To report rare birds or sightings of interest in this area and to submit pictures, please email Jeremy Gatten at jarofme@hotmail.com
SUMMER TANAGER (1)
Location: last seen at 556 Willow Rd. in Qualicum Beach. Birders are allowed to enter the gate on the driveway and stand on the stone by the gate. She does not want people talking loudly or disturbing the bird by approaching the feeders. First seen at 110 Jones Rd; Campbell River (please stand on public sidewalk to view feeder in front yard and do not block driveways)
Date: January 14 (P. Kanester) to 21 (J. Westbroek, m.obs)
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| Summer Tanager in Campbell River (Photo: Camille Bock) |
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: off E side of Trial Island viewed from McMicking Point; Victoria
Date: January 19 (G. Newell)
Nashville Warbler (1)
Location: Private residence at 2945 Colquitz Ave near Middleton St; Victoria
Date: December 21 to January 19 (T. Barbin)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: near Vasyl's Honey stand north of the trestle at Blenkinsop Lake; Victoria
Date: January 13 (M. and R. Byrne) to 19 (multiple observers)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Here at Island View Beach; Saanich
Date: October 8, 2025 (G. Newell) to January 19, 2026 (multiple observers)
Ruddy Turnstone (1)
Location: on beach off Heard Rd; Campbell River
Date: October 23 (J. Gatten) to January 19 (multiple observers)
Mountain Bluebird (1)
Location: on beach in protected fenced off area at Island View Beach; Saanich
Date: October 11, 2025 (J. Bradley) to January 17, 2026 (multiple observers)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Here off Johnstone Rd beach access; Parksville
Date: Sept 25 (G. Monty) to January 17 (multiple observers)
Redhead (1)
Location: Swan Lake; Victoria
Date: January 17 (C. Maureen)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: off ocean side near the washrooms and also seen near the bridge at Esquimalt Lagoon; Colwood
Date: January 5 (G. Newell) to 16 (multiple observers)
HOODED ORIOLE (1)
Location: intersection of Main and Wharf Sts, Tofino
Date: November 2 (I. Cruickshank) to January 15 (multiple observers)
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| Hooded Oriole in Tofino (Photo: Adrian Dorst) |
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Otter Point; Sooke
Date: December 27, 2025 (G. Newell) to January 8, 2026 (M. Beaucher)
Bohemian Waxwing (1)
Location: Hamilton Ave and Dundas St; Nanaimo
Date. January 6 (G. Monty)
Bohemian Waxwings (4)
Location: Here in crabapples on Ulverston Ave; Cumberland
Date: December 31 (R. Petersen) to January 5 (multiple observers)
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| Bohemian Waxwing in Cumberland (Photo: Roger Beardmore) |
Rusty Blackbird (1)
Location: Here on Parker Rd; Qualicum Beach
Date: January 1 (M. Wynja) to 5 (multiple observers)
PINE WARBLER (1)
Location: at a suet feeder at Private Residence on Harriet Rd north of Burnside Rd E and seen in cedars at 3264 Irma St and a feeder at 3229 Irma St; Victoria *birders are welcome to view the suet feeder from the public street*
Date: December 15/25 (S. Dakin) to Jan 3/26 (multiple observers)
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| Pine Warbler in Victoria (Photo: Adam Ross) |
Swamp Sparrow (1)
Location: Casawood farm ponds; restricted access; Courtenay
Date: January 2 (G. Monty)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Kye Bay, Comox
Date: January 2 (T. Davies)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: off the end of Madrona Point at Madrona Park; Parksville
Date: January 1 (A. Renton)
Redhead (1)
Location: Somass Estuary sewage lagoons; Port Alberni
Date: December 31 (P. Hall)
White-winged Crosbill (8)
Location: flying over 144 Engles Rd; Campbell River
Date: December 31 (J. Gatten)
Blue Jay (1)
Location: Private residence at 2409 Spring Beach Drive; Gabriola Island. Please knock on door if homeowner is home then birders are welcome. Birders are not welcome on property if owner is not home.
Date: November 30 to December 28 (F. Wilson)
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| Blue Jay on Gabriola Island (Photo: Fred Wilson) |
Redhead (1)
Location: Langford Lake; Langford
Date: December 23 (J. Wells)
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER (1)
Date: November 10 (T. Hyggen) to December 22 (multiple observers)
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| Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher in Victoria - Photo: Thompson Hyggen |
Rufous Hummingbird (1)
Location: Private residence; Victoria
Date: December 20 (C. Hughes)
Rusty Blackbird (1)
Location: Blenkinsop Lake; Victoria
Date: December 20 (C. Hughes)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: off French Creek mouth; Parksville
Date: December 18 (M. Wynja)
Harris's Sparrow (1)
Location: on road between playground and parking lot on Mansfield Dr at Courtenay Airpark; Courtenay
Date: December 15 (N. St. Hilaire) to 16 (multiple observers)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Here at Panama Flats; Victoria
Date: December 9 (D. Korver) to 13 (multiple observers)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: off Beechey Head at East Sooke Regional Park; Sooke
Date: December 13 (D. Donnecke)
Redhead (1)
Location: Blenkinsop Lake; Victoria
Date: November 22 (M. And B. McGrenere) to December 9 (multiple observers)
Pteredroma Sp. (1 probable Murphy’s Petrel)
Location: viewed by boat here off Race Rocks; Victoria
Date: December 6 (G. Newell)
Rock Wren (1)
Location: Here at McMicking Point, south-east end near golf course; Victoria
Date: October 14 (W. Thorne) to December 4 (multiple observers)
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| Rock Wren in Victoria (Photo: Walter Thorne) |
Harris’s Sparrow (1)
Location: Here in sparrow flock on Cavallin Court; Victoria
Date: December 4 (E. Larson)
Rusty Blackbird (2)
Location: Here at the Rupert Rd Fields; Qualicum Beach
Date: December 3 (G. Monty)
Western Bluebird (3)
Location: near the second parking lot near the lookout bench at Observatory Hill; Saanich
Date: November 30 (D. Donnecke)
Western Bluebird (3)
Location: Royal Oak Burial Park; Victoria
Date: November 30 (C. Hughes)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Here at Saanichton Spit; Saanich
