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 in location)  and/or for any identification questions, please email Melissa Hafting at bcbirdergirl@gmail.com

Mountain Bluebirds (6)

Location: HERE at Gordon Park - Vancouver
Reported: April 13-14 (Ryan Lewis, m.obs)

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 14 (Brian and Anne McSkimming, m.obs)

White-winged Dove in Vancouver - Photo: Ben Lambert

Lapland Longspur (2)

Location: marker 208-225 at the Iona South Jetty - Richmond
Reported: April 10-14 (Craig Huish et al., m.obs)

Lapland Longspur in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata

Willet (3)

Location: seen at foot of 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-April 14/25 (Mike Tabak, m.obs) 

Willet in Delta - Photo: Peter Candido

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)

Common Teal (4)

Location: 1 at Bonson Rd pond - Pitt Meadows 
Reported: April 9-12 (Kiera Fritsch)

Location: 1 HERE at Fraser Foreshore Park - Burnaby 
Reported: March 28-April 12 (Dan Pontalti, m.obs)

Location: 1 at east beach at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Feb 17-April 12 (Sue Flecker, 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)

TUFTED DUCK (1, appears to be the same bird first seen at Vanier Park)

Location: SW inner pond viewed from pipe at Iona - Richmond
Reported: April 11 (Bryan Zandberg, m.obs)

Tufted Duck in Richmond - Photo: Grant Edwards

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)

Red Knot (3-4)

Location: 2 last seen at the foot of 72nd St and also on the pilings between 96-104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Dec 22/24-April 2/25 (Alison Evely et al.)

Location: at the foot of 112th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Jan 5 (Debbi Hlady)

Location: 2 on pilings near Purple Martin boxes at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Nov 5/24-Jan 1/25 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

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

California Scrub-Jays

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-April 2/25 (Grant Edwards, m.obs)

Location: 5 (2 adult HERE confirmed breeding with 3 young) on #3 Rd near Richmond Music School - Richmond
Reported: May 6/24-April 2/25 (Tom Plath, m.obs)

Location: Up to 3 at 7855 Shackleton Drive. Also seen on Eperson Rd and Willowfield Dr - Richmond
Reported: Dec 6/22-March 29/25 (Catherine Chow, m.obs)

Location: 2 at N MacDonald Ave and Oxford St - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 8/22-March 29/25 (Margaret Hansen, m.obs)

Location: 1 at 9515 Hazel St - Chilliwack
Reported: Jan 10/24-March 21/25 (Jason Alexander, m.obs)

Location: 2 at 220th St and Dewdney Trunk Rd - Maple Ridge
Reported: 2015-Jan 12/2025 (m.obs)

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)

Location: 1 at 7439 James St - Mission
Reported: Jan 24-Sept 14/24 (Brent Schmor, m.obs)

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)

TUFTED DUCK (1, immature drake)

Location: last seen at Lost Lagoon first seen HERE at main pond at Vanier Park - Vancouver
Reported: March 1-30 (Christine Balkwill, m.obs)

Tufted Duck in Vancouver - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

Yellow-billed Loon (2)

Location: 1 off Porteau Cove - Squamish
Reported: Dec 26/24-Mar 30/25 (Cameron Montgomery, m.obs)

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

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)

Western Tanager (2)

Location: 1 in a tree by the pier - White Rock
Reported: Dec 31 (David Brooks)

Location: 1 last seen HERE at Steveston Community Park after first being found in private yard nearby - Richmond
Reported: Dec 30-31 (Cameron Walker)

Western Tanager in Richmond - Photo: Cameron Walker

Common Teal (3)

Location: 1 HERE at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Dec 31 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 on log boom visible from  HERE at Fraser Foreshore Park - Burnaby
Reported: Dec 12-25 (Lise Owens)

Location: 1 at Surrey Lake Park - Surrey
Reported: Dec 23 (Frank Lin)

Empid Species (1)

Location: Forslund Watson Wildlife Area (not open to public) - Langley
Reported: Dec 30 (Eric Habisch)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: HERE at Deer Lake Park - Burnaby
Reported: Dec 22 (Woodstock P.)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: HERE off Mtn View Blvd - Ladner
Reported: Dec 15 (Lise Owens, m.obs)

Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)

Location: at the intersection of Cardinal Dr and Raven Drive - Squamish 
Reported:Dec 15 (Heather Baines)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: perched above the nursery HERE at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Reported: Dec 12 (Sam MacTavish)

Wilson’s Warbler (1)

Location: HERE at the base of trail 3 at Tower Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Dec 12 (Neill Vanhinsberg)

Wilson’s Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: Neill Vanhinsberg

BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER (1)

Location: HERE and HERE at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: Dec 3-11 (Mike, Barb and Kimberly McGrenere, m.obs)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Squamish - Photo: Mike McGrenere

Golden Eagle (1)

Location: last seen perched HERE. First seen flying south over HERE at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: Dec 3-11 (Barb, Mike and Kimberly McGrenere, m.obs)

Golden Eagle in Squamish - Photo: Griffin Duckworth

Mountain Chickadee (2)

Location: HERE at Oliver’s Landing - Furry Creek
Reported: Dec 5-8 (Cameron Montgomery)

Mountain Chickadee at Furry Creek - Photo: Cameron Montgomery

Wilson’s Warbler (1)

Location: HERE near skate courts - Squamish
Reported: Dec 3-8 (Griffin Duckworth)

Common Teal (1)

Location: Shoreline Park - Port Moody
Reported: Dec 6 (Conor Wilson)

Black-throated Gray Warbler (1)

Location: private home - Cloverdale
Reported: Dec 4 (Henry Dejong)

Western Gull (1 adult)

Location: 72nd St turf farm - Delta
Reported: Dec 2 (Richard Wakelam and Dan Tyson)

Redheads

Location: 1 male in main pond at Garden City Lands - Richmond
Reported: Nov 22-Dec 1 (Dan Tyson, m.obs)

Location: 1 in main outer pond at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Nov 26 (Mike Tabak)

Location: 1 off fish and chips restaurant at Crescent Beach - Surrey 
Reported: Nov 24 (Yousif Attia)

Location: 1 female in MacLean Pond at Campbell Valley Park - Langley
Reported: Nov 22-23 (Sarah von Innerebner, m.obs)

Rock Sandpiper (1)

Location: by light beacon at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Nov 27-30 (Denise Kitson, m.obs)

Rock Sandpiper in Point Roberts - Photo: Denise Kitson

Golden Eagle (1)

Location: Flying east over HERE - Abbotsford
Reported: Nov 29 (Krissi Martin)

Golden Eagle in Abbotsford - Photo: Krissi Martin

Wilson's Warbler (2)

Location: 1 HERE between 64-72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 28 (Sandra Palbiski)

Location: 1 HERE in ivy at Garry Point Park - Richmond 
Reported: Nov 25 (Yousif Attia)

Wilson’s Warbler in Delta - Photo: Sandra Palbiski

Rusty Blackbird (1)

Location: HERE with Brewer’s Blackbirds on Squamish Valley Rd - Squamish
Reported: Nov 27 (Joachim Bertrands et al.)

RUFF (1)

Location: HERE in sw inner pond with Long-billed Dowitchers (viewed from the pipe) at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Nov 23-25 (Faye Manning, m.obs)

Ruff in Richmond - Photo: Faye Manning

Rock Sandpiper (3)

Location: on the Sand Heads breakwater viewed by boat - Richmond
Reported: Nov 25 (Carli Wylie, Mike Klotz and Ken Wright)

Rock Sandpiper in Richmond - Photo: Ken Wright

Parasitic Jaeger (1)

Location: off cecil green at UBC viewed by boat - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 25 (Carli Wylie, Mike Klotz and Ken Wright)

Red Knot (1)

Location: turf farm on 72nd St  - Delta
Reported: Nov 24 (John Gordon)

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Garry Point Park - Richmond 
Reported: Nov 24 (Melissa Hafting)

Snow Buntings

Location: 1 on south side of ferry jetty halfway along gravel road - Tsawwassen 
Reported: Nov 20-23 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Location: 3 on path by viewing tower at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Nov 15-21 (Sean Sparrow)

Location: 1 on beach logs near light beacon at Lighthouse Park -Point Roberts
Reported: Nov 10-19 (Sarah von Innerebner, m.obs)

Snow Bunting in Delta - Photo: Mike Tabak

BLACKPOLL WARBLER (1)

Location: Seen in trees at the corner of Harwood St and Bute St - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 21 (Nicolas Demers)

Yellow-billed Loon (1)

Location: off Oliver's Landing - Furry Creek
Reported: Nov 21 (Ken Wright et al.)

Swamp Sparrow (2)

Location: 1 HERE at Lost Lagoon -  Delta
Reported: Nov 11-19 (Mike Fung, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Horseshoe Slough near Shell Rd  - Richmond
Reported: Nov 17-18 (Tom Plath, m.obs)

Swamp Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Mike Fung

Osprey (1, late)

Location: flying by Sunset beach heading towards Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 19 (Mike Boyd)

Western Gull (1 adult)

Location: in field behind Tim Hortons on Burns Dr  - Delta
Reported: Nov 19 (Mike Tabak)

Western Gull in Delta - Photo: Mike Tabak

Franklin’s Gull (2)

Location: 1 in field on Gibson Rd near Prairie Central  Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Nov 1-Nov 18 (Chris McDonald, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE on 96th St -  Delta
Reported: Nov 11 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Franklin’s Gull in Chilliwack - Photo: Justin Flint 

Common Yellowthroat (2)

Location: 1 by the washrooms at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Nov 8-18 (Alison Evely, m.obs)

Location: 1 south of the 64th St dyke - Tsawwassen
Reported: Nov 9 (Debbi Hlady)

Red Knot (1, late)

Location: compensation lagoon at ferry jetty - Tsawwassen
Reported: Nov 17 (Kevin Krebs)

Northern Goshawk (1 juv)

Location: briefly perched by the outhouse porta potty on the inner grassy trail at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Nov 17 (Evan Gogal)

Northern Goshawk in Delta - Photo: Evan Gogal

Yellow-billed Loon (2 different birds)

Location: 1 by the main parking and 1 by the light beacon at Lighthouse Park - Point Roberts   
Reported: Nov 12-15 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimko, Roger Foxall, m.obs)

