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
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Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Reported: Oct 21-24 (Ben Freeman, m.obs)
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| Clay-colored Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Ian Burgess |
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Location: Last seen across from the entrance to the inner ponds along Ferguson Rd. Previously seen HERE on the N Jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Oct 23-24 (Kevin Krebs, m.obs)
Harris's Sparrow (1 immature)
Location: Private Home - Maple Ridge
Reported: Oct 21-24 (Enida Javorovic)
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| Harris’s Sparrow in Maple Ridge - Photo: Enid’s Javorovic |
Franklin’s Gull (1 Juv)
Location: End of White Rock Pier - White Rock
Reported: Oct 19-23 (Kaichi Huang, m.obs)
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| Franklin’s Gull in Surrey - Photo: Ken Willis |
American White Pelican (1)
Location: HERE on the Chilliwack River - Chilliwack
Reported: Oct 17-23 (Marc Sole, m.obs)
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| American White Pelican in Chilliwack - Photo: Daniel Bastaja |
Rock Sandpiper (1)
Location: Viewed by boat HERE on Fraser River - Delta
Reported: Oct 21 (Guy Monty)
American Tree Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Oct 21 (Sabine Jessen)
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| American Tree Sparrow in Delta - Photo: Sabine Jessen |
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 male)
Location: HERE near Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Oct 21 (Mike Tabak)
Great Egret (1)
Location: 1 across the river near the railway bridge viewed from the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 6-21 (Alison Evely, m.obs)
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| Great Egret in Surrey - Photo: Edie Bijdemast |
Lapland Longspurs
Location: 1 at the west end of 40th Ave - Surrey
Reported: Oct 21 (Mike Tabak)
Location: 1 on the south side of the ferry jetty and up to 17 on the north side of the ferry jetty between the taxi pullout and the base - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 20-Oct 18 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
Location: 2 at the foot of 88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 14 (Kevin Louth)
Location: 1 at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 7-13 (Robert Holland, m.obs)
Location: 3 at the foot of 96th St - Delta
Reported: Oct 9-12 (Yousif Attia)
Location: 6 at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Oct 7-11 (Krissi Martin, m.obs)
RBA: WHITE-FACED IBIS (1)
Location: Flying north (didn’t stop) over the foot of 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 19 (Rob McLean et al.)
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| White-faced Ibis in Delta - Photo: Justine Charollais |
Pacific Golden-Plover (3 juv)
Location: 1 roosting on pilings HERE at mouth of slough at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Oct 19 (Ilya Povalyaev)
Location: Foot of 88th St and 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 12-16 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| Pacific Golden-Plover in Delta - Photo: Zach Westfall |
American Golden-Plovers (Juvs)
Location:1 roosting on pilings HERE at mouth of slough at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Oct 19 (Ilya Povalyaev)
Location: Up to 3 being seen at the foot of 96th St. Also seen at the foot of 104th St at Boundary Bay. Previously seen between 80 and 88th St. - Delta
Reported: Aug 27-Oct 19 (Kevin Louth and Mike Toochin et al., m.obs)
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| American Golden-Plover in Delta -Photo: Craig Huish |
Redhead (1 male)
Location: In Scaup flock at the end of 3rd Ave at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 18 (Sabine Decamp)
Swamp Sparrow (1)
Location: Edge of Devonian Pond near Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 18 (Joe Denham)
California Scrub-Jay (3)
Location: 1 at 9329 University Cres. at SFU - Burnaby
Reported: Oct 14-18 (Neil and Andrea MacLeod)
Location: 1 last seen at 7901 114A St. Previously seen at 7833 Swanson Ave - Delta
Reported: Aug 4-Oct 6 (Phil Kelly)
Location: 1 at 11528-80th Ave - Delta
Reported: Oct 4 (Marylou Johnson)
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| California Scrub-Jay in Burnaby - Photo: Neil MacLeod |
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Location: HERE on Spanish Banks beach - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 16-17 (Ezequiel Peralta)
