19 (Clarke Mallory)
Townsend's Solitaires (no April updates)
Location: 1 at the Beatty Biodiversity museum at UBC - Vancouver
Reported: March 14-17 (Sunny Zhang, m.obs)
Reported: March 14-17 (Sunny Zhang, m.obs)
Location: 1 at roadside parking lot at Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 2-March 1 (Monica Nugent, m.obs)
Location: 1 at the Riverview Hospital - Coquitlam
Reported: Feb 23 (Hilary Maguire)
Location: 1 at 5990 Joyce St - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 18 (Ryan Lewis)
Location: 1 at Heather St and W 61st Ave - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 11 (Nicole Bruce)
Location: 1 Pitt Lake Grant Narrows parking lot - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Feb 1-15 (Jock McCracken, m.obs)
Location: 1 at church parking lot at 4594 54a St - Delta
Reported: Dec 17/22-Feb 12/23 (Lindz Marsh and Jon and Ben Lambert, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Heather St and W 61st Ave - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 11 (Nicole Bruce)
Location: 1 on lamppost on Patos Way HERE - Point Roberts
Reported: Feb 4 (Melissa Hafting and Ben Lambert)
Location: 1 at Arbutus Tree berries by NE side of Moon Gate at UBC Botanical Gardens - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 1 (Bev Ramsey)
Location: 1 on dyke HERE - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 29 (Ken Willis)
Location: 1 HERE on Kersland Dr - Vancouver
Reported: Jan 29 (Jock McCracken)
Location: 1 at Sand Dunes Trail at Deas Island - Delta
Reported: Jan 28 (Eric Habisch)
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 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 |
American Tree Sparrows
Location: Up to 6 birds by the electrical substation east of 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Dec 5/22-March 15/23 (Dan Tyson, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE and 1 HERE and 1 HERE on the west dyke at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Jan 3-March 10 (Ben Lambert et al., m.obs)
Location: 2 HERE at the first bend of the dyke at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: March 8 (Melissa Hafting and Ilya Povalyaev)
Location: 2 by blue interpretive sign near second tower at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Jan 26 (Alison Evely)
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)
Common Teals
Location: 1 at Beach Grove lagoon at Boundary Bay Regional Park - TsawwassenReported: March 11 (Melissa Hafting and Ilya Povalyaev)
Location: 1 at Surrey Lake Park - Surrey
Reported: Feb 8 (Grant Edwards)
Reported: Feb 8 (Grant Edwards)
Location: 1 in the flooded field near parking lot at Garry Point Park - Richmond
Reported: Jan 23-Feb 3 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)
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 |
Glaucous Gull (1, first winter)
Location: Last seen in field between 96th and 104th St. Also seen on mudflats at pilings near 96th St. and in field HERE off 88th St. First seen in field at the foot of 96th St near the Boundary Bay Dyke - Delta
Reported: Feb 15-March 10 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| Glaucous Gull in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Rusty Blackbird (1 male)
Location: HERE in slough and on lawn at group camp site and at first parking lot near entrance with Robins at Deas Island - Delta
Reported: Feb 14-March 7 (Wayne Diakow, m.obs)
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| Rusty Blackbird in Delta - Photo: Scott Edwardson |
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-March 5/23 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
Location: Up to 10 at marker 243 on the south jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Dec 28/22-Feb 12/23 (Sabine Jessen, m.obs)
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| Snow Bunting in Richmond - Photo: Kate Paton |
Golden Eagle (1 adult)
Location: Vedder River near Giesbrecht Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Feb 28 (Gord Gadsden)
Sora (2)
Location: On the west dyke off the end of Williams Rd - Richmond
Reported: Jan 29-Feb 27 (Daniel Poon, m.obs)
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| Sora in Richmond - Photo: Daniel Poon |
Swamp Sparrow (3)
Location: 1 in marsh near railway tracks at Harbourside Park - North Van
Reported: Feb 27 (John Kalman)
Location: 1 HERE in marsh at Ladner Harbour Park - Delta
Reported: Jan 22-Feb 18 (Kevin Krebs, m.obs)
Location: 1 in marsh by tower at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Jan 11-29 (Melissa Hafting and Ilya Povalyaev, 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 |
California Scrub-Jays
Location: 2 in oak tree on Westminster Hwy near Cooney Rd - Richmond
Reported: Oct 5-Feb 22/23 (Lauren Bruneski, m.obs)
Location: 1 at 1650 E 61st Ave - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 17-20 (Myrna Ziola)
Location: 1 at Balaclava Park near 31st and Collingwood Ave - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 15/22-Feb14/23 (Paul Clapham)
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.)
Bohemian Waxwing (1)
Location: 1 HERE perched on tree at Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Feb 13-25 (Mike Klotz, m.obs)
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| Bohemian Waxwing in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Peter Candido |
Western Gull (1 adult)
Location: 1 on pilings at Gilbert Beach - Richmond
Reported: Jan 22-Feb 20 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)
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| Western Gull in Richmond - Photo: Sean Vanderluit |
Prairie Falcon (1)
Location: Seen HERE on Connecting Rd. Also seen on Ladner Rd. Also seen on Rannie Rd near Sturgeon Slough parking lot - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Oct 16/22-Feb 17/23 (Raymond Ng, m.obs)
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| Prairie Falcon in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Raymond Ng |
Red Knot (1)
Location: on mudflats off 88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Feb 15 (Liron Gerstman)
Glaucous Gull (2)
Location: 1 first winter in field on #4 Rd near Interprovincial Hwy - Abbotsford
Reported: Jan 28-Feb 4 (Ed Klassen, m.obs)
Location: 1 second cycle in field on Campbell Rd near Interprovincial Hwy - Abbotsford
Reported: Jan 24 (Gord Gadsden)
Red-naped Sapsucker (1 Male)
Location: Private Home - Maple Ridge
Reported: Jan 29-Feb 1 (Sherrie Shorman)
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| Red-naped Sapsucker in Maple Ridge - Photo: Sherrie Shorman |
Horned Lark (14) and Lapland Longspur (2)
Location: On Banford Rd south of Prairie Central Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Feb 1 (Gord Gadsden)
Gyrfalcon (1 juv)
Location: Last seen on tower on Rannie Rd before Koerner Rd. Also seen on tower on Middleton Rd. First seen at Ladner and Rannie Rd and at Sturgeon Slough parking lot and HERE on Rannie Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Jan 7-31 (Daniel Graca, m.obs)
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| Gyrfalcon in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Daniel Graca |
White-winged Crossbill (6)
Location: Flyover HERE on Bosa Trail - Maple Ridge
Reported: Jan 30 (Jess Findlay)
Rock Sandpiper (1)
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 |
Red Knot (3)
Location: HERE in field between 80-88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Jan 22 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)
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 |
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)
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)
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)