Redheads

Location: 1 at Blakeburn Lagoon - Port Coquitlam 
Reported: Nov 11-15 (Mari Petznek)

Location: 1 off end of spit at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Nov 15 (Krissi Martin)

Location: 3  west of White Rock Pier - White Rock
Reported: Nov 8-12 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Snow Bunting (1)

Location: on beach logs near light beacon at Lighthouse Park -Point Roberts   
Reported: Nov 10 (Sarah von Innerebner)

Gray Catbird (1)

Location: in flock of robins 200 m east of HERE - Pitt Meadows 
Reported: Nov 9 (Mike Tabak)

Gray Catbird in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Mike Tabak

Red Knot (2)

Location: on pilings near Purple Martin boxes at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Nov 5-8 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Wilson’s Warbler (2)

Location: 1 HERE at Trout Lake - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 5-7 (Kathleen Oliver)

Location: 1 at private home near Deer Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Nov 5 (George Clulow)

Snow Bunting (6)

Location: 3 at marker 196 on south jetty at Iona - Richmond   
Reported: Oct 21-Nov 7 (Avery Meeker, m.obs)

Location: 4 at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs   
Reported: Nov 2-3 (Chris McDonald, m.obs)

Snow Bunting in Richmond - Photo: Ben Lambert

Blue-winged Teal (1 female, late)

Location: in pond at Elgin Heritage Park - Surrey
Reported: Nov 5-6 (Frank Lin, m.obs)

Ancient Murrelet (540+)

Location: 540 Flying by the lighthouse and 20 on the water at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Nov 5 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimko, m.obs)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Location: 30 at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs   
Reported: Nov 2-4 (Chris McDonald, m.obs)

Location: 28 HERE on FSR near Florence Lake - Mission
Reported: Nov 3 (Kiera Fritsch)

Lapland Longspurs

Location: 1 on wide gravel section east of taxi pullout at the ferry jetty - Delta   
Reported: Oct 31-Nov 3 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)

Location: 2 by light beacon and overflow campground at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts   
Reported: Oct 24-Nov 3 (Kevin Louth, Ken Klimko and Phil Wright, m.obs)

Location: 3 at marker 145-196 on south jetty at Iona - Richmond   
Reported: Oct 21-23 (Avery Meeker, m.obs)

Location: 2 at end of spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey   
Reported: Oct 13-22 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Location: 1 flying over the outer pond/boardwalk at Iona - Richmond   
Reported: Oct 21 (Yousif Attia)

Location: 1 by playground at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts   
Reported: Oct 17 (Melissa Hafting)

Ancient Murrelet (30+)

Location: Flying by the lighthouse and on the water at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 29-Nov 3 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimko, m.obs)

American Tree Sparrow (1)

Location: 1 HERE on FSR near Florence Lake - Mission
Reported: Nov 3 (Kiera Fritsch)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: off the cliffs at Kloochman Park - West Vancouver
Reported: Nov 2 (Rob Lyske)

Pine Grosbeak (2)

Location: 1 at E. 31 Ave and Prince Albert St (Mtn View Cemetery) - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 2 (Scott Edwards)

Location: 1 HERE at McClughan Park - Langley
Reported: Oct 29 (Dan Tyson)

Bohemian Waxwing (2)

Location: 2 HERE at Deboville Slough - Coquitlam
Reported: Nov 2 (Kiera Fritsch)

Bohemian Waxwings in Coquitlam - Photo: Kiera Fritsch

Horned Lark (3)

Location: in field on Gibson Rd north of McGuire Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Nov 2 (Krissi Martin)

Location: 1 at marker 160 on south jetty at Iona - Richmond   
Reported: Oct 29 (Tak Shibata)

Rusty Blackbirds (2)

Location: in field at Dixon Rd and No 5 Rd - Abbotsford   
Reported: Oct 30 (Gord Gadsden)

American Tree Sparrow (2)

Location: 1 HERE at Trout Lake  - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 27-29 (Ed Nygren, m.obs)

Location: 1 by duck pond at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: Oct 25 (Mike Farnworth)

American Tree Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Alex Leeder

Redheads

Location: 1 male off Totem Park near East Beach and 1 hen seen off White Rock Pier - White Rock
Reported: Oct 20-29 (Ilya Povalyaev and Roger Foxall, m.obs)

Location: 2 at Blakeburn Lagoon - Port Coquitlam 
Reported: Oct 28 (Moose Stoffregen, m.obs)

Location: 2 males off the east end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey 
Reported: Oct 22 (Henry Dejong)

Clark’s Grebe (1)

Location: looking SE from end of White Rock Pier - White Rock
Reported: Oct 21-28 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (1)

Location: Last seen briefly 50m west of the  80th St pumphouse. On Oct 22 briefly seen HERE on Churchill Street opposite BCFresh. First seen HERE briefly near 80th St pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 21-25 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Ash-throated Flycatcher in Delta - Photo: Kevin Louth

Red-naped Sapsucker (1)

Location: HERE at the lookout at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Reported: Oct 24 (Helen Baker)

Red-naped Sapsucker in North Van - Photo: Helen Baker

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: in ditch just west of 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 24 (Monica Nugent)

Franklin’s Gull (1)

Location: In flooded field on Old Dewdney Trunk and Neaves  Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Oct 23 (Mike Tabak)

Franklin’s Gull in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Mike Tabak

Heermann’s Gull

Location: 1 at compensation lagoon and 12 by rocks at berth 1 at ferry jetty - Tsawwassen
Reported: Oct 21-23 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Location: 10 flying north past Lighthouse Marine Park parking lot heading towards Canada - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 20-22 (Melissa Hafting)

Heermann’s Gull in Delta - Photo: Mike Tabak

Swamp Sparrow (1)

Location: at the foot of the Francis Rd dyke on the West Dyke Trail - Richmond
Reported: Oct 21-22 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES

Location: 1 at Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: Oct 18 (Gord Gadsden)

Location: 3 at East Sector Park - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Oct 17 (Gord Gadsden)

BLACK PHOEBE (1)

Location: HERE and HERE on dyke near Wellsline and Lamson Rds - Abbotsford
Reported: Oct 2-17 (Jean Bergen, m.obs)

Black Phoebe in Abbotsford - Photo: Gabrielle Cuff

Swamp Sparrows 

Location: 1 HERE near boardwalk at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 17 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Location: 2 along the west fence line at East Sector Park - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Oct 17 (Gord Gadsden)

Location: 1 on the east side of Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: Oct 15 (Gord Gadsden)

American Golden-Plovers

Location: 1 near Purple Martin boxes at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 17 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Location: 3 at the foot of 96th St and 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 18-Oct 16 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Location: 1 near the end of the South Jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 24 (Tak Shibata)

MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE (1 or 2 birds)

Location: briefly seen in pines by the playground and overflow campground at Lighthouse Marine Park- Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 16-17 (Kevin Louth, Ken Klimko and Melissa Hafting)

Mountain Chickadee in Point Roberts - Photo: Kevin Louth 

Clay-colored Sparrow (1)

Location: North side of 112th St woodlot feeding close to track in sw corner of bare field at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 16 (Kevin Louth)

Mountain Bluebird (1)

Location: in Saveneye area near Purple Martin boxes at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey   
Reported: Oct 16 (Moose Stoffregen)

Mountain bluebird in Surrey - Photo: Moose Stoffregen

Heermann’s Gull (1)

Location: seen by scope off the marina jetty - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 15 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimko)

Ancient Murrelet (1)

Location: Flying by the lighthouse at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Oct 15 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimko)

Northern Waterthrush (2)

Location: 1 at north walking bridge near highway at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Oct 12-14 (Chris McDonald and Randy Walker, m.obs)

Location: 1 reported HERE off the boardwalk at Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Oct 12 (Vanessa Hum)

American Goshawk (1 juv, reported)

Location: west end of Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver 
Reported: Oct 13 (Joe Denham)

Horned Lark (1)

Location: at marker 52 also seen at marker 220 on the south jetty at Iona -Richmond
Reported: Oct 12-13 (Ian Burgess, m.obs)

ARCTIC TERN (1)

Location: briefly on beach off the kayak centre at Jericho Beach - Vancouver
Reported: Oct 10-13 (Nathan Heuver)

Cassin’s Finch (1)

Location: Private Home - Coquitlam
Reported: Oct 12 (Moose Stoffregen)

SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (4)

Location: 1 seen in house pond. 4 seen in west field near SW marsh at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Sept 21-Oct 12 (Peter Candido, m.obs)

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Mike Tabak

MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE (2)

Location: HERE at Minnekhada Regional Park - Coquitlam
Reported: Oct 5-11 (Greg Hart, m.obs)

Mountain Chickadee in Coquitlam - Photo: Greg Hart

Nashville Warbler (1)

Location: briefly HERE near Saveneye area at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Oct 11 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Rusty Blackbird (1)

Location: HERE at Costco parking lot - Abbotsford
Reported: Oct 10 (Dave Olson)

Bar-tailed Godwit (1 adult)

Location: Between 88th St and the mansion and seen at the foot of 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 26-Oct 10 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Bar-tailed Godwit in Delta - Photo: Mike Tabak

LEACH’S STORM-PETREL (1)

Location: flying east off the Sand Heads breakwater viewed by boat - Richmond
Reported: Oct 9 (Peter Candido and Alex Leeder)

Leach’s Storm-Petrel in Richmond - Photo: Alex Leeder

Palm Warbler (1)

Location: HERE at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Oct 9 (Dave Hoar et al.)

Palm Warbler in Delta - Photo: David Hoar

House Wren (1)

Location:  100 m west of 80th St pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Oct 9 (Kevin Louth)

Ancient Murrelet (1)

Location:  viewed by boat off Sand Heads - Richmond
Reported: Oct 9 (Ian Burgess et al.)