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| 1 of 2 Mountain Bluebirds in Vancouver - Photo: Ezequiel Peralta |
Brown Pelicans (4-5 juvs)
Location: Up to 3 Sitting on large wooden round barrel structure beside breakwater at ferry terminal near berths - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 19-Oct 16 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
Location: 1 viewed off the marina at Harrison Lake - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Oct 6 (John Gordon, m.obs)
Location: 1 sitting at the end of Sand Heads Jetty (viewed by boat) - Richmond
Reported: Oct 1-3 (Andy Scheffler)
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| Brown Pelican in Delta - Photo: Simon Shutter |
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (2)
Location: 1 at the foot of 88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 12-14 (Kevin Louth)
Location: 1 in the House Pond at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Oct 12-13 (Kris Mirski, m.obs)
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| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Craig Huish |
Gray Catbird (1)
Location: HERE near Derek Doubleday Arboretum - Langley
Reported: Oct 13 (Dan Tyson)
RBA: RUFF (1 juv male)
Location: Between 96th St and the pilings at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 5-10 (Sabine Decamp, m.obs)
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| Ruff in Delta - Photo: Sabine Decamp |
RBA: BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (1 adult)
Location: Viewed from aboard the Tsawwassen to Nanaimo Ferry. Bird was flying near the Coal Port - Delta
Reported: Oct 9 (Guy Monty)
Brown Pelican (1 adult in breeding)
Location: Flying south past Sullivan Point at Crescent Beach - Surrey
Reported: Oct 9 (Frank Lin, m.obs)
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| Adult Brown Pelican in Surrey - Photo: Frank Lin |
Nashville Warbler (1)
Location: Hope Airport
Reported: Oct 9 (Daniel Bastaja)
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| Nashville Warbler in Hope - Photo: Daniel Bastaja |
Mountain Bluebird (1 male)
Location: Last seen on the base of the spit near the parking lot. First seen by the mound near the dog park at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 7-8 (Zach Westfall, m.obs)
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| Mountain Bluebird in Surrey - Photo: Zach Westfall |
American White Pelicans
Location: Up to 38 seen sitting on the mudflats at Brunswick Point near the second benches (view by scope) - Delta
Reported: July 15-Oct 8 (Melissa Gee, m.obs)
Location: 11 flying south over the ferry jetty heading to the US - Delta
Reported: Oct 4 (Joe Denham, m.obs)
Location: 1 on the Pitt River viewed from the dyke at the end of Harris Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Oct 1 (Cindy and Doug Martin)
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| American White Pelicans in Delta - Photo: Simon Shutter |
Horned Lark (1)
Location: Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Oct 8 (Neal Doan)
WHITE-FACED IBIS (1)
Location: HERE in field - Rosedale
Reported: Oct 7 (Bentley Colwill)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (1 juv)
Location: Last seen in house pond at Reifel. Also seen in Fuller’s Slough - Delta
Reported: Sept 30-Oct 4 (Debbie Hlady, m.obs)
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| Hudsonian Godwit in Delta - Photo: Mike Fung |
Great Egret (4)
Location: 1 on private property on Seabird Island - Agassiz
Reported: Oct 4 (Brant Corder)
Location: 1 last seen on Bell Rd north of Fore Rd. Previously on Beharrell Road, across from the DND property near the T-junction at Fore Road - Abbotsford
Reported: Sept 30-Oct 3 (Anne Toews, m.obs)
Location: 2 in Maria Slough HERE just downstream (south) of the highway in front of Scott's Meats - Agassiz
Reported: Sept 28 (Murray Brown)
LEWIS’S WOODPECKER (1)
Location: Last seen hawking insects from tree HERE. Previously seen HERE on cedar near Lumberman’s Arch at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 3 (Ben and Alexa Freeman, m.obs)
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| Lewis’s Woodpecker in Vancouver - Photo: Andrew Boycott |
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPERS (juvs)
Location: 1 in house pond at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Sept 30-Oct 1 (Kathleen Fry, m.obs)
Location: 2 briefly seen in house pond at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Sept 25 (Brian Self and Ben Lambert)
Location: 1 briefly in the NE inner pond before flying out to the foreshore at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 19 (Ilya Povalyaev)
