This site is mostly a simple utilitarian "bird alert" but since it is a blog and I have been pretty busy and unable to keep things...

In the 10+ year Derrick Marven of the Cowichan Valley has been keeping track of BC's annual bird species tally, no year was better than ...

On December 28, Alex Grey made a trip up to see the Hooded Oriole in Port McNeill.  While enjoying views of the oriole (yes, it's still...

This female Painted Bunting was present at a feeder in Bowser, BC  (Vancouver Island) from November 25th to December 3rd. Apparently it ...

Dave Beeke and his CBC team spotted a Black Phoebe in Chilliwack. It was seen on Kitchen Road. For more details and updates click  Here

UPDATE: The Hooded Oriole has been putting in frequent appearances and was reported most recently February 18th.  Feeders have been set up a...

Word has now spilled across the internet that a very intriguing-looking vireo was sighted in Vancouver on the 18th of September, 2013. Well...

Robbie Heggelund , a commercial fisherman, snapped this photo of an adult  BROWN BOOBY that landed on his boat yesterday ( Nov 12 ) off t...

Well it's been a good week for Myiarchus flycatchers! On Nov 2, Nancy Krueger found this Ash-throated Flycatcher along the Nechako River...

Gord Gadsden found this  Great Crested Flycatcher at Island 22 regional park in Chilliwack in the late afternoon. This is potentially the ...