Ancient Murrelet in Richmond - Photo: Alex Leeder

Clay-colored Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE on west dyke between Blundell and Francis Rd - Richmond
Reported: Oct 3 (Geoff McDonell)

Clay-colored Sparrow in Richmond - Photo: Geoff McDonell

Swainson's Hawk (2)

Location: flying south over Sumas Mtn - Abbotsford
Reported: Oct 3 (Dan Tyson)

BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER X TOWNSEND'S WARBLER (1, late report)

Location: HERE on trail off Dhaliwal Place - Chilliwack
Reported: Sept 14 (Justin Flint)

Black-throated Green x Townsend’s Warbler Hybrid - Photo: Justin Flint

Horned Larks

Location: 2 at the foot of 34th St at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Oct 3 (Michael Shepard)

Location: 2 at the end of spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey 
Reported: Aug 28-Oct 3 (Anne Murray, m.obs)

Location: 1 flying over Oliver's Landing - Furry Creek
Reported: Oct 3 (Tobin Sparling)

Location: 6 at marker 220 on the south jetty at Iona -Richmond
Reported: Sept 5-24 (Tak Shibata, m.obs)

Location: 4 at end of north jetty at Iona -Richmond
Reported: Sept 20 (John Reynolds)

Location: 6 on Centennial Beach - Delta
Reported: Sept 16 (Moose Stoffregen)

Location: 4 at 72nd St turf farm - Delta
Reported: Sept 16 (Yousif Attia et. al)

Location: 1 on beach HERE at Beach Grove  - Delta
Reported: Sept 8 (Ian Burgess and Laura Moth)

Horned Lark in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata

Vesper Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at picnic area at Cypress Mtn - West Van
Reported: Sept 29-Oct 2 (Nick Park, m.obs)

Western x Clark’s Grebe Hybrid (1)

Location: HERE along the Harris Rd Dyke - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Sept 29-30 (Moose Stoffregen, m.obs)

Heermann’s Gull (1)

Location: briefly on mudflats east of pilings between 96-104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 29 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Red-naped Sapsucker (2)

Location: 1 briefly in 20200 block of 93b Ave before flying SW - Langley
Reported: Sept 29 (Dan Tyson)

Location: 1 HERE on Mountain Ash Tree - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 28 (Brent Diakow)

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (1)

Location: in willow tree directly across from benches at the main duck pond (below Seasons in the Park restaurant) at QE Park -Vancouver
Reported: Sept 28 (Evan Morien)

PRAIRIE WARBLER (1)

Location: HERE at Beach Grove Park - Delta
Reported: Sept 27 (Sabine Decamp)

Prairie Warbler in Delta - Photo: Sabine Decamp

Gray Catbird (at least 2) *rare for time of year*

Location: Iona outer pond across from the base of the south jetty - Richmond
Reported: Sept 27 (Mike Toochin, m.obs)

Northern Waterthrush (1)

Location: at Burnaby Lake between Piper Spit and Cariboo bridge - Burnaby
Reported: Sept 27 (Joe Denham)

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (1 reported)

Location: In Arbutus Unedo tree on west side of Devonian Harbour Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 23 (Joe Denham)

Sabine’s Gull (2)

Location: offshore of Iona viewed by boat  -Richmond 
Reported: Sept 22 (Doug Martin)

Lapland Longspurs 

Location: 1 at marker 170 on the south jetty at Iona - Richmond  
Reported: Sept 11-22 (Tak Shibata, m.obs)

Location: 3 at end of spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey   
Reported: Sept 15-22 (Mari Petznek, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Ambleside Park  - West Van  
Reported: Sept 14 (Rob Lyske)

Lapland Longspur in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata

Broad-winged Hawk (1)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area - West Vancouver
Reported: Sept 21 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Broad-winged Hawk in West Van - Photo: Brent Taylor

Broad-winged Hawk (2)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area - West Vancouver
Reported: Sept 20 (Rob Lyske et al.)

WHITE-FACED/GLOSSY IBIS (1)

Location: flying south over Blackie Spit heading towards Blaine - Surrey
Reported: Sept 19 (Debbi Hlady and Phil Wright)

Yellow-billed Loon (1)

Location: off light beacon at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Sept 17-20 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimko)

Solitary Sandpiper (1)

Location: main pond at Elgin Park - Surrey  
Reported: Sept 19 (Mike Keiver)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: Cypress Picnic Area - West Vancouver 
Reported: Sept 18 (Peter Candido)

Black-and-white Warbler (1)

Location: in the weeping cottonwood at the north west corner of the north pond at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 18 (Kaitie McPartlin)

Broad-winged Hawk (3)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area - West Vancouver
Reported: Sept 18 (Rob Lyske et al.)

Broad-winged Hawk (2)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area - West Vancouver
Reported: Sept 16 (Rob Lyske, Richard Wakelam et al.)

Vesper Sparrow (3)

Location: 1 HERE at Ambleside Park - West Van
Reported: Sept 14-15 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Blakeburn Lagoons - Coquitlam
Reported: Sept 13 (Mari Petznek)

Location: 1 at Private Home - Coquitlam
Reported: Sept 12 (Moose Stoffregen)

Vesper Sparrow in Coquitlam - Photo: Moose Stoffregen

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: NE side of Beaver Lake at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 15 (Dominic O'Ferrall)

Stilt Sandpipers

Location: 1 in west field near tower and at house pond at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 1-Sept 15 (Philip Wright, m.obs)

Location: 2 HERE at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Aug 26-Sept 2 (Heikel Badrulhisham, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Aug 10-11 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Stilt Sandpiper in Surrey - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

American Golden-Plovers

Location: 2 in the dirt field at the turf farm on 72nd St - Delta
Reported: Sept 12-15 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Location: 1 at marker 131 on the south jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Sept 12 (Grant Edwards)

Location: 1 at Beach Grove Lagoon near pumphouse - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 9 (Aaron Barker)

American Golden-Plover in Richmond - Photo: Grant Edwards

Broad-winged Hawk (6)

Location: flying over Cypress Picnic Area - West Vancouver
Reported: Sept 15 (Rob Lyske, Mike Toochin et al.)

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

CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD (1 female)

Location: Private Home - Coquitlam
Reported: Sept 9-13 (Moose Stoffregen)

Calliope Hummingbird in Coquitlam - Photo: Moose Stoffregen

Clay-colored Sparrow (1)

Location: Private Home - Coquitlam
Reported: Sept 13 (Moose Stoffregen)

Clay-colored Sparrow in Coquitlam - Photo: Moose Stoffregen 

Red-necked Phalarope

Location: 4 in west field by tower at Reifel - Delta
Reported: July 27-Sept 13 (Ben Lambert and Peter Candido, m.obs)

Location: 1 off 96 at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 13 (Yousif Attia)

Location: 1 off pier at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: Sept 10 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 4 at the footbridge at Green Lake - Whistler
Reported: Aug 29 (Ellen Ramsay)

Location: 1 at Beach grove lagoon  - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 25 (Nicki Brocamp)

Location: 1 at outer pond at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Aug 24 (Ben Lambert, m.obs)

Location: 18 at Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 15-16 (Frank Lin, m.obs)

Location: 4 at Mud Bay viewed from end of spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Aug 16 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 flying by 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 15 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 at Willband Creek Park Pond - Abbotsford
Reported: Aug 14 (Dave Olson)

Broad-winged Hawk (2)

Location: flying south over Cypress Picnic Area - West Vancouver
Reported: Sept 12 (Rob Lyske)

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

Least Flycatcher (1)

Location: Private Home - Coquitlam
Reported: Sept 11 (Moose Stoffregen)

Least Flycatcher in Coquitlam - photo: Moose Stoffregen

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (1)

Location: 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta 
Reported: Sept 11 (Mike Tabak)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Mike Tabak

Brown Pelican (1)

Location: in front of 80th St pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 10-11 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

BROAD-WINGED HAWK (1)

Location: flying south over Mud Bay - Surrey
Reported: Sept 10 (Griffin Duckworth)

Broad-winged Hawk - Photo: Griffin Duckworth

SWAINSON’S HAWK (1)

Location: flying south over Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Sept 10 (Sue Flecker)

Swainson’s Hawk in North Van - Photo: Sue Flecker 

ROCK WREN (1)

Location: HERE off Swift Creek Forest Service Rd - Squamish
Reported: Sept 10 (Jess Findlay)

SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (1)

Location: Seen HERE briefly off farmhouse between 64th and Beach Grove at Boundary Bay - Tsawwassen
Reported: Sept 10 (Kevin Louth)

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Kevin Louth

Palm Warbler (1)

Location: briefly at Blackie Spit in front of Purple Martin boxes before flying high towards Elgin - Surrey
Reported: Sept 10 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Palm Warbler in Surrey - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

Vesper Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE feeding on gravel path at the planetarium at Vanier Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 10 (Christine Balkwill)

Northern Waterthrush (1)

Location: at NE corner of Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 9 (Joe Denham)

Franklin’s Gulls

Location: 1 on Fraser River at the end of Rupert Street - Hope
Reported: Sept 7-8 (Ken Davis, m.obs)

Location: 1 last seen HERE at Jericho. First seen HERE at Spanish Banks - Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 4-Sept 5 (Jackson Ceedub, Tobin Sparling, m.obs)

Location: 1 between 96-104th St at the pilings at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 15-Sept 2 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Location: 1 on water at Crescent Beach - Surrey
Reported: Aug 19  (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 on water off the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Aug 16 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 at Grebe Islets viewable from Kloochman Park - West Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 15 (Ken Wright)

Franklin's Gull in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

Redhead

Location: 1 at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: Sept 7 (Chris McDonald)

Solitary Sandpipers

Location: 2 at Surrey Lake - Surrey
Reported: Sept 2-7 (Frank Lin, m.obs)

Location: 3 in pond by bridge at Jericho - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 7-31 (Nick Park, m.obs)

Location: 2 at main pond at Garden City Lands - Richmond
Reported: Aug 20-29 (Mike Fung, Richard Wakelam, m.obs)

Location: 1 at pond at base of Mystery Chair at Seymour Mtn - North Van
Reported: Aug 25 (Mari Petznek)

Location: 1 at south end of Trout Lake -Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 23 (Ed Nygren)

Location: 1 on river near the pumphouse and opposite road leading to Shaughnessy St and duck pond at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: Aug 18 (Cos van Wermeskerken)

Location: 1 at east lagoon at Blakeburn Lagoons - Port Coquitlam
Reported: Aug 16 (Elzbieta Nowak)

Location: 2 in West field near tower at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 10-16 (Sabine Jessen and Peter Candido)

Location: 1 at the end of the Harris Rd Dyke - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Aug 15 (Mike Farnworth, m.obs)