Date: October 16 (N. Hughes) to November 26 (multiple observers)
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| Palm Warbler in Saanich (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Harris’s Sparrow (2)
Location: in a junco flock on the ocean side grass at Tin-wis Best Western Resort; Tofino
Date: November 18 (M. Veloski) to 21 (C. Midavaine)
Rusty Blackbird (1)
Location: first main viewing platform where lagoon empties into the sea at Courtenay Airpark Lagoon; Courtenay
Date: November 20 (K. Pritchard)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Clover Point; Victoria
Date: November 18 (G. Newell)
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (1)
Location: HERE in Port Hardy
Date: November 17 (Émile Brisson-Curadeau)
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| Black-throated Green Warbler in Port Hardy (Photo: Émile Brisson-Curadeau) |
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: last seen at Lee St and Albion Crescent. First seen at Helen St at Matterson Ave; Ucluelet
Date: November 1 (V. Pederson) to 17 (multiple observers)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: SE fence of the Tofino Airport; restricted access
Date: November 1 to 17 (I. Cruickshank)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (1)
Location: last seen Here on Sea Girt Rd near Berry Point and first seen at the east end of Clarendon Rd; Gabriola Island
Date: November 12 (M. Mitchell) to 16 (multiple observers)
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| White-tailed Ptarmigan in Gabriola Island - Photo: Mary Mitchell |
Bean-goose Sp. (1, probable)
Location: alone on water here before flying NW and not relocated at Little River Ferry Terminal; Comox
Date: November 16 (K. Fitzpatrick)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (1)
Location: HERE on Gomerich Rd; Nanaimo
Date: November 14 (fide P. Jost)
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| White-tailed Ptarmigan in Nanaimo - Photo: fide Pablo Jost |
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE (1)
Location: Private Residence, not open to public; Qualicum Beach
Date: November 13 (M. Gregson)
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| Bullock’s Oriole in Qualicum Beach (Photo: Margo Gregson) |
Harris's Sparrow (1)
Location: Here across from Queetso Office, Jordan River
Date: November 8 (T. Henry) to 11 (multiple observers)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)
Location: 1 at Island View Rd and Puckle Rd and 1 at 6021 Hunt Rd at Martindale Flats; Saanich
Date: October 16 (G. Newell) to November 11 (multiple observers)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Neck Point Park; Nanaimo
Date: November 11 (G. Monty)
Tropical Kingbird (1)
Location: Behind Hotel Zed on powerlines; Tofino
Date: November 11 (C. Tucker)
HORNED PUFFIN (1)
Location: Flying east past Columbia Beach - Parksville
Date: November 11 (D. Isbister and G.Beisel)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE in blackberry bushes along fence posts on the north side of Martindale Rd; Martindale Flats; Saanich
Date: November 4 (G. Newell) to 10 (multiple observers)
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| Clay-Colored Sparrow in Saanich (Photo: Geoffray Newell |
BLACK PHOEBE (1)
Location: Last seen here on the roof of the Feral Goat Bistro. First seen on powerline at 146 Trueworthy Rd; Saturna Island
Date: October 4 (A. Murray) to November 9 (P. Lee)
Swamp Sparrow (1)
Location: backside of southern pond at Casawood Ponds; Restricted access; Courtenay
Date: November 9 (G. Monty et al.)
Nashville Warbler (1)
Location: Here at Trent River Estuary; Royston
Date: November 8 (J. Gatten) to 9 (multiple observers)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)
Location: HERE at Cowichan Bay Estuary
Date: November 6 to 9 (B. Dudeck and Aiva Noringseth)
Western Bluebirds (5)
Location: Here on Shepherd Hills Rd; Salt Spring Island
Date: November 7 to 8 (P. Davidson)
Swamp Sparrow (1)
Location: 150m east of parking lot in berm at Nanaimo River Estuary
Date: November 8 (D. Baird)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Haigh’s Farm/Paradise Plants Garden Centre on Hardy Rd; Courtenay
Date: November 7 (N. Haigh and J. MacKenzie)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Trent River Estuary; Royston
Date: September 26 (R. Peterson) to November 7 (multiple observers)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (2)
Location: Tofino Airport; restricted access
Date: October 13 to November 6 (I. Cruickshank)
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| Red-throated Pipits in Tofino (Photo: Ian Cruickshank). |
Mountain Bluebird (1)
Location: HERE in blackberry bushes along fence posts on the north side of Martindale Rd; Martindale Flats; Saanich
Date: November 5 (G. Newell)
Ruddy Turnstone (1)
Location: McMicking Point; Victoria
Date: November 5 (W. Thorne)
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (1)
Location: HERE off Quatse Estuary; Port Hardy
Date: November 1 (Gavin McKinnon et al.) to 4 (multiple observers)
American Tree Sparrow (1)
Location: HERE in driveway of 6778 Lochside Dr, north of the model airfield at Martindale Flats; Saanich
Date: November 4 (G. Newell)
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| American Tree Sparrow in Saanich (Photo: Geoffray Newell) |
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: flying over Port Hardy Airport; Port Hardy
Date: October 24 (Émile Brisson-Curadeau) to November 1 (multiple obsersvers)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: Helen at Matterson Ave; Ucluelet
Date: November 1 (I. Cruickshank)
Clay-colored Sparow (1)
Location: HERE; Campbell River
Date: October 30 (J. Gatten)
Great Egret (1, Eurasian alba subspecies)
Location: Here off Tsulquate Estuary; Port Hardy
Date: October 29 (M. Wynja)
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| Great Egret (alba subspecies) in Port Hardy - Photo: Mark Wynja |
STELLER’S EIDER (1)
Location: HERE off Carrot Park and HERE off Tsulquate Park and first HERE at the Quatse Estuary Wildlife Management Area; Port Hardy
Date: October 8 (Émile Brisson-Curadeau) to 26 (multiple observers)
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| Steller’s Eider in Port Hardy (Photo: Mike Tabak) |