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| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Richmond - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev |
RED PHALAROPE (1)
Location: On Cultus Lake viewed from the Jade Bay boat launch HERE - Chilliwack
Reported: Oct 1 (Gord Gadsden, m.obs)
WHITE-FACED IBIS (1) *not open to public*
Location: Private farm - Chilliwack
Reported: Sept 27-Oct 1 (fide Gord Gadsden)
Lapland Longspurs
Location: 3 HERE at Garry Point Park - Richmond
Reported: Oct 1 (Yousif Attia)
Location: 25 in seaweed at the high tide line at the 80th St Pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 28 (Kevin Louth)
Reported: Sept 25 (Nick Parayko)
Location: 1 at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Sept 19-24 (Noreen Rudd, m.obs)
Location: 1 flying over Deas Island - Delta
Reported: Sep 23 (Guy Monty)
Location: 2 at marker 73 also 1 seen at marker 180 and 6 at the end of the south jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 16-22 (Bridget Spencer, Liam Irwin, m.obs)
Location: 1 on Tsawwassen First Nations Dyke Trail halfway between Roberts Bank and the Ferry Jetty - Delta
Reported: Sept 16 (Kevin Louth)
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| Lapland Longspur in Richmond - Photo: Bridget Spencer |
Western Grebe X Clark's Grebe (1)
Location: Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Sept 30 (Darko Bojanic)
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| Clark's x Western Grebe in Burnaby - Photo: Darko Bojanic |
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)
Location: Foot of 96th St - Delta
Reported: Sept 30 (Kevin Louth)
Horned Larks
Location: 3 on the north side of the ferry jetty near the taxi pullout - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 16-28 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
Location: 1 flying over maarker 160 on the south jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 24 (Evan Larson)
Location: 4 at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Sept 16 (John Gordon)
Location: 3 at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Sept 13 (Raymond Ng)
Location: 1 on the south side of the ferry jetty across the from taxi pullout - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 12 (Yousif Attia)
Location: 4 seen in field between 88th St and the pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 31-Sept 5 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
Location: 1 flying over pilings at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 5 (Ilya Povalyaev, Melissa Hafting, Rob Lyske)
Location: 1 feeding on seaweed at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Sept 3 (Roger Foxall)
Location: 3 flying over Mystery Peak on Mt. Seymour - North Van
Reported: Sept 1 (Melissa Hafting)
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| Horned Lark in Surrey - Photo: Andrew Boycott |
California Scrub-Jay (3)
Location: 2 seen in the 12000 block of Dover St and also seen on 220th St near Dewdney Trunk and seen HERE on Acadia St. - Maple Ridge
Reported: Sept 7-25 (Steve Juhasz, m.obs)
Location: 1 on Bond Blvd near 64a Ave. Also seen on Lincoln Dr near 64a Ave. - Delta
Reported: Sept 13-16 (Scott Moloney, m.obs)
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| California Scrub-Jay in Maple Ridge - Photo: Farshad Pourmalek |
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: 75m along in slough off center dyke, south from the tower at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Sept 25 (Mike and Sharon Toochin)
RBA: BLACK PHOEBE (1)
Location: HERE at McDonald Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Sept 10-24 (Susan Fennellow, m.obs)
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| Black Phoebe in Abbotsford - Photo: Neal Doan |
Lewis’s Woodpecker (2)
Location: West end of Hope Airport by blue barn - Hope
Reported: Sept 13-24 (Gord Gadsden and Jack Delair, m.obs)
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| Lewis's Woodpecker in Hope - Photo: John Gordon |
American Golden-Plovers (4)
Location: 2 on rock jetty between Shady Island and Alaksen viewed by boat - Richmond
Reported: Sept 24 (Guy Monty)
Location: 2 on the beach in front of washrooms at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 20 (Yousif Attia)
SABINE'S GULL (2 adult)
Location: 1 flying over Buntzen Lake (seen from recreation area) - Anmore
Reported: Sept 22 (Sheryl Marx)
Location: 1 flying over Harrison Lake - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Sept 18-21 (Jonathan Pap, m.obs)
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| Sabine's Gull in Anmore - Photo: Sheryl Marx |
RBA: BLACK-NECKED STILT (1 Imm.)