Location: 2 HERE in pond at Elgin Park - Surrey
Reported: Aug 7-14 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Location: 1 in pond HERE at Ambleside - West Vancouver
Reported: Aug 14 (Rob Lyske)

Location: 1 at beach grove lagoon - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 8-10 (Liron Gertsman)

Location: 1 at Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 9 (Susan Camp)

Location: 1 HERE at Cypress - West Van
Reported: Aug 9 (David Huggard)

Solitary Sandpiper in Burnaby - Photo: Susan Camp

Lewis’s Woodpecker (2)

Location: peak of Flatiron - Hope
Reported: Sept 4 (John Gordon)

LARK SPARROW (1)

Location: HERE half way to the end of spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey 
Reported: Sept 2-3 (Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)

Lark Sparrow in Surrey - Photo: Cos van Wermeskerken

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (1)

Location: Private Home - Vancouver
Reported: Sept 2 (Kevin Lam)

Ash-throated Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photo: Kevin Lam

Vesper Sparrow (2)

Location: 1 HERE at Jericho - Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 29-Sept 2 (Paul Jacques, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Garden City Park - Richmond 
Reported: Aug 29 (Melissa Hafting)

Vesper Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Paul Jacques

Lapland Longspur (1)

Location: flying from 96 towards 88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Sept 1-2 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Brown Pelican (1)

Location: sitting on large barrel structure by the breakwater at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal - Delta 
Reported: Aug 28-Sept 1 (Doug Martin, m.obs)

Ruddy Turnstones

Location: Up to 3 seen on pilings between 96-104th St and at 112th St and 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Aug 18-Sept 1 (Tom Plath, m.obs)

Location: 2 at compensation lagoon at ferry jetty - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 28-Sept 1 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Location: 1 flyby at Beach grove lagoon  - Tsawwassen
Reported: Aug 25 (Alison Evely)

Wilson’s Phalarope (3)

Location: in pond by tower at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Aug 7-Sept 1 (Geoffrey Newell, m.obs)

Wilson’s Phalarope in Delta - Photo: Geoffrey Newell

ARCTIC TERN (1)

Location: offshore of Iona viewed by boat  -Richmond 
Reported: Aug 31 (Ilya Povalyaev, Melissa Hafting et al.)

Arctic Tern in Richmond - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

Heermann’s Gull (1)

Location: at Sand Heads viewed by boat  -Richmond 
Reported: Aug 31 (Ilya Povalyaev, Melissa Hafting et al.)

Heermann's Gull in Richmond - Photo: Melissa Hafting

BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE (3)

Location: 2 immatures (1 found deceased on Aug 30th) last seen HERE and HERE on Kendrick Loop - Maple Ridge 
Reported: Aug 27-30 (Patricia Dixon, m.obs)

**Please do not point your camera or binoculars at private homes or block private driveways**

Location: 1 sitting on a wire HERE on 16th Ave west of 208th - Langley
Reported: Aug 27 (Henry DeJong)

Black-billed Magpie in Maple Ridge - Photo: Peter Candido

Upland Sandpiper (1)

Location: viewing platform at Eagle Point Park - Harrison Mills
Reported: Aug 30 (Gord Gadsden)

LARK SPARROW (1)

Location: HERE at Brydon Lagoon - Langley 
Reported: Aug 29 (Laurel McDonald, m.obs)

Lark Sparrow in Langley - Photo: Peter Candido

Lewis’s Woodpecker (2)

Location: 1 flying south over McCartney Creek at Maplewood Flats - North Van 
Reported: Aug 29 (Sue Flecker)

Location: 1 flying east over Harbourside Park - North Van 
Reported: Aug 29 (John Kalman)

Location: 1 HERE at Great Blue Heron Reserve - Chilliwack
Reported: Aug 29 (Ken Davis, m.obs)

Lewis’s Woodpecker in North Van - Photo: Sue Flecker 

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (2)

Location: 1 HERE at Island  22 -  Chilliwack
Reported: Aug 20-29 (Chris McDonald, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park -  Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 16-18 (Neil Simpson, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE and HERE at Jericho Park - Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 10-17 (Heikal Badrulhisham, m.obs)

Black-and-white Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: Nick Park

Pygmy Nuthatches

Location: 2 at Private Home (not open to public) - Aldergrove
Reported: Aug 29 (Jean Smith)

Location: 2 at Private Home (not open to public) - North Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 25 (Isabelle Joncas)

Pygmy Nuthatches in North Van - Photo: Isabelle Joncas

Western Kingbirds

Location: 1 at intersection of the pumphouse and the trail to duck pond off Shaughnessy Street at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: Aug 29 (Mike Farnworth)

Location: 1 HERE near Park Royal Mall - West Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 28 (Kathleen Oliver)

Location: 1 at soccer field near Ambleside pond - West Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 25 (Jeff and Katherine Ogden)

Clay-colored Sparrow (2)

Location: 1 by the tower at the base of the Iona south jetty -  Richmond 
Reported: Aug 28 (Mayumi and Tak Shibata)

Location: 1 by the tennis courts at Jericho Park -Vancouver
Reported: Aug 28 (Laura Moth)

Clay-colored Sparrow in  Richmond - Photo: Mayumi Shibata

Long-billed Curlew (2)

Location: 1 at Interprovincial Hwy and #4 Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Aug 27 (Gord Gadsden)

Location: 1 flying NE over Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Aug 25 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (3)

Location: north end of Dixon Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Aug 26 (Jason Roos)

Great Egret (2)

Location: 1 briefly on foreshore viewed from tower at Reifel by scope then flew towards Brunswick - Delta
Reported: Aug 25 (Melissa Hafting et al., m.obs)

Location: 1 briefly on North jetty at Iona then flew south - Richmond
Reported: Aug 25 (Ethan Moon)

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: soccer field near Ambleside pond - West Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 25 (Jeff and Katherine Ogden)

Eurasian Wigeon (1 male, rare in summer)

Location: at the center display ponds at Reifel - Delta
Reported: June 15-Aug 25 (Kathleen Fry, m.obs)

Redhead (4)

Location: Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Aug 1-25 (Lucas Meestra, m.obs)

Redheads in Abbotsford - Photo: Gabi Cuff

Northern Waterthrush (1)

Location: HERE at southeast end of Trout Lake -Vancouver
Reported: Aug 23 (Ed Nygren)

YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (3, do not use playback as this species is endangered and likely nesting)

Location: 2 HERE on the west dyke at Island 22 - Chilliwack
Reported: May 20-Aug 20 (Randy Walker and Gord Gadsden)

Location: 1 HERE at Sturgeon Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 17-August 20 (Richard Wakelam, m.obs)

Location: 2 HERE on Limbert Rd - Agassiz
Reported: June 8-August 20 (Les Peterson, m.obs)

Yellow-breasted Chat in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Liron Gerstman

LARK SPARROW (1)

Location: HERE at Garden City Park - Richmond
Reported: Aug 19 (Hank Tseng and Wang Qiusha)

Lark Sparrow in Richmond - Photo: Wang Qiusha

Nashville Warbler (1)

Location: hit a window at Burrard and Hastings but eventually flew off - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 19 (Daphne Huang)

Nashville Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: Daphne Huang

CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (1)

Location: HERE at Blakeburn Lagoons -  Port Coquitlam 
Reported: Aug 19 (Larry Cowan)

Clay-coloured Sparrow (1)

Location: 1 HERE at Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park -  Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 18 (Aleksandra Djordjevic, m.obs)

Clay-colored Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Peter Candido

Heermann’s Gull (2)

Location: ferry jetty breakwater  - Delta
Reported: Aug 16 (Doug Kibbe)

Northern Waterthrush (4)

Location: 1 HERE at Spencer Creek - Maple Ridge
Reported: Aug 11-14 (Pranav Sadana)

Location: 1 by wooden bridge at Ceperley Creek and by stone bridge at Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 11-13 (Joe Denham, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at the NE corner of Trout Lake by the two benches - Vancouver 
Reported: Aug 10-13 (Ed Nygren, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE in pond by bridge at Jericho - Vancouver
Reported: Aug 8 (Aleksandra Djordjevic)

Northern Waterthrush in Vancouver - Photo: Aleksandra Djordjevic

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (1)

Location: near the T-junction and garbage cans at Eagle Point Park - Harrison Mills  
Reported: Aug 13-14 (Gord Gadsden)

Least Flycatcher (1)

Location: in trees opposite duck pond leading up the hill to Shaughnessy St at Colony Farm - Coquitlam  
Reported: Aug 13 (Alison Evely)

ALDER FLYCATCHER (2)

Location: HERE on Limbert Rd - Agassiz
Reported: June 28-August 8 (Gord Gadsden, m.obs)

Bar-tailed Godwit (2)

Location: on the gravel bar at the compensation lagoon at ferry jetty - Delta
Reported: Aug 3-5 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting and Peter Thompson)

Bar-tailed Godwit in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev 

Heermann’s Gull (3 adult)

Location: Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Aug 1-5 (Kevin Louth and Ken Klimo, m.obs)

Wandering Tattler (1)

Location: HERE on the rocks at Arbutus Bay (accessed from path at end of Arbutus Lane) - Bowen Island
Reported: Aug 3-4 (Sabine Decamp, m.obs)

American White Pelicans

Location: 1 at Piper Spit and Deer Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Aug 2 (Peter Lawrence)

Location: 1 in water off English Bay and at Kits Beach -Vancouver
Reported: Aug 1 (Eric Walther and Sam Ferguson

Location: 2 flying west over Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: July 17 (Jack Farley)

Location: 2 at Iona outer pond - Richmond
Reported: July 10 (Louise Reimer)

Location: 1 in Nicomen Slough - Deroche
Reported: July 6 (Bernie Black)

Location: 22 flying N over Riverside Golf Course on King George Hwy - Surrey
Reported: June 14 (Martin Gebauer)

Location: 22 flying NE over Dundarave - West Van
Reported: June 14 (Susi Grathwol)

Location: 20 on the mudflats off the end of River Rd at Terra Nova - Richmond
Reported: June 3 (Sean Bromilow)

Location: 30 seen in the water off the Iona causeway and then flying east over Iona - Richmond 
Reported: May 31 (Robert Holland and Tyler Black)

Location: 34 Flying north over English Bay Beach - Vancouver 
Reported: May 30 (Ethan Moon)

Location: 37 Flying north over Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows 
Reported: May 29 (Freda du Plessis)