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: at Thomas Point in Hardy Bay; Port Hardy
Date: October 19 (D. Bell) to 24 (multiple observers)
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (1)
Location: on beach off Heard Rd; Campbell River
Date: October 23 (J. Gatten)
Redhead (2)
Location: Viaduct Flats; Saanich
Date: October 21 (W. Thorne) to 23 (multiple observers)
EURASIAN SKYLARK (1)
Location: Flying to the NW from Trent River Estuary; here; Royston
Date: October 22 (J. MacKenzie)
Redhead (1)
Location: Courtenay Airpark; Courtney
Date: October 22 (J. Ogden)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: in the cabbage field at the corner of McHugh Rd and McIntyre Rd at Martindale Flats; Saanich
Date: October 20 (G. Newell)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Panama Flats; Victoria
Date: October 19 (C. Hughes)
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Location: Here on Raines Rd; Nanaimo
Date: October 19 (D. Talbot)
TENNESSEE WARBLER (1)
Location: Banded at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: October 18 (D. Donnecke)
Franklin’s Gull (1)
Location: at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: October 14 (A. Jacobs) to 18 (multiple observers)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Otter Point; Sooke
Date: October 17 (G. Newell)
American Tree Sparrow (1)
Location: on ground near stop sign by Port Hardy Airport en route to Thomas Point; Port Hardy
Date: October 12 (Émile Brisson-Curadeau) to 16 (multiple observers)
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| American Tree Sparrow in Port Hardy (Photo: Nick Park) |
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Whiffin Spit; Sooke
Date: October 16 (G. Earle)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: 150m east of parking lot in berm at Nanaimo River Estuary
Date: October 16 (J. Telford)
EURASIAN SKYLARK (1)
Location: Tofino Airport; restricted access
Date: October 15 (I. Cruickshank)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)
Location: flying SW over HERE at Cattle Point; Victoria
Date: October 15 (R. Dzenkiw)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)
Location: here just north of main viewing area in American Pipit flock at Nanaimo River Estuary; Nanaimo
Date: October 13 (B. Dudeck) to 15 (multiple observers)
EURASIAN SKYLARK (1)
Location: on highway shoulder on Swim Beach Rd at Hwy 4; Kennedy Lake (near Ucluelet)
Date: October 14 (I. Cruickshank)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1)
Location: at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: Oct 14 (A. Jacobs)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Here in Nanaimo
Date: Oct 14 (J. Cooper)
COCOS BOOBY (1)
Location: Here viewed from vessel; Brooks Peninsula
Date: October 13 (L. Dealy)
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| Cocos Booby off Brooks Peninsula (Photo: Lindsay Dealy) |
SIBERIAN PIPIT (1)
Location: Here on Pacheedaht Beach; Port Renfrew
Date: October 13 (J. Bertrands)
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| Siberian Pipit in Port Renfrew (Photo: Joachim Bertrands) |
Great Egret (1)
Location: flying over Panama Flats; Victoria
Date: October 13 (A. Cooper)
Palm Warbler (2)
Location: Tofino Airport; restricted access
Date: October 13 (I. Cruickshank)
Ruddy Turnstone (1)
Location: On the beach at Cluxewe Resort; Port McNeill
Date: October 12 (N. Park and Z. Fedder) to 13 (multiple observers)
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| Ruddy Turnstone in Port McNeill (Photo: Nick Park) |
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Jordan River
Date: October 13 (Joachim Bertrands)
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (1)
Location: last seen at HERE past the entrance to the Cluxewe Resort by the gate to the road leading to the estuary by Port McNeill and first seen HERE and HERE on airport fence at Port Hardy Airport
Date: October 11 (Émile Brisson-Curadeau) to 12 (multiple observers)
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| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Port Hardy - Photo: Émile Brisson-Curadeau |
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: Here on ocean side by the hump at Esquimalt Lagoon; Colwood
Date: October 9 (K. Emmaneel) to 11 (multiple observers)
Tropical Kingbird (1)
Location: HERE at Panama Flats; Victoria
Date: October 11 (C. Hughes)
Least Flycatcher (1)
Location: Here on beach in Port Renfrew
Date: October 11 (J. Bertrands)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: at marina entrance in junco flock in Port Renfrew
Date: October 11 (S. Brulot-Sawchyn)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: at marina in Port Renfrew
Date: October 11 (J. Bertrands)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: Oyster Bay; Campbell River
Date: October 11 (R. Peterson)
Ruddy Turnstone (1)
Location: off Heard Rd Beach access; Campbell River
Date: October 11 (Vibeke Pedersen)
ORCHARD/HOODED ORIOLE (1)
Location: HERE near Port Hardy Airport
Date: October 10 (É. Brisson-Curadeau)
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| Hooded Oriole in Port Hardy - Photo: Émile Brisson-Curadeau |
Clark’s Grebe (1)
Location: Otter Point; Sooke
Date: October 10 (G. Newell)
SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS (2)
Location: offshore Tofino; here
Date: October 8 to 9 (L. Dealy)
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| Short-tailed Albatross off Tofino (Photo: Lindsay Dealy) |
Dusky Flycatcher (1)
Location: in aspens at NW section of Uplands Park near the Midland Rd entrance; Victoria
Date: October 9 (G. Newell)
BLACK PHOEBE (1)
Location: HERE at the Quatse Wildlife Management Area; Port Hardy
Date: October 8 (Émile Brisson-Curadeau)
Lark Sparrow (1)
Location: private residence on First Street; Sointula
Date: October 8 (G. Curry)
Redhead (2)
Location: Casawood farm ponds; restricted access; Courtenay
Date: October 3 (Nancy Bock) to 7 (multiple observers)
Redhead (4)
Location: Hemer Provinical Park; Nanaimo
Date: October 4 (D. Whitmee) to 7 (multiple observers)
TROPICAL KINGBIRD (1)
Location: Big Woodland Loop Trail at Amphitrite Point; Ucluelet
Date: October 6 (F. Letniowski)
Mountain Bluebird (3)
Location: Hawk Watch; Nanoose
Date: Octover 5 (G. Monty et al.)