Location: Last seen in the house pond. Previously south of the centre dyke blind in the west field. Previously in the SW pond at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Sept 9-20 (Kathleen Fry, m.obs)
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| Black-necked Stilt in Delta - Photo: Ben Lambert |
Wandering Tattlers
Location: 1 on Grebe Islets scoped from Kloochman Park - West Vancouver
Reported: Sept 16 (Ken Willis)
Location: 1 on Bird Islet scoped from Whytecliff Park - West Vancouver
Reported: Sept 14 (Anthony Kaduck)
Red-necked Phalaropes
Location: 1 in the pond at the mansion at 64th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 15-16 (Debbie Hlady, m.obs)
Location: 1 at the foot of 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 13 (Yousif Attia and Roger Foxall)
Northern Waterthrush
Reported: Aug 31-Sept 12 (Geoffrey Newell et al., m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE on the Loop Trail at Cheam Lake Wetlands - Rosedale
Reported: Sept 6-7 (Marc Sole, m.obs)
Location: 2 HERE at the SW corner of Trout Lake just east of the small east dock on dog beach - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 12-Sept 6 (Edward Nygren and Kathleen Oliver, m.obs)
Reported: Aug 15-Sept 2 (Kaichi Huang, m.obs)
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| Northern Waterthrush in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Vesper Sparrow (1)
Location: In field at west end Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: Sept 15 (Larry Hooge and Joel Schmidt)
Sabine’s Gull (1 adult)
Location: by boat launch at Island 22 -Chilliwack
Reported: Sept 14 (Gord Gadsden)
Stilt Sandpipers
Location: 2 in NE and NW inner pond at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 19-Sept 12 (Mayumi Shibata, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Beach Grove lagoon - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 8-9 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| Stilt Sandpiper in Richmond - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Solitary Sandpipers
Location: 1 HERE on the east dyke at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Sept 11-12 (Ilya Povalyaev et al), m.obs)
Location: 1 in the beaver pond on the south side of Thompson Regional Park - Chilliwack
Reported: Sept 11 (Gord Gadsden)
Location: 1 in the NE inner pond at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 24-Sept 9 (Liron Gerstman, m.obs)
Location: HERE at Pitt-Addington Marsh - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Sept 1 (Doug Martin)
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| Solitary Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Bridget Spencer |
American Avocet (1 in non-breeding)
Location: HERE in the pond at Vanier Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 10-11 (Paul Clarke, m.obs)
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| American Avocet in Vancouver - Paul Clarke |
RBA: SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER (2)
Location: Last seen by ferry (to Duke Point) HERE. Previously seen by scoping toward the rock jetty on the south side near the ferry berths. Previously seen HERE by boat/ferry (to Duke Point) also seen scoping towards blue tanker HERE with words “MOL” from the taxi pullout. Previously seen by scope sitting on the water by berth 2. First seen by boat HERE near Coal Port Jetty - Delta
Reported: Sept 4-11 (Christopher Di Corrado and William O’Shea, m.obs)
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| Short-tailed Shearwater in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: Last seen by the Purple Martin boxes at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Sept 9 (Carolee Colter and Paul Prappas, m.obs)
Franklin’s Gull (1 juv)
Location: Last seen from inside ferry terminal in gull flock in between terminal berths - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 31-Sept 8 (Kaichi Huang, m.obs)
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| Franklin's Gull in Tsawwassen - Photo: Kaichi Huang |
Heermann's Gull (1 juv)
Location: Sitting on the ferry jetty breakwater (south side near berths) -Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 8 (Kevin Louth)
SABINE’S GULLS
Location: 1 juv seen by scope in the channel at the west end of Maplewood Flats (viewed from East Beach and the bridge) before flying towards the Second Narrows bridge - North Van
Reported: Sept 7 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)
Location: 1 adult viewed by boat as it flew over Sand Heads Jetty - Richmond
Reported: Sept 1 (Sabine Decamp)
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| Sabine’s Gull in Richmond - Photo: Sabine Decamp |