LESSER GOLDFINCH (1 female) *Do not trespass into back or front yard. Please only view from public street*

Location: Private Home at 5366 Malaspina Place - North Vancouver
Reported: July 28 (Peter Wynne)

Lesser Goldfinch in North Van - Photo: Peter Wynne

Redhead (1 male)

Location: Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: July 6-24 (Frank Lin, m.obs)

Redhead in Vancouver - Photo: Katherine Scrimshaw

Pacific Golden-Plovers

Location: 4 on the mudflats off mansion near 96 St and in dirt fields between the mansion and 88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: July 9-23 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Location: 1 on the mudflats across from the sewage lagoons at Iona - Richmond
Reported: July 21 (Chuck and Phoebe Rumsey, m.obs)

Location: 1 off the mudflats off 88th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: July 1 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 2 HERE in field behind horse stable viewed by scope from 88th St - Delta
Reported: June 27 (Kevin Louth)

Pacific Golden-Plovers in Delta - Photo: Tristan Jobin

Willet (1)

Location: last seen at the pilings between 96 and 104th St and first seen at the foot of 112th St by the pumphouse at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: July 19-20 (Kevin van der Leek, m.obs)

Willet in Delta - Photo: Kevin van der Leek

Clark's Nutcrackers (5)

Location: Flying over HERE on Limbert Rd heading towards Mt. Woodside - Agassiz
Reported: July 17 (Gord Gadsden)

Least Flycatcher (1)

Location: HERE and HERE on the Rotary Trail  - Chilliwack
Reported: June 18-July 13 (Richard Lee, m.obs)

Least Flycatcher in Chilliwack - Photo: Richard Lee

RBA: LEAST TERN (1)

Location: HERE on the mudflats and in channel off mansion near 96 St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: July 12 (Brian Self, Kevin Louth, Roger Foxall and Philip Wright, m.obs)

Least Tern in Delta - Photo: Philip Wright

TENNESSEE WARBLER (1)

Location: HERE at Wells Peak Trail - Hope
Reported: July 12 (Lucas Meestra)

Wandering Tattler (1)

Location: on the beach rocks at Lily Point - Point Roberts
Reported: July 10-11 (Steven Freed)

ROCK WREN (1)

Location: HERE on the High Note Trail at the top of Whistler Peak - Whistler
Reported: July 7 (Taylor Wilson)

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: HERE at colony farm - Coquitlam
Reported: July 1-4 (Erin Chawk, m.obs)

BLACK PHOEBE (1)

Location: HERE at Lost Lagoon - Stanley Park
Reported: June 24 (Gord Smith)

Black Phoebe in Vancouver - Photo: Gord Smith

Willet (1)

Location: at the foot of 96th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: June 22 (Ilya Povalyaev)

ACORN WOODPECKER (1 female)

Location: Private Farm near Ryder Lake (not open to the public) - Chilliwack
Reported: June 19-20 (Angela Moore)

Acorn Woodpecker in Chilliwack - Photo: Angela Moore

Wilson’s Phalarope (5)

Location: HERE on the dyke in ponds between 64-72nd Sts, west of the electrical station at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: June 14-19 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (1)

Location: Last seen HERE at the community gardens. First seen HERE west of bridge at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: June 15-18 (Stephan Dryagin, m.obs)

Ash-throated Flycatcher in Coquitlam - Photo: Stephan Dryagin

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: on the dyke between 64-72nd Sts, west of the electrical station at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: June 18 (Sabine Decamp)

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: on the dyke between 104-112th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: June 13 (Susanna Solecki)

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (1 male)

Location: HERE at Avalon Entrance at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: June 12 (Heikal Badrulhisham, m.obs)

Wandering Tattler (1)

Location: on the rocks at the foot of 112th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: June 10-12 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Wandering Tattler in Delta - Photo: Ben Lambert

VEERY (1)

Location: HERE at McClughan Park - Langley
Reported: June 11 (Dan Tyson)

NORTHERN PARULA (1 male)

Location: Last seen HERE by Dunsmuir and Gilley Sts. First seen HERE near the dog park at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: June 7 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

    Northern Parula in Surrey - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches

Location: 17 by the bottom of the Mystery Peak chair near the upper parking lot at Mt Seymour - North Van
Reported: May 15-June 7 (Bryan King, m.obs)

Location: 6 HERE by the boat launch at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 18 (Melissa Hafting and Ilya Povalyaev)

Gray-crowned Rosy-finch in North Vancouver - Photo: Bryan King

Western Kingbirds

Location: 1 HERE at Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 26-June 7 (Ian Burgess, m.obs)

Location: 1 at the entrance walk near parking lot at Sturgeon Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: June 6 (Grant Edwards)

Location: 3 between duck pond and junction at Colony Farm and also seen at the community gardens - Coquitlam
Reported: May 21-June 4 (Glenn Petersen, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE between 96 and 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: June 3 (Yousif Attia)

Location: 1 flying NE from the spit at Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: June 3 (Joachim Bertrands et al.)

Location: 1 HERE on North Jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 27-28 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Garry Point Park - Richmond
Reported: May 27 (Debbi Hlady)

Location: 1-3 at the foot of 216th St dyke near Silver Valley Farms - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 19-20 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)

Location: 1 flying west over Sturgeon Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 19 (Neill Vanhinsberg)

Location: 2 HERE at Muensch Bar at Derby Reach Park - Langley
Reported: May 15-17 (Ted Goshulak, m.obs)

Location: 1 flyover at East Beach at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: May 16 (Rob Lyske)

Least Flycatcher (2)

Location: 1 HERE at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: June 5 (Mark Stevens)

Location: 1 HERE at Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: June 2 (Ilya Povalyaev)

BAR-TAILED GODWITS (Up to 8 seen at once new BC/Canada record)

Location: (8 adults in breeding) - Last seen on mudflats HERE and in field HERE at Brunswick Point - Delta. Also seen HERE off Mud Bay from end of Blackie Spit - Surrey. Also 1 flew by foot of 88th St headed towards 72nd St at Boundary Bay.
Reported: May 20-June 5 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting, Yousif Attia, Alex Leeder, m.obs)

Location: 2 in front of washrooms at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 23 (Mike Toochin)

Bar-tailed Godwit in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev 

Clay-colored Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at the boat launch at Grant Narrows - Pitt Meadows
Reported: June 2-4 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Clay-colored Sparrow in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (2 males)

Location: 1 at a Private Home on Old Yale Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: June 3 (Jean Bergen)

Location: 1 at a Private Home - Abbotsford
Reported: May 31 (Katherine Boylen)

Black-chinned Hummingbird in Abbotsford - Photo: Katherine Boylen

Vesper Sparrow (3)

Location: 1 at Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: June 2 (Chris McDonald)

Location: 1 HERE at Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: June 1-2 (Enrico Konig, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE on the North Jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 27 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Vesper Sparrow in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Enrico Konig

Black-billed Magpie (1) 

Location: HERE - Hope 
Reported: May 31 (Krissi Martin)

GRAY FLYCATCHER (1, second record for Metro Vancouver)

Location: HERE at Colony Farm - Coquitlam Meadows
Reported: May 30 (Mike Farnworth)

Gray Flycatcher in Coquitlam - Photo: Mike Farnworth 

HEERMANN’S GULL (1, first spring record for Metro Van)

Location: Last seen on English Bay in front of Cactus Club restaurant in Vancouver on May 29. First seen on the lawn across from the Boathouse Restaurant near the museum and pier in White Rock, and also seen on the breakwater and the beach at the base of the White Rock Pier from May 15-22.
Reported: May 15-30 (Andrew Foxall, Ethan Moon, m.obs)

Heermann’s Gull in White Rock - Photo: Andrew Foxall

SAGE THRASHER (1)

Location: HERE at Catbird Slough - Pitt Meadows
Reported: May 25-30 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Sage Thrasher in Pitt Meadows - Photo: Moose Stoffregen 

Red-necked Phalarope (1)

Location: Close to shore on west side of Passage Island - Howe Sound 
Reported: May 30 (Ken Wright)

Redheads

Location: 2 at Willband Creek Park centre pond - Abbotsford 
Reported: May 14-31 (Lucas Meestra, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Hope River Bridge - Hope
Reported: May 22 (Bentley Colwill)

American Avocets (2)

Location: briefly seen HERE off Mud Bay from end of Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: May 23-28 (Roger Foxall and Philip Wright, m.obs)

LARK SPARROW (1)

Location: HERE at base of North Jetty at Iona flew towards river and not relocated - Richmond
Reported: May 27 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Greig)

Lark Sparrow in Richmond - Photo: Alex Leeder

Say’s Phoebe (1)

Location: on the beach logs at the base of the south jetty and HERE by the washrooms at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 27 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Greig, m.obs)

Say’s Phoebe in Richmond - Photo: Alex Leeder

California Scrub-Jays

Location: 1 at 6500 block of Beechwood St Vancouver
Reported: May 27 (John Reistma)

Location: 1 at 214th St and Dewdney Trunk Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: April 28-30 (Jesse Jackson)

Location: 1 at 3461 W 12th Ave - Vancouver
Reported: Nov 14/23- April 16/24 (Jeff Brooks)

Location: 1 near the intersection of Culzean Place and Balbirnie Ave - Port Moody
Reported: April 10 (Victoria Otton)

Location: 1 near Inverness St and E 37th Ave - Vancouver
Reported: March 13 (Sam MacTavish)

Location: 2 in oak tree on Westminster Hwy near Cooney Rd - Richmond
Reported: Oct 5/22-March 12/24 (Lauren Bruneski, m.obs)

Pacific Golden-Plover (5 adults in breeding)

Location: HERE in field behind horse stable viewed by scope from 88th St - Delta
Reported: May 22-27 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)

Location: HERE at Mtn View Cemetery - Hope 
Reported: May 25-26 (Jason Stovin)

Red-necked Phalarope (1)

Location: 1 off 34th St at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: May 26 (Lise Owens)

SWAINSON’S HAWK (1)

Location: flying SE over HERE at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: May 25 (Peter Thompson)

Swainson’s Hawk in Coquitlam - Photo: Peter Thompson 

Dusky Flycatchers

Location: 1 at the north corner of the woodlot at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 24 (Mike Toochin)