Blue Jay (1)
Location: private residence; Gabriola Island
Location: private residence; Gabriola Island
Date: October 4 (P. Scanlon)
Franklin’s Gull (1)
Location: Esquimalt Lagoon; Colwood
Date: September 23 (M. Robichaud) to October 4 (multiple observers)
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| Franklin's Gull in Colwood (Photo: Aziza Cooper) |
BLACKPOLL WARBLER (1)
Location: here in maple tree in front of Queetso; Jordan River
Date: October 3 (C. Hughes and J. Bertrands)
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| Blackpoll Warbler in Jordan River (Photo: Joachim Bertrands) |
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (1)
Date: October 2 (K. DeLisle) to 3 (multiple observers)
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| Loggerhead Shrike in Courtenay (Photo: Kim DeLisle) |
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: Here in Port Renfrew
Date: October 3 (C. Hughes and J. Bertrands)
SUMMER TANAGER (1)
Location: Private residence here but open to public access by water taxi from Campbell River; Sonora Island
Date: September 26 (J. Eriksson) to October 3 (multiple observers)
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| Summer Tanager on Sonora Island (Photo: Tavish Campbell) |
YELLOW RAIL (1)
Location: Here at Island View Beach; Saanich
Date: October 1 (J. Bradley) to 2 (multiple observers)
American Golden-Plover (1)
Location: On shoreline at the Port McNeill ferry dock; Port McNeill
Date: October 1 (S. Dakin)
Franklin’s Gull (1 juv)
Location: at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: Sept 30 (I. Cruickshank)
American Golden-Plover (1)
Location: viewed from end of Millard Rd; Comox
Date: September 29 (K. Clouston) to 30 (multiple observers)
Franklin’s Gull (1 adult)
Location: at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: Sept 29 (G. Armstrong)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: viewed from end of Millard Rd; Comox
Date: September 26 (R. Peterson) to 29 (multiple observers)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)
Location: flew over here during hawk watch at Siwash Observation Point heading towards Oak Mt; Nanoose
Date: September 28 (G. Monty)
American Golden-Plover (1)
Location: on Trial Island and viewed from McMicking Point; Victoria
Date: September 13 (G. Newell) to 28 (multiple observers)
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| American Golden-Plover in Victoria (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: by the start of the Selkirk Trestle south of the Gorge Rd bridge on the Galloping Goose Trail; Saanich
Date: September 28 (J. Gaskin)
LITTLE STINT (1)
Location: Here with westerns at Esquimalt Lagoon; Colwood
Date: September 26 (G. Newell)
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| Little Stint in Colwood (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Lewis's Woodpecker (1)
Location: on telephone pole next to Vankam Freightways on Avenger Way near the airport; Victoria
Date: September 26 (I. Esselink)
Mountain Bluebird (1)
Location: Nanaimo River Estuary; Nanaimo
Date: September 26 (B. Dudeck)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: 100 m down fire access road (where it begins behind the campground) at Pedder Bay; Metchosin
Date: September 25 (G. Armstrong) to 26 (multiple observers)
American Golden-Plover (1)
Location: Clover Point; Victoria
Date: September 25 (M. Nugent)
Bobolink (1)
Location: NW quadrant of Panama Flats; Victoria
Date: September 22 (J. Gaskin)
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| Bobolink in Victoria (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)
Location: Flying north over Uplands Park; Victoria
Date: September 22 (D. Korver)
Lark Sparrow (1)
Location: on airport fence close to the ocean shore; Port Hardy
Date: September 21 (B. Dudeck)
RUFF (1)
Location: Quatse River Estuary; Port Hardy
Date: September 21 (B. Dudeck)
RUFF (1)
Location: Here on the shoreline near pier in front of Painter’s Lodge; Campbell River
Date: September 19 (C. Andrews) to 20 (multiple observers)
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| Juvenile Ruff in Campbell River (Photo: Jeremy Gatten) |
Broad-winged Hawk (1)
Location: Flying over East Sooke Regional Park; Sooke
Date: September 20 (G. Newell)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)
Location: in the corn field on Island View Rd just west of McHugh Rd in Martindale Flats; Saanich
Date: September 18 (G. Newell)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: banded at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: Sept 10 (G. Armstrong)
LITTLE GULL (1)
Location: Here off Johnstone Rd beach access; Parksville
Date: September 17 (M. Wynja) to 18 (multiple observers)
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| Little Gull in Parksville (Photo: Mark Wynja) |
Franklin’s Gull (1)
Location: Whiffin Spit; Sooke
Date: Sept 15 (B. Johnson) to 17 (multiple observers)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: off the spit just east of fenced off area at Witty’s Lagoon; Metchosin
Date: September 17 (G. Newell)
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| Clay-colored Sparrow in Victoria (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
CLARK’S GREBE (1)
Location: Off the end of Heard Rd; Campbell River
Date: September 16 (J. Gatten)
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (1)
Location: Here on shoreline at Yellow Point Lodge; Ladysmith
Date: September 15 (R. Varga)
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| Ash-throated Flycatcher in Ladysmith, BC (Photo: Randy Varga) |
Manx Shearwater (1)
Location: Blackfish Sound; near Hanson Island
Reported: September 15 (G. Curry)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: On Spit at Tsulquate Estuary; Port Hardy
Date: Sept 13 (C. Charlesworth) to 15 (multiple observers)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: Private Residence; Ucluelet
Date: Sept 15 (I. Cruickshank)
Mountain Bluebird (1)
Location: off Mariner Way at the Englishman River Estuary; Parksville
Reported: Sept 14 (S. Knoerr)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: Colquitz Creek; Saanich
Date: Sept 14 (D. Donnecke)
Red Knot (2)
Location: along waterfront; Port Hardy
Date: Sept 11 (A. Burger) to 13 (multiple observers)
Broad-winged Hawk (3)
Location: Flying over Mt. Tolmie; Saanich
Date: September 12 (G. Newell)
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| Broad-winged Hawk in Saanich (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: Back end of the grassy meadow; Jordan River
Date: Sept 12 (J. Bertands)
American Redstart (1)
Location: Amphitrite Point; Ucluelet
Date: Sept 7 (I. Cruickshank)
Brewer’s Sparrow (1)
Location: banded at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: Sept 7 (H. Tocher)
Clay-colored Sparrow (2)
Location: Back end of the grassy meadow; Jordan River