Least Flycatcher (1)
Location: HERE at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 6 (Frank Lin)
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| Least Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photo: Frank Lin |
Redhead (1)
Location: Cheam Lake Wetlands - Rosedale
Reported: Sept 6 (Jonathan Pap)
RBA: LONG-TAILED JAEGER (1 juv)
Location: Flying over the ferry jetty breakwater - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 5 (Ilya Povalyaev et al., m.obs)
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| Long-tailed Jaeger in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev |
RBA: POMARINE JAEGER (1 adult)
Location: Viewed by boat flying south off the end of the south jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 5 (Christopher Di Corrado)
HHUDSONIAN GODWIT (1)
Location: Last seen by scoping south (600m out) from the end of the S Jetty at Iona. Previously seen at the end of the N Jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 30 (Brendan Toews) to Sept 5 (Yousif Attia)
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| Hudsonian Godwit in Richmond - Photo: Brendan Toews |
Vesper Sparrows
Location: 1 bird 50 m past yellow gate that leads to banding station off Shaughnessy St entrance on the pumphouse trail at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: Sept 5 (Mike Farnworth, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE on the Fraser River Trail - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 1 (Bridget Spencer)
Location: 1 HERE on Pitt-Addington Marsh dyke at Pitt Meadows
Reported: Aug 29-30 (Cole Gaerber, m.obs)
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| Vesper Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Bridget Spencer |
Tundra Swan (1)
Location: HERE at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Sept 4 (Kate Paton)
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| Tundra Swan in Surrey - Photo: Kate Paton |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (1 juv)
Location: At pilings between 96-104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 3 (Kevin Louth)
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| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Kevin Louth |
Yellow-breasted Chat (1) *not open to public*
Location: Private Home - Coquitlam
Reported: Sept 2 (Moose Stoffregen)
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| Yellow-breasted Chat in Coquitlam - Photo: Moose Stoffregen |
SABINE'S GULL (2 adults)
Location: HERE viewed off boat - Delta
Reported: Oct 14 (Tasli Shaw)
Red-necked Phalaropes
Location: 2 in NW and NE inner pond at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 18-Sept 2 (Keith Riding, m.obs)
Brown Pelicans
Location: 1 viewed by boat HERE sitting on Harrison Lake - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Aug 31 (Lance Vanbasten)
Location: 1 off the end of the south jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 22 (Bridget Spencer)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: 1 adult last seen at the foot of 104th St also seen at 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 15-31 (Mike and Sharon Toochin, m.obs)
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| Pacific Golden-Plover in Delta - Photo: Sabine Decamp |
Heermann's Gull (1)
Location: Viewed while aboard ferry sitting near to the terminal berths (not visible from outside terminal) - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 31 (G. Newell)
Long-billed Curlew (1)
Location: Private Farm Field - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 28-31 (Glen Govier)
Stilt Sandpipers
Location: 7 in west field and also seen in the SW pond at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 13-30 (Simon Shutter, m.obs)
Location: 1 on dyke trail in front of Tsawwassen First Nations reserve - Delta
Reported: Aug 20 (Carlo Giovanella)
Location: 1 at pilings near 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 17 (Kaichi Huang, m.obs)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)
Location: South side of Hope Airport
Reported: Aug 25-29 (Gord Gadsden, m.obs)
Red-necked Phalaropes
Location: 5 between 96-104th St and seen at the mansion near 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 17-28 (Sabine Decamp at al., m.obs)
Location: Up to 29 HERE in pond and also seen in main pond by the mansion near 64th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 6-27 (Liz Stewart, m.obs)
Location: 11 in the west field at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 12-25 (Cam Montgomery, m.obs)
Location: 2 at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Aug 20-24 (John Gordon, m.obs)