Location: 1 HERE at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: May 22 (Evan Larson, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: May 18 (Peter Woods)

Location: 1 HERE at Paulik Park - Richmond
Reported: May 12 (Melissa Hafting)

Location: 1 HERE at Blakeburn Lagoons - Port Coquitlam 
Reported: May 7 (Liz Stockwell)

Location: 2 HERE at Burnaby Mtn - Burnaby 
Reported: May 7 (George Clulow)

Location: 1 HERE and HERE at Oak Meadows Park - Vancouver 
Reported: May 5-6 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Greig, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Stanley Park - Vancouver 
Reported: May 5 (Tony Yuanxiang)

Location: 1 HERE  at QE Park - Vancouver
Reported: May 4 (Evan Larson)

Location: 1 HERE on the east side of Little River Loop north of the “Listening Bridge” at Campbell Valley Park - Langley
Reported: April 30 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Location: 1 At the western portion of the equestrian area at Island 22 - Chilliwack
Reported: April 29 (Chris McDonald)

Dusky Flycatcher in Vancouver - Photo: Alex Leeder

American Avocets (2)

Location: briefly seen HERE off Mud Bay from end of Blackie Spit - Surrey
Reported: May 23 (Roger Foxall and Philip Wright)

Swamp Sparrow

Location: 1 at Avalon entrance at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: May 23 (Sharon MacGougan)

Franklin’s Gulls (2 adults in breeding)

Location: viewed by scope from the end of the pier at Blackie Spit as they sat on the sandbar HERE - Surrey
Reported: May 22 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Solitary Sandpiper (3)

Location: 1 at SW inner pond at Iona (viewed from the pipe by scope) - Richmond 
Reported: May 22 (Yousif Attia)

Location: 1 HERE at Park St Marsh at Maplewood Flats - North Van 
Reported: May 22 (Rob Lyske)

Location: 1 at Vanier Park pond - Vancouver 
Reported: May 18-19 (Stella Atkins)

Rock Wren (1)

Location: Private Home at the Ryder Lake Area - Chilliwack
Reported: May 22 (Jason Osterhold)

SWAINSON’S HAWK (1)

Location: flying north over YVR and Ferguson Rd (where the road bends on the Iona causeway) - Richmond
Reported: May 19 (Yousif Attia)

Swainson’s Hawk in Richmond - Photo: Yousif Attia

BREWER’S SPARROW (1)

Location: HERE in field at UBC Farm - Vancouver  (note it is open from 9am Tues-Sat and closed at 4pm and closed on Sundays and Mondays)
Reported: May 18 (Paul Jacques)

Brewer’s Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Paul Jacques

American White Pelicans

Location: 17 HERE on water briefly before flying west - White Rock
Reported: May 18 (Peter Thompson, James Chen et al., m.obs)

Location: 20 on the mudflats between the first and second benches at Brunswick Point  - Delta
Reported: May 16-18 (Liz Stewart, m.obs)

Location: 20 at the base of the ferry jetty on the water on the south side and last seen HERE  - Tsawwassen
Reported: May 12 (Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Location: 26 flying north over Reifel - Delta
Reported: May 12 (Kathleen Fry)

Location: 6 flying SW over 1961 King Edward Ave - Vancouver 
Reported: May 11 (Katherine Reichert)

Location: 6 briefly off the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey 
Reported: May 11 (Warwick Board, m.obs)

Location: 1 at the centre main pond at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford 
Reported: May 11 (fide Bentley Colwill)

American White Pelicans in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting 

Gray Flycatcher (2)

Location: 1 at the west end of the Hope Airport - Hope 
Reported: May 17 (Gord Gadsden)

Location: 1 HERE at Ross Lake Campground - Hope 
Reported: May 12 (John Gordon)

Trumpeter Swans

Location: 2 viewed from Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby 
Reported: May 14 (Joe Denham)

Location: 1 HERE off Jesperson Rd -Chilliwack 
Reported: May 13 (Bentley Colwill)

Solitary Sandpiper (4)

Location: 2 HERE at Jericho Pond - Vancouver 
Reported: May 10-13 (Paul Jacques, m.obs)

Location: 1 briefly at the south end of Trout Lake - Vancouver 
Reported: May 9-13 (Kathleen Oliver)

Location: 1 HERE at pond by Lower Seymour Conservation Water Filtration Plant - North Van
Reported: May 7 (Bryan King)

Solitary Sandpiper in Vancouver - Photo: Melissa Hafting

Swainson’s Hawk (1) 

Location: seen at 184 St and 80 Ave flying towards Harvie Rd - Surrey 
Reported: May 11 (Dan Tyson)

Great Egret (1)

Location: first seen very briefly off the dog beach at Blackie Spit Park before flying west. Last seen by scope off Crescent Beach in the middle of Boundary Bay off the foot of Sullivan St. looking towards Point Roberts  -Surrey 
Reported: May 11 (Mike Tabak, m.obs)

Wilson’s Phalarope (2)

Location: 1 at Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby 
Reported: May 11 (Tyler Scott, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE in west field at Reifel - Delta 
Reported: May 11 (Ben Lambert, m.obs)

Wilson’s Phalarope in Delta - Photo: Ben Lambert

WHITE-THROATED SWIFT (1)

Location: Hit a balcony window of a private home at Evergreen Place. The bird was alive when taken to WRA but died shortly after in their care - Burnaby 
Reported: May 8 (fide Wildlife Rescue Association)

White-throated Swift in Burnaby - Photo: Wildlife Rescue Association

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: On wire HERE - Agassiz
Reported: May 8 (Krissi Martin)

Western Kingbird in Agassiz - Photo: Krissi Martin

Mountain Bluebird (1 female)

Location: 1 on airport fence along Ferguson Rd near Shannon Rd - Richmond
Reported: May 6-7 (Yousif Attia, m.obs)

Horned Lark (2)

Location: 1 at the end of the south jetty tip at Iona - Richmond 
Reported: May 6-7 (Stefan Shipmaker)

Location: 1 at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey 
Reported: May 4 (Randy Varga)

Horned Lark in Surrey - Photo: Randy Varga

Lewis’s Woodpecker (3)

Location: 1 briefly HERE, HERE and HERE at Vanier Park. Last seen flying towards Sunset Beach -Vancouver
Reported: May 6 (Evan Larson)

Location: 1 seen on a conifer HERE at Vandusen Gardens (paid entry required) - Vancouver 
Reported: May 4 (Ly Hoang and Jeremy Gordon, m.obs)

Location: 1 seen HERE on power pole on Hot Springs Rd -Agassiz
Reported: May 4 (Bentley Colwill)

Lewis’s Woodpecker in Vancouver - Photo: Evan Larson

Vesper Sparrow (1)

Location: briefly HERE at Colony Farm - Coquitlam 
Reported: May 6 (John Reynolds)

FERRUGINOUS HAWK (1)

Location: Flying east over the intersection of Sherlaw Rd and Extrom Rd HERE - Chilliwack 
Reported: May 4 (Paul Foth)

Ferruginous Hawk in Chilliwack - Photo: Paul Foth

Vesper Sparrow (1)

Location: On the gravel path leading to the boardwalk and on the boardwalk at Piper Spit  at Burnaby Lake Park - Burnaby 
Reported: May 4 (Rick Zapf, m.obs)

Vesper Sparrow in Burnaby - Photo: Rick Zapf

Long-billed Curlew (3)

Location: Last seen at Mud Bay Park HERE - Surrey. Also seen in a field 1km east of 112th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: April 30-May 4 (Alain Parada Isada, m.obs)

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (1 male)

Location: HERE in the shrubs/trees near the parking lot at Blackie Spit - Surrey 
Reported: May 3 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting)

Black-and-white Warbler in Surrey - Photo: Melissa Hafting

SAGE THRASHER (1)

Location: HERE at the base of n jetty at Iona - Richmond
Reported: May 2 (Peter Thompson)

Brewer’s Sparrow (2)

Location: 1 HERE briefly at Jericho Park (not relocated) - Vancouver
Reported: May 2 (Evan Larson)

Location: 1 on the n side of Harrison Lagoon with WCSP - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: May 2 (Gord Gadsden)

Brewer’s Sparrow in Vancouver - Photo: Evan Larson

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: On snag HERE at eastern end of ponds at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: May 2 (Paul Kendal)

Western Kingbird in Vancouver - Photo: Paul Kendal

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches

Location: 2 on the rocks HERE on the jetty near the First Nations Welcome Totem Pole and also seen on the jetty HERE at the off leash dog park at Ambleside Park - West Vancouver
Reported: May 1 (Nick Jacobs, m.obs)

Location: 2 on lawn HERE and also seen at 4059 Curle Ave (please be respectful of private residences) - Burnaby
Reported: May 1 (Nicole Malette, m.obs)

Location: 4 briefly at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: May 1 (Enrico Konig)

Location: 8 HERE on Harvest Drive - Abbotsford 
Reported: April 26 (Sean Daniels)

Location: 8 HERE on Middleton Rd - Pitt Meadows
Reported: April 24 (Cindy and Doug Martin)

Location: 1 HERE on sidewalk/lawn behind Tim Hortons on Burns Rd near 96th St - Delta
Reported: April 21 (Mark McAnally, m.obs)

Location: 6 in tree on the beach at English Bay in front of Cactus Club - Vancouver
Reported: April 21 (Robert Deegan)

Location: 1 HERE on Nicomen Mountain - Deroche
Reported: April 21 (Nicole Tennant)

Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch in West Van - Photo: Sue Flecker

Willet (1)

Location: Last seen at the off leash dog beach at Blackie Spit park in Surrey. Also seen at the foot of 96th St at Boundary Bay and also seen between 104-112th St and the foot of 112th St.Also seen off 104th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Nov 4/23-May 1/24 (Ilya Povalyaev, m.obs)

Willet in Surrey - Photo: Glenn Petersen

Solitary Sandpiper (5)

Location: 2 HERE at Dale Ball Passive Park - Langley
Reported: April 24-May 1 (Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)

Reported: 1 HERE at Jerry Sulina Park  - Maple Ridge
Reported: April 28 (Rich Wakelam)

Location: 2 briefly at the small pond/marsh by the community garden/parking at Garden City Lands  - Richmond
Reported: April 26 (Neill Vanhinsberg)