Date: Sept 3 (J. Bertands) to 7 (multiple observers)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: banded at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: Sept 4 (A. Jacobs) to 7 (multiple observers)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (1)
Location: at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: Sept 6 (D. Donnecke)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Oyster Bay; Campbell River
Date: Sept 6 (G. Monty)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: At the wet pond bed between small and large pond at Beckwith Park; Saanich
Date: Sept 5 (K. Slagboom)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: Cold Shoulder Cafe; Jordan River
Reported: August 24 (C. Hughes) to Sept 5 (multiple observers)
Brown Pelican (1)
Location: Behind Trial Island, viewed from McMicking Point; Victoria
Date: September 3 (T. Henry & G. LeRoy)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: Chesterman’s Beach; Tofino
Date: August 29 (E. Edwards) to Sept 3 (multiple observers)
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (1)
Location: Here at Cuthbert Holmes Park; Victoria
Date: August 30 (N. Hentze) to Sept 1 (multiple observers)
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| Ash-throated Flycatcher in Victoria (Photo: Les Peterson) |
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: King’s Pond; Victoria
Date: August 21 (L. Peterson) to Sept 2 (multiple observers)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: Near bridge at NW side of Swan Lake; Victoria
Date: September 1 (L. Auringer)
Stilt Sandpiper (1)
Location: seen from middle viewing tower at Courtenay Airpark
Date: August 27 (K. Clouston) to September 1 (multiple observers)
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| Stilt Sandpiper in Courtenay (Photo: Krista Kaptein) |
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: Here at Swan Lake; Victoria
Date: August 30 (A. Boycott) to Sept 1 (multiple observers)
Upland Sandpiper (1)
Location: flying over private home; Victoria
Date: September 1 (M. McGrenere)
Long-billed Curlew (1)
Location: flying over golf course viewed from McMicking Point; Victoria
Date: August 30 (T. Henry)
Clay-colored Sparrow (1)
Location: 100 m down fire access road (where it begins behind the campground) at Pedder Bay; Metchosin
Date: August 29 (A. Ross et al.)
Laysan Albatross (1)
Location: Offshore Tofino
Date: August 28 (J. Forde)
Lark Sparrow (1)
Location: at the tip of the spit near the split rail fence at Cattle Point; Victoria
Date: August 28 (G. LeRoy)
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| Lark Sparrow in Victoria (Photo: Les Peterson) |
Redhead (1)
Location: Here at Somass Estuary sewage lagoon; Port Alberni
Date: August 23 (C. Montgomery) to 28 (multiple observers)
Horned Puffin (1)
Location: viewed by boat near Cleland Island; Tofino
Date: August 23 (fide Ian Cruickshank) to 26 (multiple observers)
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| Horned Puffin at Cleland Island (Photo: Cameron Montgomery) |
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: Pedder Bay banding station; Metchosin
Date: August 12 (E. Lewis) to 26 (multiple observers)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Location: Here by picnic tables on beach at Witty’s Lagoon; Metchosin
Date: August 26 (J. Szabo)
RUFF (1)
Location: Here at Witty’s Lagoon; Metchosin
Date: August 20 (G. Newell) to 25 (multiple observers)
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| Ruff in Metchosin (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Say’s Phoebe (2)
Location: banded at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: Aug 25 (S. Futehally)
Manx Shearwater (3)
Location: viewed by boat offshore from Cleland Island; Tofino
Date: August 25 (J. Forde)
Long-billed Curlew (1)
Location: Sidney Spit; Sidney Island
Date: August 24 (L. Henry)
BOBOLINK (1)
Location: Island View Beach; here; Saanichton
Date: August 23 (K. Emmaneel)
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| Bobolink in Saanichton (Photo: Klaus Emmaneel) |
Manx Shearwater (1)
Location: flying NE here off the Duke Point ferry
Date: August 23 (A. Boycott)
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| Manx Shearwater off BC Ferries (Photo: Andrew Boycott) |
Manx Shearwater (1)
Location: off Beechey Head at East Sooke Regional Park; Sooke
Date: August 23 (T. Henry)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Location: Tofino Airport; no public access
Date: August 23 (A. Dorst)
BLACK PHOEBE (1)
Location: Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: August 22 (G. Armstrong)
Stilt Sandpiper (1)
Location: seen at Albert Head Lagoon and
seen Here at Witty's Lagoon; Victoria
Date: August 14 (G. Newell) to 21 (multiple observers)
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| Stilt Sandpiper in Metchosin (Photo: Heather Tocher) |
ACORN WOODPECKER (1)
Location: Visiting feeder at 443 Hector Rd; Victoria
Date: June 26 (J. Gaskin) to Aug 21 (multiple observers)
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| Female Acorn Woodpecker in Victoria (Photo: Les Peterson) |
Sora (1)
Location: in tall grass near the wooden bridge by the red "caution" sign at Hardy Bay; Port Hardy
Date: Aug 19 (E. Brisson-Curadeau)
RUFF (1)
Location: flying NE past here at Taylor Beach; Metchosin
Date: August 18 (A. Jacobs)
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| Ruff in Metchosin (Photo: Andrew Jacobs) |
Long-billed Curlew (1)
Location: Last seen at Nanaimo Airport first seen at Nanaimo River Estuary; Nanaimo
Date: August 14 (T. Palowksi) to 17 (multiple observers)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Location: Here at Uplands Park; Victoria
Date: August 13 (G. Newell)
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| Northern Waterthrush in Victoria (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)
Location: boardwalk at Swan Lake; Victoria
Date: August 12 (G. Newell)
Long-billed Curlew (1)
Location: Sidney Spit
Date: August 10 (K. Holland) to 12 (multiple
observers)
OVENBIRD (1)
Location: banded at Rocky Point Bird Observatory (no public access); Metchosin
Date: Aug 9 (S. Futehally)
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| Ovenbird in Metchosin (Photo: Sonja Futehally) |
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)
Location: Tsulquate Park; Port Hardy
Reported: Aug 6 (W. Gutierre) to 7 (multiple observers)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Little Qualicum Estuary, Qualicum Beach; here
Date: November 1/23 (M. Wynja) to Aug 7/25 (multiple observers)
Horned Puffin (7)
Location: NW corner of Sartine Island
Date: Aug 1 to 3 (A. Jones)
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| Horned Puffins near Sartine Island (Photo: Andrew Jones) |
Horned Puffin (2)
Location: Triangle Island
Date: Aug 2 to 3 (A. Jones)
Eastern Phoebe x Black Phoebe Hybrid (3) first breeding record for Canada.