Location: 2 at the north end of Sardis Pond - Chilliwack
Reported: Aug 21-23 (Jonathan Pap, m.obs)
Location: 1 at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Aug 22 (Rob Lyske)
Location: 2 at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Aug 21 (Len Jellicoe)
Location: 1 by the boardwalk at Shoreline Park - Port Moody
Reported: Aug 21 (Moose Stoffregen)
Reported: Aug 20 (Janet Pollock et al. m.obs)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: Between the NW and Sw inner pond at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 27 (Mike Toochin, m.obs)
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| Clay-colored Sparrow in Richmond - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Least Flycatcher (1)
Location: On bush HERE in the inner pond at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 27 (Kathryn Milligan)
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| Least Flycatcher in Richmond - Photo: Kathryn Milligan |
Solitary Sandpipers
Location: 1 HERE at Jackman Wetlands - Langley
Reported: Aug 27 (Moose Stoffregen)
Location: 1 at Tilbury Island - Delta
Reported: Aug 27 (Guy Monty)
Location: 1 HERE on the Nicomekl River - Surrey
Reported: Aug 25 (Danny Tyson)
Location: 2 at Cheam Lake - Rosedale
Reported: Aug 21 (Paul Foth)
Northern Waterthrushes
Reported: Aug 26 (Evan Larson)
Location: 1 HERE at west pond also seen at East Beach at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Aug 18-25 (Kevin Bell, m.obs)
Reported: Aug 15-24 (Bridget Spencer)
Location: 1, 150 m east of the Eagle Creek bridge near the Piper Spit entrance (also seen at the boardwalk) at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 22-24 (Istvan Orosi, m.obs)
Location: 2 at the SW corner of Lost Lagoon at Ceperley Creek in Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 21-23 (Anne Toewes, m.obs)
Location: 2 HERE at Serpentine Fen - Surrey
Reported: Aug 21 (Alison Evely)
Location: 1 HERE at Beaver Lake at Stanley Park -Vancouver
Reported: Aug 18-21 (Donal O’Keeffe, m.obs)
Location: 1 by the small pond at Hastings Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 19 (Liron Gertsman)
Location: 1 HERE at North Creek Duck Pond - Surrey
Reported: Aug 18 (Andrew Boycott)
Location: 1 at private home - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 13 (Bryan Stephens)
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| Northern Waterthrush in Burnaby - Photo: Bryan Stephens |
RBA: WHITE-THROATED SWIFT (1)
Location: flying over bridge at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Aug 25 (Rob Lyske)
UPLAND SANDPIPER (1)
Location: In field on the south side of Chilliwack Central Rd just east of Annis Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Aug 25 (Klaus Molthagen)
Heermann’s Gull (1) *viewed by boat*
Location: Sitting on rocks at Sand Heads Jetty - Richmond
Reported: Aug 25 (Ilya Povalyaev, Melissa Hafting, Bridget Spencer)
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| Heermann's Gull in Richmond - Photo: Bridget Spencer |
Ruddy Turnstone (3)
Location: 2 on the south side of the ferry jetty near the ferry berths - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 25 (Wayne Weber)
Location: 2 on the mudflats between 96th St and 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 13-25 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)
Location: 1 adult in breeding at 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 12 (Roger Foxall)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1) *not open to public*
Location: Private Home - Coquitlam
Reported: Aug 24 (Moose Stoffregen)
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| Clay-colored Sparrow in Coquitlam - Photo: Moose Stoffregen |
Long-billed Curlew (1) *Note there is no legal parking on this road. Please do not block traffic or farm equipment and respect farmland*
Location: Viewed by scope in field HERE on 88th St - Delta
Reported: Aug 23-24 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)
RBA: RED PHALAROPE (1) *Late report*
Location: Viewed by boat HERE in Burrard Inlet - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 19 (Mike Klotz)
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| Red Phalarope in Vancouver - Photo: Mike Klotz |
Wilson’s Phalarope
Location: 1 at the NE inner pond also seen in the outflow pond at Iona - Richond
Reported: Aug 21 (Mike Toochin, m.obs)
Parasitic Jaeger (1)
Location: Viewed from boat near Passsage Island - West Vancouver
Reported: Aug 20 (Yousif Attia)
Solitary Sandpiper (2)
Location: West pond at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Aug 20 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)