Solitary Sandpiper in Langley - Photo: Richard Wakelam

SAGE THRASHER (1)

Location: On beach logs in front of Hollyburn Sailing Club and under boats HERE at Ambleside Park - West Vancouver
Reported: April 23-30 (Bobby Chan, m.obs)

Sage Thrasher in West Vancouver - Photo: Frank Lin

American White Pelican (3)

Location: HERE in Fraser River - Hope
Reported: April 30 (Connie Davis)

American Tree Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: April 29-30 (Bentley Colwill, m.obs)

American Tree Sparrow in Harrison Hot Springs - Photo: Bentley Colwill

Western Kingbird (1)

Location: HERE on fence at baseball field west of duck pond at Ambleside Park - West Vancouver
Reported: April 28-30 (Kha Nguyen, m.obs)

Western Kingbird in West Van - Photo: Kha Nguyen

Calliope Hummingbird (1)

Location: HERE on Alken Rd near Ryder Lake - Chilliwack
Reported: April 30 (Paul Foth)

Yellow-billed Loon (2 juv)

Location: 1 last seen off dog off leash beach at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Dec 20/23-April 29/24 (Nita Wu, m.obs)

Location: 1 off carpark and seen here at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: Jan 25-April 23 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Yellow-billed Loon in Surrey - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

Northern Waterthrush (1)

Location: HERE on the Southshore Trail at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: April 29 (Monica Nugent, m.obs)

SWAINSON’S HAWK (1)

Location: Flying east over Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Reported: April 29 (Sue Flecker)

Swainson’s Hawk in North Van - Photo: Sue Flecker

Vesper Sparrows

Location: 2 HERE with a Mountain Bluebird in a flock of White-crowneds at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: April 29 (John Gordon)

Location: 1 at Hope Track - Hope
Reported: April 29 (Kenneth Davis)

Long-billed Curlews

Location: 1 flying N over Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: April 26 (Adam Ross and Kris Cu)

Location: 2 in grass field at east end of Sumas Central Rd - Delta
Reported: April 25 (Gord Gadsden)

Location: 1 at the foot of 112th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: April 22 (Frank Lin)

Location: 1 briefly at the end of the spit at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey 
Reported: April 22 (Joe Denham)

Location: 1 Flying over SE inner Iona pond towards YVR - Richmond
Reported: April 21 (Jesse Kemp)

Redhead (1 male)

Location: Cloverdale Youth Park pond - Cloverdale
Reported: April 25 (Dan Tyson)

Common Teal (2)

Location: 1 at Bonson Pond - Pitt Meadows
Reported: April 18-25 (Larry Cowan, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Riverside Golf Course - Surrey
Reported: April 20-21 (Ilya Povalyaev)

RBA: ORIENTAL TURTLE-DOVE (1)

Location: Last seen HERE at the feeder on Agar St at the corner of McBride Ave. Pls be respectful of private property and do not block driveways or point cameras at windows. First seen at the edge of the slough at Blackie Spit - Surrey 
Reported: April 17-24 (Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)

Oriental Turtle-Dove in Surrey - Photo: Cos van Wermeskerken

Cinnamon Teal x Blue-winged Teal (1)

Location: In SW inner pond at Iona (viewed from pipe) - Richmond
Reported: April 20-23 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting, m.obs)

Blue-winged Teal x Cinnamon Teal Hybrid in Richmond - Photo: Ben Lambert

American Tree Sparrow (1)

Location: On Maple Falls Rd, west of Kosikar Rd in Columbia Valley - Chilliwack
Reported: April 23 (Gord Gadsden)

Solitary Sandpiper (1)

Location: Jesperson Dyke - Chilliwack
Reported: April 21 (Chris McDonald)

Western Bluebird (1 male)

Location: On the fence at the north end of the Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: April 19 (Gord Gadsden)

House Wren (1, early)

Location: Private Home - Langley
Reported: April 19 (Bob Puls)

Swainson’s Thrush (1)

Location: HERE at Riverview Hospital grounds - Coquitlam
Reported: April 18 (Hilary Maguire)

Rock Sandpiper (1)

Location: on rocks with BLTU on the south side of ferry jetty across from breakwater - Tsawwassen
Reported: March 30-April 17 (Wayne and Brent Diakow, m.obs)

Rock Sandpiper in Delta - Photo: Wayne Diakow

Great Egret (1)

Location: In the pond by the bridge at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: April 17 (Sharon Mercer)

Northern Shoveler x Mallard Hybrid (1)

Location: HERE at Elgin Park - Surrey
Reported: April 17 (Ilya Povalyaev)

Mallard X Northern Shoveler Hybrid - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

Red-naped/Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1)

Location: HERE at Vandusen Gardens - Vancouver
Reported: April 17 (Edie Bijdemast)

Mountain Bluebirds

Location: 1 base of Iona N Jetty - Richmond
Reported: April 15-17 (Carey Bergman, m.obs)

Location: 3 last seen on fence on North Service Rd 80 m from Templeton Rd. Also seen on airport fence along Ferguson Rd HERE at the east end near Templeton. First seen near Shannon Rd and the Iona causeway - Richmond
Reported: March 22-April 16 (Tak Shibata, m.obs)

Location: 7 on the beach HERE at Lighthouse Marine Park - Point Roberts
Reported: April 12-15 (Denise Kitson, m.obs)

Location: 2 near duck pond at Colony Farm - Coquitlam
Reported: March 27-April 12 (Mike Farnworth, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Jericho Park - Vancouver
Reported: April 12 (Neil Simpson)

Mountain Bluebird in Point Roberts - Photo: Denise Kitson

Lapland Longspur (1)

Location: Sitting on YVR fence at intersection of Shannon Rd and Ferguson Rd - Richmond
Reported: April 14-15 (Tak and Mayumi Shibata, m.obs)

Lapland Longspur in Richmond - Photo: Tak Shibata

Red-naped Sapsucker (1 male)

Location: Briefly HERE at Avalon entrance at Burnaby Lake (not relocated) - Burnaby
Reported: April 14 (Rick Zapf)

Red-naped Sapsucker in Burnaby - Photo: Rick Zapf

Long-billed Curlew (5)

Location: 1 HERE in airport field at YVR along Ferguson Rd. Last seen flying off to the NW - Richmond
Reported: April 12-14 (Kendra Bisbing, m.obs)

Location: 3 in field between 88th and 96th Sts viewed from the railroad access road - Delta
Reported: April 12 (Kevin Louth)

Location: 1 HERE at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: April 4-12 (Chris Dale et al.)

Long-billed Curlew in Richmond - Photo: Jock McCracken

American White Pelican (9)

Location: Flying north over 96th St and Burns Dr. - Delta
Reported: April 12 (Nita Wu)

Common Teals

Location: 1 at east beach at Maplewood Flats - North Van
Reported: Feb 8-April 12 (Rob Lyske, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Fraser Foreshore Park - Burnaby
Reported: March 4 (Lise Owens)

Blue Jay (1)

Location: Private Home in Sumas Mtn Area - Abbotsford
Reported: April 11 (Krissi Martin)

Say’s Phoebe (5)

Location: 1 HERE with Mountain Bluebirds at Squamish River Estuary - Squamish
Reported: March 30-April 9 (Chris Dale, m.obs)

Location: 1 at the south end of the sports fields behind the Burnaby tennis club - Delta
Reported: March 26 (James Thompson)

Location: 1 at the weather station at Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: March 11-13 (Ken Davis, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE hawking from logs N of Blundell on West Dyke - Richmond
Reported: March 11-12 (Debbi Hlady, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE hawking from school roof and fence - Agassiz
Reported: March 9 (Aaron Gaffney)

Say's Phoebe in Richmond - Photo: Ben Lambert

Northern Goshawk (1 adult)

Location: Private Home in the 1000 block on 256th St - Langley
Reported: April 8 (Robert Puls)

Northern Goshawk in Langley - Photo: Bob Puls 

BLACK PHOEBE (1 adult)

Location: HERE at the NW corner of Brydon Lagoon - Langley
Reported: April 3-5 (Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)

Black Phoebe in Langley - Photo: Cos van Wermeskerken

American Tree Sparrow (1)

Location: HERE at Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake - Burnaby
Reported: April 1-5 (Blake Noelte, m.obs)

Townsend's Solitaire (2)

Location: 1 at the High Knoll Lookout at Minnekhada - Coquitlam
Reported: March 31 (Sam Mactavish)

Location: 1 HERE at Maplewood Flats - North Vancouver
Reported: March 19-30 (Sue Flecker, m.obs)

Townsend's Solitaire in North Vancouver - Photo: Sue Flecker

American Avocet (3)

Location: HERE and in field off 34th St at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Feb 3-March 30 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Greig, m.obs)

American Avocets in Delta - Photo: Alex Leeder

American White Pelican (6)

Location: flying north over 5600 Maple St - Vancouver
Reported: March 24 (Toby Ye)

Redheads

Location: 3 male and 3 females in Rees Lake (birders are permitted to view from homeowners lawn at 3078 -206th St - Langley
Reported: Jan 26-March 24 (Debbi Hlady and Cos van Wermeskerken, m.obs)

Location: 1 male at Harrison Lagoon - Harrison Hot Springs
Reported: March 9 (Len Jellicoe)

Location: 2 at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford

Reported: March 9 (Bentley Colwill)

Location: 1 female in the lake off the playground at Deer Lake - Burnaby
Reported: Dec 6/23-March 5/24 (Henry deJong, Mackenzie Fenton, m.obs)

Location: 1 female at Yorkson Pond - Langley
Reported: Feb 8-18 (Ted Goshulak, m.obs)

Location: 1 female in Surrey Lake Park - Surrey
Reported: Jan 29-Feb 10 (Frank Lin, m.obs)

Location: 1 female and 2 males in field HERE off S Parallel Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Feb 2 (Dave Beeke and Jon Pap)

Lapland Longspur (1)

Location: HERE near railyard at Government Rd - Squamish
Reported: March 23 (James Macleod)

Mountain Bluebirds

Location: 4 at the Hope Airport - Hope
Reported: March 17-19 (Thomas Powell, m.obs)

Location: 4 along Upper Prairie Rd near Chilliwack Center Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: March 16 (Melissa Fisher)

Location: At least 2 HERE at Centennial Beach - Tsawwassen
Reported: March 15-16 (Ben Lambert, Sabine Jessen, m.obs)