Location: Private Property (no public access) in Blenkinsop Valley; Saanich
Date: June 22 (L. Peterson) to Aug 1 (multiple observers)
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| Black Phoebe with 1 of 3 hybrid Eastern Phoebe x Black Phoebe offspring in Saanich (Photo: Jody Wells) |
ARCTIC LOON (1, reported)
Location: 500 m offshore moving east from Otter Point; Sooke
Date: July 29 (G. Newell)
Eastern Phoebe (1) *successfully bred with a Black Phoebe and produced 3 young*
Location: near Galey Egg Farm HERE along Blenkinsop Rd in Saanich.
Date: May 15 to July 29 (G. Newell, m.obs).
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| Eastern Phoebe in Saanich (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
MASKED BOOBY (1)
Location: offshore between Raft Cove Provincial Park and Winter Harbour
Date: July 27 (fide G. Harrington)
KING EIDER (1 male)
Location: first seen HERE in Hardy Bay and last seen here HERE closer to the Quatse River Estuary; Port Hardy
Date: July 5 (A. Powell) to July 26 (multiple observers)
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| King Eider in Port Hardy (Photo: Nick Park) |
BLACK PHOEBE (1) *has successfully bred with a Eastern Phoebe and produced 3 young*
Location: On fence on Lochside Dr, south of Lohbrunner Rd; Saanich; here
Date: May 31 (G. Newell) to July 24 (multiple observers)
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| Black Phoebe with Eastern Phoebe in Saanich (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Manx Shearwater (3)
Location: flying past Amphitrite Point; Ucluelet
Date: July 19 (I. Cruickshank)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: SW quadrant of Panama Flats; Victoria
Date: July 12 (G. Newell)
American White Pelican (44)
Location: flying between Pearse Islands and Stephenson Islets; near to Alert Bay and last seen by Malcolm Island
Date: July 9 (A. Jones) to 10 (G. Curry)
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| American White Pelicans (Photo: Andrew Jones) |
Manx Shearwater (1)
Location: flying west past Beechey Head at East Sooke Regional Park
Date: July 9 (D. Donnecke et al.)
Manx Shearwater (1)
Location: viewed from campsite at Jordan River
Date: July 8 (C. Hughes and J. Bertrands)
Horned Puffin (1)
Location: NW corner of Sartine Island
Date: July 6 (A. Jones)
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| Horned Puffin (Photo: Andrew Jones) |
Manx Shearwater (1)
Location: offshore from Cape Scott
Date: July 6 (A. Jones)
Manx Shearwater (3)
Location: flying north past Black Rock; Ucluelet
Date: July 3 (R. Merrill)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Location: 1 on fence at Lohbrunner Rd; Saanich
Date: July 3 (C. Standen)
Western Kingbird
Location: 1 on fence at Lohbrunner Rd; Saanich
Date: June 26 (T. Henry) to June 27 (m.obs)
Western Kingbird
Location: 1 at Uplands Park; Victoria
Date: June 26 (G. Newell)
American White Pelicans (21)
Location: Flying NE over Thetis Lake Provincial Park
Date: June 24 (D. & R. Goodyear)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: In parking lot of Tribune Bay Provincial Park; Hornby Island
Date: June 21 (M. Bentley)
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: 1 at Schooner’s Beach; Tofino
Date: June 21 (T. Schulz-Franco, A. Lalani, & R. Greek
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)
Location: Central dyke at Panama Flats; Victoria
Date: June 19 (G. Newell)
Swainson’s Hawk (1)
Location: Flying South over Lohbunner Rd toward Blenkinsop Lake; Saanich
Date: June 17 (G. Newell)
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| Swainson's Hawk in Saanich - Photo: Geoffrey Newell |
Wilson's Phalarope (2)
Location: On central ditch between ponds at the Sandown Centre (restricted access); Sidney
Reported: June 16 (N. Hughes)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: Whiffin Spit Park; Sooke
Reported: June 16 (M. Flake)
Vesper Sparrow (1)
Location: Quatse River Estuary; Port Hardy
Reported: June 12 (Henri Wintz)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: HERE along Beach Drive near the Oak Bay Native Plant Garden; Victoria
Date: June 10 (G. Newell)
Swainson’s Hawk (1)
Location: Flying NE over Uplands Park; Victoria
Date: June 7 to 9 (G. Newell and K. Flint)
Least Flycatcher (1)
Location: near the gate to the city road (can be heard at the start of the pipeline) at Somass River Estuary; Port Alberni
Date: May 27 (J. Wright) to June 9 (multiple observers)
HOODED ORIOLE (1)
Location: in shrub beneath totem pole on the ocean side of Anchor Park (at Main St and Third St); Tofino
Date: June 3 (G. Morgan and R. Bernar) to 7 (multiple observers)
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| Hooded Oriole in Tofino (Photo: Ian Cruickshank) |
Manx Shearwater (1)
Location: Homer Cove; Bill Harbour
Date: June 7 (E. Brisson-Curadeau)
Manx Shearwater (9)
Location: flying past Amphitrite Point; Ucluelet
Date: June 6 (I. Cruickshank)
Wilson’s Phalarope (3)
Location: Central Berm at Maber Flats; Saanich
Date: June 6 (A. Nightingale) to 7 (multiple observers)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: on Bentley’s Beach just west of Cold Shoulder, Jordan River
Date: June 3 to 5 (C. Hughes and J. Bertrands)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Port McNeill BC Ferries Dock
Date: December 28/24 (D. Lacasse) to June 5/25 (multiple observers)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: Here on Apple Drive; Campbell River
