On July 6-2026, Simon Thompson and John Hanna found and photographed a Hawaiian Petrel from their cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s “Serenade of The Seas” off Haida Gwaii.
Map to location HERE
This is the 7th record for BC and the 2nd photographed record for the province.
At 4:33pm on July 5-2026, Vivien Leong and Millan See found a male Brambling in breeding plumage feeding on the path near the duck pond at Ambleside Park. It flew off 2 mins later at 4:35 pm to the south.
Map to location HERE
The bird was searched for at the duck pond, surrounding beaches and area on July 6th, but was not relocated thus far.
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| Brambling in West Vancouver - Photo: Vivien Leong |
At 10:15 am on July 1-2026, Kathleen Oliver found a male Hooded Warbler singing in the dense trees off the viewing platform at Trout Lake.
Map to location HERE
The bird was also seen HERE
The bird continues HERE as of 8:30 pm and has been viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 10th record for BC.
The bird has not been relocated so far in July 2nd.
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| Hooded Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: Ed Kingma |
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| Hooded Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: Kha Nguyen |
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| Hooded Warbler in Vancouver - Photo: June Pang |
At 5 pm on June 26-2026, Teresa Jones saw a Cocos Booby attempt to land on her sailboat.
The bird was just east of Active Pass. It continued on flying west after the brief encounter.
Map to location HERE
This is the 24th record for BC.
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| Cocos Booby near Active Pass - Photos: Teresa Jones |
On June 26-2026, Jodi Forster found and photographed an Ash-throated Flycatcher in Penticton. The bird was in a Saskatoon berry bush along the KVR Trail, south of the Sunglo Drive entrance and north of Clay Banks.
Map to location HERE
It has not been relocated as of posting.
Please note this trail is actually closed due to safety concerns. If you use this trail you are doing so at your own risk.
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| Ash-throated Flycatcher in Penticton - Photo: Jodi Forster |
At 10:55 am on June 24-2026, Wesley and Riley Fern found an adult Black Phoebe flycatching near the viewing platform at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. The bird flew south and was not relocated as of posting.
Map to location HERE
This is the 69th record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in Delta - Photo: Wesley Fern |
At 12:45pm on June 24-2026, Kalin Ocana found a male Indigo Bunting singing in Kragmont.
Map to location HERE
At 10:30 am on June 23-2026, Doug Martin found a White Wagtail of the lugens subspecies in the parking lot of West Coast Reductions.
Please view the bird from the public road (Maughan Rd) only as you must be an authorized guest to enter the parking lot. Please do not go into the office to ask permission as it won’t be granted.
Map to location HERE
It is likely the same bird first reported by Jillian Wheatley on May 17 at nearby Biggs Park, which was an unconfirmed sighting with no photo.
This is the 20th record for BC.
The bird was not seen after 4pm, despite multiple observers looking.
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| White Wagtail in Nanaimo - Photo: Doug Martin |
At 1 pm on June 19-2026, Steve Valasek saw a Nazca/Masked Booby flying over the Norwegian Bliss cruise ship offshore from Tofino. Photos are too poor to determine species.
Map to location HERE
At 10 am on June 14-2026, Griffin Duckworth, Mike Gallimore and Megan Cesarone found an Ash-throated Flycatcher during a monthly bird count at Squamish River Estuary.
Map to location HERE
The bird has not been relocated since the initial sighting.
At 9:45 am on June 13-2026, Rebecca Maier found a Snowy Egret on the breakwater at Salmon Arm Pier. She watched it fly over the rocks and didn’t see it again.
Map to location HERE
The bird continued in the same spot on June 16th and spends hours on the other side of the breakwater out of view. It has been viewed by multiple observers.
The bird has not been relocated on June 17th.
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| Snowy Egret in Salmon Arm - Photo: Peter Baker |
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| Snowy Egret in Salmon Arm - Photo: Rebecca Maier |
At 11 am on June 6-2026, Lara Roorda found and photographed an immature male Summer Tanager that briefly perched at the feeders at the Scout Island Nature House in Williams Lake.
The bird has not returned since.
Map to location HERE
This is the 14th record for BC.
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| Summer Tanager in Williams Lake - Photo: Lara Roorda |
On June 6-2026, Sachi Snively found a Brown Thrasher at his private home in Queen’s Bay. The bird was singing as well.
The home is not open to the public.
This is the 46th record for BC.
The bird continues on June 7th.
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| Brown Thrasher in Queen’s Bay - Photos: Sachi Snively |
At 4:30pm on June 5-2026, Ian Cruickshank found a male Northern Parula singing in Oak Trees along Hull Rd. He photographed and made an audio recording of the bird.
Map to location HERE
This is the 29th record for BC
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| Northern Parula in Bamfield - Photo: Ian Cruickshank |
At 6:30am on June 5-2026, Craig Sandvig found a male Dickcissel singing on hawthornes at Selkirk College Trails.
Map to location HERE
This is the 35th record for BC.
The bird continues at the same location on June 7th.
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| Dickcissel in Castlegar - Photos: Craig Sandvig |
At 4:15pm on June 1-2026, Jakob Dulisse found a Ferruginous Hawk circling over Argenta for a few minutes before he lost it.
Map to location HERE
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| Ferruginous Hawk in Argenta - Photos: Jakob Dulisse |
At 3:15 pm on May 31-2026, Kevin and Daniel Hu and multiple others found a White-winged Dove during a Shuswap Naturalists Club walk near the Illecillewaet Substation in Revelstoke.
Map to location HERE
This is the 27th record for BC.
The bird was not relocated on June 1st.
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| White-winged Dove in Revelstoke - Photos: Daniel Hu |
On May 30-2026, Geoffrey Newell and Gabriel LeRoy found a male Chestnut-sided Warbler at Uplands Park during the Friends of Uplands Park bird walk. The bird was first viewed HERE and later HERE.
The bird was viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 93rd record for BC.
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler in Victoria - Photos: Geoffrey Newell |
At 4 pm on May 29-2026, Émile Brisson-Curadeau found a Wood Sandpiper in Port Hardy. The bird was in a little pond 20 m off the trail near the Chevron cardlock gas station. Please stay on the trail while viewing the bird as not to flush it.
Map to location HERE
This is the 4th record for BC.
The bird has not been relocated on May 30th, thus far.
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| Wood Sandpiper in Port Hardy - Photos: Émile Brisson-Curadeau |
At 7:50 am on May 29-2026, Jo Ellen Floer found a Northern Parula in the trees near the small pond by Elizabeth Lake Lodge in Cranbrook.
She was able to get a recording of the bird and view it briefly.
Map to location HERE
At 8pm Craig Sandvig, Sachi Snively and Dianne Cooper viewed the bird at the same spot and obtained photos.
The bird continues in the same spot on May 30th and has been viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 28th record for BC.
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| Northern Parula in Cranbrook - Photos: Sachi Snively |