Mountain Bluebird in Tsawwassen - Photo: Ben Lambert

Rusty Blackbirds

Location: 1 female HERE between 72nd St and 80th St pumphouse on the Boundary Bay Dyke - Delta
Reported: Nov 30/23-March 16/24 (Olaf Kringhaug, m.obs) *Note the dyke access will be closed from now until April 30th.*

Location: 1 in blackbird flock in the Costco parking lot at Sumas Way and McConnell Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Dec 20/23-March 9/24 (Ken Davis, m.obs)

Location: 1 in blackbird flock HERE at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Feb 17 (Dave Olson)

Location: 1 at 40 Ave and 140 St - Surrey
Reported: Dec 20 (Mike Tabak)

Location: 1 HERE on Chilliwack Central Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 16 (Jon Pap)

Rusty Blackbird in Abbotsford - Photo: Krissi Martin

RBA: REDWING

Location: HERE at Fraser River Park - Vancouver
Reported: March 14 (Mark Swanson)

Redwing in Vancouver - Photo: Mark Swanson

Bohemian Waxwing (1)

Location: HERE east of 80th St pumphouse on the Boundary Bay Dyke - Delta

Reported: Feb 24-March 4 (Yousif Attia, m.obs) *Note the dyke access will be closed from now until April 30th.*

American Tree Sparrows

Location: 3 at the east end of electrical field between 64th and 72nd St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Dec 26/23-Feb 24/24 (Lise Owens, m.obs)

Location: 5 at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Dec 28/23-Jan 15/24 (Paul Jacques, Levi Cormier, m.obs)

American Tree Sparrow in Delta - Photo: Ben Lambert

PYGMY NUTHATCH (1) * not open to public*

Location: 1 at Private Home - Chilliwack 
Reported: Feb 4-23 (Paulina Selles, m.obs)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 male)

Location: 1 in blackbird flock in the Costco parking lot at Sumas Way and McConnell Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Feb 23 (Mike Klotz, m.obs)

Yellow-headed Blackbird in Abbotsford - Photo: Krissi Martin

Common Teals (1)

Location: 1 at Bonson Pond - Pitt Meadows
Reported: Feb 23 (Larry Cowan and George Clulow)

Location: 1 HERE at Deas Island - Delta
Reported: Feb 18 (Ed Kingma)

Location: 1 off the foot of 34th St at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Feb 17 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting)

Location: 1 HERE at Shady Island - Richmond
Reported: Feb 16 (Yousif Attia)

Location: 1 at Blackie Spit off the spit (saveneye side) - Surrey
Reported: Feb 16 (Cos van Wermeskerken)

Location: 1 at Gladstone Park at E. Kent Ave and Portside Dr. -  Vancouver
Reported: Jan 18-Feb 11 (Mari Petznek, m.obs)

Location: 1 at Beach Grove Lagoon - Tsawwassen
Reported: Feb 6 (Stanley Martin)

Location: 1 at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Feb 3 (Dave Olson and James Linde)

Location: 1 at Surrey Lake Park - Surrey
Reported: Jan 16 (Frank Lin)

Pine Grosbeak (2 females)

Location: 1 HERE and HERE at Blackie Spit Park - Surrey
Reported: Jan 13-Feb 19 (Yousif Attia and Aaron Gaffney, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Jan 29-Feb 19 (Sabine Jessen, m.obs)

Pine Grosbeak in Surrey - Photo: Ben Lambert

Glaucous Gull (2 juv)

Location: 1 at Willband Creek Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Feb 19 (Ed Klassen and John Gordon, m.obs)

Location: 1 last seen in field behind Tim Hortons at Burns Dr and 96th St. First seen in field across from Turf Farm on 72nd St - Delta
Reported: Jan 29-Feb 1 (Kevin Louth, m.obs)

Glaucous Gull in Delta - Photo: Melissa Hafting

TUFTED DUCK x  SCAUP Hybrid (1) presumed to be a hybrid with a Lesser Scaup 

Location: Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Feb 18 (Frank Lin)

Tufted Duck x Scaup Hybrid - Photo: Frank Lin

Lapland Longspur (1)

Location: 1 feeding on seaweed foot of 34th St and flew towards farmhouse at Brunswick Point - Delta
Reported: Feb 17 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting)

Townsend’s Solitaire (1)

Location: HERE near Simcoe Park - New West
Reported: Feb 8-13 (Viv West, m.obs)

Red Knot (1)

Location: On the mudflats between 72nd and 80th St at Boundary Bay - Delta
Reported: Feb 10 (Ilya Povalyaev and Melissa Hafting)

YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (1)

Location: Private Home in Ryder Lake - Chilliwack
Reported: Jan 16-Feb 6 (Jason Osterhold, m.obs)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Chilliwack - Photo: Dave Beeke

Turkey Vulture (1)

Location: Perched at 529 Eves Rd - Bowen Ilsand
Reported: Feb 5 (Wendy Seale-Bakes)

TUFTED DUCK x  SCAUP Hybrid (1) presumed to be a hybrid with a Greater Scaup due to round head shape and green sheen.

Location: HERE in flooded field on Nelles Rd - Abbotsford
Reported: Feb 1-2 (Krissi Martin, m.obs)

Tufted Duck X Scaup Hybrid in Abbotsford - Photo: Krissi Martin

Bohemian Waxwing (Up to 8)

Location: On Prest Rd near the Gibson Rd overpass - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 16/23 - Feb 2/24 (Dave Beeke, m.obs)

PINYON JAY (1)

Location: HERE on Sinclair St and HERE on Inglewood Ave - West Vancouver
Report: Oct 27/23-Jan 29/24 (Michelle Baudais, Sigal Blay and Masahito Yamada, m.obs)

Pinyon Jay in West Vancouver - Photo: Danielle Cooper

Soras (late)

Location: 3 on the west dyke at the foot of Francis Rd - Richmond
Reported: Jan 15-25 (Laura Moth, m.obs)

Location: 2 HERE at Reifel - Delta
Reported: Dec 3/23-Jan 13/24 (Melissa Hafting, Miguel Loeza, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at Terra Nova - Richmond
Reported: Jan 14 (Natalie Tan)

Sora in Delta - Photo: Sunny Park

Snow Bunting (1)

Location: HERE by the Richmond Oval would also feed on the gravel near the entrance to the dog park - Richmond
Reported: Jan 24 (Melissa Hafting)

Glaucous Gull (1 juv)

Location: Flyby heading N by Britannia Shipyards - Richmond
Reported: Jan 24 (Yousif Attia)

WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (1)

Location: HERE at the River's Edge Woodlot - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 16/23-Jan 20/24 (Ed Klassen, Ian Flatt, Larry Hooge and Joel Schmidt, m.obs)

White-breasted Nuthatch in Chilliwack - Photo: Joel Schmidt

Glaucous Gull (1 immature)

Location: In front of the rowing club in the harbour at Stanley Park - Vancouver
Reported: Jan 9-20 (Warwick Board, m.obs)

Glaucous Gull in Vancouver - Photo: Frank Lin

CASSIN'S FINCH (1 female)

Location: HERE near the viewing tower at Centennial Beach - Tsawwassen
Reported: Dec 29/23-Jan 16/24 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Greig, m.obs)

Cassin's Finch in Tsawwassen - Photo: Sabine Decamp

Red Knot (1)

Location: Compensation lagoon near taxi pullout at the ferry jetty - Delta
Reported: Jan 16 (Warwick Board)

Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch (37)

Location: Annis Rd and Chilliwack Central Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Jan 15 (Gord Gadsden)

Bohemian Waxwings

Location: 1 HERE with 300 Robins at West Beach - White Rock
Reported: Jan 13-14 (Yousif Attia and Aaron Gaffney, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE on Westminster Hwy and HERE by duck pond at Terra Nova - Richmond
Reported: Nov 29/23-Jan 12/24 (Wayne Diakow and Paul Clarke, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at UBC Botanical Garden in Alpine Garden by pond - Vancouver (Admission is 5$)
Reported: Dec 13/23-Jan 3/24 (Debbie Hlady, m.obs)

Bohemian Waxwing at UBC - Photo: Ian Burgess

Great Egret (2)

Location: 1 last seen HERE in slough near Glover Rd and Rawlison Crescent and seen HERE in tree along Rawlison Crescent. First seen flying over Anderson and 80th - Fort Langley
Reported: Nov 30/23 to Jan 14/24 (Kent Jordan and Maureen Kemp, m.obs) 

Location: 1 HERE at Mud Bay Park - Surrey
Reported: Dec 23 (Hector Segura)

Great Egret in Langley - Photo: Dan Tyson

Harris’s Sparrow (1)

Location: On Lickman Rd just north of train tracks - Chilliwack
Reported: Dec 17/23-Jan 13/24 (Gord Gadsden, m.obs)

Horned Lark (5)

Location: On fields on Banford Rd near Prairie Central Rd - Chilliwack
Reported: Jan 13 (Ed Klassen)

Common Yellowthroat (1, rare in winter)

Location: ƛ̓éxətəm Regional Park  - Coquitlam
Reported: Jan 7 (Justin Fujimoto, S Fujimoto, and Darryl Fujimoto)

Golden Eagle (1)

Location: Near Campbell Rd and Interprovincial Hwy - Abbotsford
Reported: Jan 1-7 (John Gordan, m.obs)

Rock Sandpiper (1)

Location: HERE on the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal - Tsawwassen
Reported: Jan 6 (Alex Leeder and Destiny Greig)

Rock Sandpiper in Tsawwassen - Photo: Alex Leeder

Wilson’s Warbler (2, late)

Location: 1 HERE at Iona - Richmond
Reported: Dec 5/23-Jan 6/24 (Bridget Spencer)

Location: HERE at Fraser Foreshore Park -Burnaby
Reported: Dec 5-26 (George Clulow, m.obs)

Wilson’s Warbler in Burnaby - Photo: Tina Stehr

Swamp Sparrow (2)

Location: 1 HERE at Willband Park - Abbotsford
Reported: Oct 9/23-Jan 3/24 (Dave Olson, m.obs)

Location: 1 HERE at UBC Botanical Garden in marsh cattails at pond - Vancouver (Admission is 5$)
Reported: Dec 13-23 (Debbie Hlady, m.obs)