Date: June 4 (G. Graham)
BLACK TERN (1)
Location: viewed off the central dyke here off Willow Way; Maber Flats; Central Saanich
Date: June 3 (G. Newell)
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| Black Tern in Central Saanich (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Eastern Kingbird (2)
Location: Jensen's Bay, Tofino
Date: June 3 (A. Dorst)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: flycatching in the area between St. John’s Point and Helliwell Bluffs at Helliwell Park; Hornby Island
Date: June 3 (D. Donnecke)
GRAY FLYCATCHER (1)
Location: HERE on the NE slope of Mt. Tolmie; Victoria
Date: June 2 (G. Newell)
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| Gray Flycatcher in Victoria (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Western Kingbird (2)
Location: HERE along Blenkinsop Rd in Saanich.
Date: May 26 (M. McGrenere) to June 2 (multiple observers)
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (1 juv)
Location: Flying past Staines Point and the south and east end of Greater Trial Island; Victoria
Date: May 31 (J. Gillevet)
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| Magnificent Frigatebird off Victoria (Photo: John Gillevet) |
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)
Location: On Lochside Dr and Island View Rd and also seen on Island View Rd south of Puckle Rd; Saanich
Date: May 29 (J. Gaskin) to 30 (multiple observers)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: Trent River Estuary; Royston
Date: May 27 (J. MacDonald) to 28 (multiple observers)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: flying east bound at Beechey Head at East Sooke Regional Park; Sooke
Date: May 28 (D. Donnecke et al.)
American Golden-Plover (1)
Location: Quatse River Estuary; Port Hardy
Date: May 27 (E. Brisson-Curadeau)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: Sam's Beach, Malcolm Island
Date: May 26 (G. Curry)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1, male)
Location: 4870 Margaret St, Port Alberni; visiting feeder in front yard
Date: May 26 (M. Damant)
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: on airport fence at Port Hardy Airport
Date: May 23 to 25 (E. Brisson-Curadeau)
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (1)
Location: Here on beach logs on Schooner’s Cove Beach; Tofino
Date: May 23 (K. Kushneryk, E. Brouard-John, B. Addley and I. Cruickshank) to 24 (multiple observers)
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| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Tofino (Photo: Ian Cruickshank) |
Rock Wren (1)
Location: Here on Saturna Island
Date: May 18 (T. Hyggen)
Swainson’s Hawk (1)
Location: flying over YYJ airport; Saanich
Date: May 18 (N. Hughes)
Horned Puffin (6)
Location: Sartine Island
Date: May 18 (A. Jones)
Hudsonian Godwit (1)
Location: Hardy Bay waterfront; Port Hardy
Date: May 17 to 18 (E. Brisson-Curadeau and A. Jones)
Swainson’s Hawk (1)
Location: flying over YYJ airport and later Pendray Farms; Saanich
Date: May 15 (N. Hughes and J. Wells)
Swainson’s Hawk (2)
Location: flying over Martindale Flats; Saanich.
Date: May 14 (Geoffrey Newell)
Franklin’s Gull (1)
Location: On breakwater at Pacific Gateway Marina; Port Renfrew
Date: May 11 (I. Cruickshank)
Dusky Flycatcher (1)
Location: Jordan River
Date: May 11 (C. Hughes)
Franklin’s Gull (1)
Location: viewed from Princess cruise ship off Bull Harbour
Date: May 10 (B. Shelmerdine)
Sage Thrasher (1)
Location: Jordan River; here
Date: May 7 (J. Bertrands)
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| Sage Thrasher in Jordan River (Photo: Joachim Bertrands) |
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Location: in front of beach in front of Wickaninnish Visitor Centre in Pacific Rim National Park; Tofino
Date: May 7 (I. Cruickshank)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)
Location: Central Berm at Panama Flats; Victoria
Date: May 6 (Geoffrey Newell)
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| Yellow-headed Blackbird in Victoria (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Murphy’s Petrel (1, reported)
Location: here off Triangle Island; viewed from the Discovery Princess Cruise ship
Date: May 5 (C. Hagen)
Redhead (1)
Location: Tofino Airport; restricted access
Date: May 5 (I. Cruickshank)
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE (1)
Date: December 30/24 (T. Wray) to May 4/25 (multiple observers)
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| Green-tailed Towhee in Victoria (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Western Kingbird (1)
Location: on telephone wire at Casawood Ponds; restricted access; Courtenay
Date: May 4 (fide C. Bock)
Baird’s Sandpiper (1)
Location: on mudflats off Mariner Way here at Englishmen River Estuary; Parksville
Date: April 29 (T. Semeniuk) to May 1 (multiple observers)
Swainson’s Hawk (1)
Location: flying NE over Panama Flats; Victoria
Date: May 1 (G. Newell)
Say’s Phoebe (1)
Location: Private residence; Mesachie Lake
Date: April 30 (A. Boycott)
American White Pelican (2)
Location: Ryee Spit; Campbell River
Date: April 26 (L. Auringer)
MANX SHEARWATER (1)
Location: flying NW past Amphitrite Point; Ucluelet
Date: April 26 (I. Cruickshank)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Location: Somass Estuary sewage lagoons; Port Alberni
Date: April 26 (P. Hall et al.)