Tennessee Warbler (1 immature)
Location: Private Home near Deering Island - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 19 (Mike Toochin)
MAGNOLIA WARBLER (1)
Location: near the horse pond in the west end of the equestrian area at Island 22 - Chilliwack
Reported: Aug 19 (Gord Gadsden)
House Wren (1)
Location: 1 in front of farmhouse at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 13-Aug 19 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)
Heermann’s Gulls *Best viewed by scope*
Location: 2 on pilings at Gilbert Beach - Richmond
Reported: Aug 18 (Daniel Poon)
Location: 1 on the ferry jetty before flying off behind the ferry berths and then toward Point Roberts - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 16 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)
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| 1 of 2 Heermann's Gulls in Richmond - Photo: Daniel Poon |
Long-billed Curlew (1 flyover)
Location: Flew over pilings high up and north over fields at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 18 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)
Willet (1)
Location: 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 15-17 (Mike and Sharon Toochin)
Wandering Tattler (1)
Location: Seen on the south side on the south jetty at Iona between marker 126-160 - Richmond
Reported: Aug 11-12 (Tak Shibata)
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| Wandering Tattler in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata |
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: 1 seen on the south side on the south jetty at Iona between marker 126-160 - Richmond
Reported: Aug 12 (Tak Shibata)
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| Pacific Golden-Plover in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata |
Franklin's Gull (2 immature)
Location: At Pitt Lake HERE near the first Osprey nest off the dyke at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Aug 10-11 (Freda du Plessis, m.obs)
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| 2 Franklin’s Gulls in Pitt Meadows - Photo: James Park |
White-winged Crossbill (1)
Location: Flying west over Godwin Farm Biodiversity Preserve - Surrey
Reported: Aug 11 (Dan Tyson)
RBA: BLACK PHOEBE (1)
Location: Last seen west of the viewing platform near the picnic area. The bird has also been seen north of here near the creek outflow. It was first found HERE at Cheam Lake Wetlands - Rosedale
Reported: Aug 7-10 (Marc Sole and Catherine Denny, m.obs)
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| Black Phoebe in Rosedale - Photo: Marc Sole |
American White Pelican (1)
Location: 1 seen flying south along the marsh out from the dyke at the foot of Westminster Hwy - Richmond
Reported: Aug 10 (Brian Avent)
Wilson’s Phalarope (5)
Location: Up to 3 in west field near the tower at Reifel-Delta
Reported: July 31-Aug 10 (Brian Self, m.obs)
Location: 1 in pond near the mansion at 64th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 6-7 (Liz Stewart, m.obs)
Location: 1 HERE in pond at Elgin Park - Surrey
Reported: Aug 6 (Roger Foxall, m.obs)
Reported: July 31-Aug 2 (Martin Gebauer, m.obs)
Location: 1 at the base of the ferry jetty on the north side - Tsawwassen
Reported: July 19 (Kevin Louth)
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| Wilson’s Phalarope in Surrey - Photo: James Park |
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (3 - 1 adult and 2 juvs seen Aug 8 and 1 bird present Aug 9)
Location: On the mudflats with a Marbled Godwit between 104th St and pilings at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 8-9 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting, m.obs)
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| 1 of 3 Hudsonian Godwits in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev |
Red-necked Phalaropes
Location: 6 at the foot of 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 9 (Kathryn Milligan, m.obs)
Location: 4 briefly seen at the pilings near 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 7 (Mike and Sharon Toochin)
Long-billed Curlew (1 juv) *Please note the Iona inner ponds are subject to random closures and are not always open to birders*
Location: NE inner pond at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 8 (Cos van Wermeskerken)
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| Long-billed Curlew in Richmond - Photo: Cos van Wermeskerken |
Heermann’s Gull (1 adult)
Location: Sitting on rocks at Ferguson Point at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: August 6 (Hervé Tremblay)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: HERE at Sturgeon Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Aug 6 (James Park)
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| Western Kingbird in Pitt Meadows - Photo: James Park |
Yellow-breasted Chat (At least 3 - confirmed breeding - fledgling and adult photographed)
*Please do not use playback on this endangered species*
Location: On the Pitt River dyke at the south edge of Swaneset Golf Course - Pitt Meadows HERE
Reported: May 25-June Aug 5 (Dan Tyson, m.obs)
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| Adult and Juvenile Yellow-breasted Chat in Pitt Meadows (significant breeding record for Metro Van) - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev |
Wandering Tattler (1) *viewable by boat only*
Location: South end of Passage Island - West Vancouver
Reported: July 29-Aug 3 (Ken Wright)
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| Wandering Tattler in West Van - Photo: Ken Wright |
Solitary Sandpiper (3)
Location: 1 viewed by kayak HERE in Wigeon Creek - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Aug 2 (Paul Dawson)
Location: 1 HERE at the pond at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 1 (Kevin Krebs)
Location: 1 off the Loop Trail 50 m from the parking lot at Cheam Wetlands - Agassiz
Reported: July 30-31 (Gord Gadsden)
House Wren (4)
Location: 1 HERE at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 1 (Liron Gertsman)
Reported: July 22-23 (James Park)
Location: 1 HERE at UBC Farm - Vancouver
Reported: July 18 (Ian Burgess)
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| House Wren in North Van - Photo: James Park |
Trumpeter Swan (1, viewable by boat)
Location: HERE in Indian Arm
Reported: Aug 1 (Cameron Montgomery)
INDIGO BUNTING (1 male)
Location: HERE at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: July 21-30 (Graham Sunderland, m.obs)
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| Indigo Bunting in Coquitlam - Photo: Melissa Hafting |
Redhead (3 males)
Location: HERE off Iona causeway - Richmond
Reported: July 29 (Ian Burgess)
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| Redheads in Richmond - Photo: Ian Burgess |
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: Hope Airport
Reported: July 29 (Ken Davis)
Hudsonian Godwit (1 adult in breeding)
Location: Seen resting at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: July 22 (Matthew Stockinger)
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| Hudsonian Godwit in Surrey - Photo: Matthew Stockinger |
Yellow-breasted Chat (1)
Location: On the west side of Rannie Rd, 150 m south of the right angle turn where Rannie Rd hits the Pitt River Dyke and turns sharply to the east - Pitt Meadows
Reported: July 17 (Wayne Weber)
Long-billed Curlew (1 juvenile, scope needed)
Location: Off the Iona causeway HERE - Richmond
Reported: July 16 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)
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| Long-billed Curlew in Richmond - Photo: Yousif Attia |
COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD (1 adult female) *late report*
Location: At the feeder near the gift shop/house pond at Reifel - Ladner
Reported: June 12 (Mark Rubensohn)
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| Female Costa’s Hummingbird in Delta - Photo: Mark Rubensohn |
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: Briefly on N Jetty at Iona near active construction area - Richmond
Reported: July 15 (Brian Avent)
American White Pelican (51)
Location: Flying south over Crescent Beach; Surrey
Reported: July 11 (Martin Gebauer)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: HERE at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: July 7 (Devon Yu)
American Avocet (1)
Location: Vanier Park Pond - Vancouver
Reported: July 7 (Sara Harris, m.obs)
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| American Avocet in Vancouver - Photo: Sara Harris |
Least Flycatcher (1)
Location: 1 last seen on the Peach Creek Rotary Trail just SE of GBHR. Previously seen on the Tower Trail at Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve - Chilliwack
Directions: Take a left off the central trail onto the Tower Trail and the bird was by the first boardwalk.
Reported: June 14-July 7 (Jamie Gadsden, m.obs)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: Viewed from viewing platform at McCartney Creek off Dollarton Hwy at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: July 5 (Sue Flecker)
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| Western Kingbird in North Van - Photo: Sue Flecker |
American White Pelican (22)
Location: Viewed by scope from end of spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: July 4-5 (Dominic Janus, m.obs)