Long-billed Curlew (1)
Location: on the beach in front of Incinerator Rock at Pacific Rim National Park; Tofino
Date: April 23 (I. Cruickshank)
Mountain Bluebird (1)
Location: on beach logs off Mariner Way near San Malo Crescent at Englishmen River Estuary; Parksville
Date: April 22 (M. Wynja) to 23 (multiple observers)
Black-billed Magpie (1)
Location: Estevan Point; Hesquiat Peninsula Provincial Park
Date: April 20 (J. Etzkorn)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Location: in drainage ponds at Kaye and Peterson Rds; Errington
Date: April 18 (F. Holtslander)
Mountain Bluebird (3)
Location. Along Lamont Rd fencline; Saanich; here
Date: March 27 (G. Newell) to April 18 (multiple observers)
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| Mountain Bluebird in Saanich (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (1)
Location: in woods between overlook to Sunken Garden and Rose Garden at Butchart Gardens; Brentwood Bay
Date: April 15 (B. Robinson) to 17 (multiple observers)
Marbled Godwit (1)
Location: McMicking Point; Victoria
Date: April 13 (G. Newell) to 14 (multiple observers)
BLACK PHOEBE (1)
Location: Off the E & N Rail Trail near 381 Atkins Ave; Victoria
Date: April 13 (L. King)
Marbled Godwit (2)
Location: on the runway field at Port Hardy Airport
Date: April 12 (E. Brisson-Curadeau)
Mountain Bluebird (4)
Location. On fenceline north of 6021 Hunt Rd; Victoria
Date: March 27 (J. Wells) to April 11 (multiple observers)
Mountain Bluebird (1)
Location: on fence in grassy area east of Northy Lake on Endall Rd; Black Creek
Date: April 9 (J. Gatten)
Mountain Bluebird (1)
Location: in grassland between Englishmen North Trail and Overlook Trail at Englishmen River Estuary; Parksville
Date: April 7 (F. Fennell)
Palm Warbler (1)
Location: In shrubby area on the Quay to Quay Trail near the bridge over Owatchet Creek; Port Alberni
Date: February 23 (J. Wright) to April 6 (multiple observers)
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Location. Tofino Airport; restricted access
Date: March 26 (I. Cruickshank) to April 6 (multiple observers)
Mountain Bluebird (1)
Location: on fence on Blacktail Rd; Spider Lake
Date: March 30 (C. Carlson) to April 4 (multiple observers)
Long-billed Curlew (1)
Location: on the runway field at Port Hardy Airport
Date: March 30 (N. Beaulac) to April 2 (multiple observers)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1)
Location: Private Home; Victoria
Date: March 31 (M. McGrenere)
Lapland Longspur (2)
Location: on the runway field at Port Hardy Airport
Date: March 30 (E. Brisson-Curadeau)
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Location: on logs on east side of Rebecca Spit; Quadra Island
Date: March 29 (J. Gatten) to 30 (multiple observers)
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Location: Siwash Observation Point; Nanoose Bay
Date: March 30 (M. Wynja et al.)
BLACK PHOEBE (1)
Location: In NW area of the slough here at Cuthbert Holmes Park and in parking lot here by the nearby Silvercity Movie Theatre; Victoria
Date: March 29 (J. Gaskin)
SAGE THRASHER (1)
Location: Nanaimo River Estuary along central mud channel; here
Date: March 28 (G. Monty) to 29 (multiple observers)
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| Sage Thrasher in Nanaimo (Photo: Guy Monty) |
Western Bluebird (1, unbanded)
Location: On Lochside Trail at Martindale Flats in Saanich; here
Date: March 27 (G. Newell)
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| Western Bluebird in Saanich (Photo: Geoffrey Newell) |
Manx Shearwater (1)
Location: off Beechey Head at East Sooke Regional Park; Sooke
Date: March 22 (D. Donnecke et al.)
Glaucous Gull (1)
Location: Columbia Beach; Qualicum Beach
Date: March 17 (M. Wynja)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (1)
Location: Kye Bay; Comox; here also seen at Point Holmes.
Location: Kye Bay; Comox; here also seen at Point Holmes.
Date: March 15 (A. Jacobs) to 17 (multiple observers)
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull in Comox (Photo: Cathy Carlson) |
TUFTED DUCK (1)
Location: Duncan Sewage Lagoons; Duncan, here
Date: December 18/24 (JP. Giroux) to March 8/25 (multiple observers)
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| Tufted Duck in Duncan (Photo: JP Giroux) |
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: Intersection of Main St and Wharf St; Tofino
Date: January 1 (S. Vanderluit and D. Gillis) to March 8 (multiple observers)
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| Northern Mockingbird in Tofino (Photo: Sean Vanderluit) |
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE (1)
Location: at 9867 Maple Street; Chemainus
Date: March 1 (J. Blakney)
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| Great-tailed Grackle in Chemainus (Photo: Jade Blakney) |
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Location: here at Nanaimo River Estuary; Nanaimo
Date: November 17 (M. Ring) to February 2 (multiple observers)
Bohemian Waxing (1)
Location: Here at Buttertubs Marsh; Nanaimo
Date: January 5 (M. Ring) to 26 (multiple observers)
Yellow-billed Loon (1)
Location: Tyee Spit; Campbell River
Date: January 17 (J. Gatten) to 25 (multiple observers)
Gyrfalcon (1) **Do not enter private farm fields**
Location: Here on Bridges Rd; Courtenay
Date: January 6 (J. Jones) to 20 (multiple observers)
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| Juv Gyrfalcon in Courtenay (Photo: Camille Bock) |
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Location: Alder Park; Ucluelet
Date: January 5/2025 (T. Franco)
