At 3pm on Nov 21-2022, Danielle Geller found and photographed a Prairie Warbler at Glencoe-cove Kwatsech Park in Victoria. She watched it for 15 seconds before she lost it.
Map to location HERE
This is the 6th photographed record for BC.
The bird was not relocated on Nov 22nd, despite multiple observers looking.
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| Prairie Warbler in Victoria - Photos: Danielle Geller |
At 10:30am on Nov 21-2022, Tana Coetzer found a Slaty-backed Gull in a mixed gull flock on a sandy bank off the Kamloops Airport River Trail at the end of Aviation Way.
The bird was still present when she left at 2pm.
Map to location of where she stood HERE and where the bird was HERE
The bird also has been seen HERE and HERE at Mission Flats and at the dump.
This is the 86th record for BC.
On Nov 24-26th, the bird was last seen HERE at Mission Flats and was viewed by multiple observers.
The bird has not been relocated since.
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| Slaty-backed Gull in Kamloops - Photos: Tom Beeke |
At 4:30pm on Nov 19-2022, James MacKenzie, Nathan and Iain Haigh found a Whooper Swan at a retention pond on private property in Courtenay. The bird was not banded on either leg and toes did not appear to be clipped. It was in a flock of 78 Trumpeter Swans.
These ponds are not accessible to the public. Local birders have an agreement with the property owner. Please do not trespass.
At 4:45pm, the bird flew away to the SW towards Comox Lake.
Map to original location HERE
At 1:30pm on Nov 20-2022, the bird was relocated HERE in a field on Marsden Rd.
The bird later moved to a field HERE on Charter Rd and is being viewed by multiple observers as of 3pm.
The bird was not relocated on Nov 21.
On Nov 22-24th the bird was relocated HERE in a field off Dove Creek Rd and is being viewed by multiple observers.
On Nov 26th the Whooper Swan was relocated in a field off Piercy Rd HERE and seen by multiple observers.
It has not been relocated since, despite multiple birders looking.
This is the second record for BC of a presumed wild vagrant.
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| Whooper Swan in Courtenay - Photos: James MacKenzie |
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| Whooper Swan on Dove Creek Rd in Courtenay - Photo: Roger Beardmore |
At 4pm on November 18, 2022 Allison Grant found a female Scarlet Tanager in her yard on A Avenue. The bird appeared sick and listless. It was shivering and having difficulty breathing.
The homeowner took the bird inside and it seemed to recover for a bit. She planned to release it the next morning but sadly it died overnight.
This is the 5th confirmed photographed record for BC and the 1st record for the Central Kootenay.
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| Female Scarlet Tanager in Kaslo - Photos: Allison Grant |
At 12:30pm on Nov 14-2022, Lochlan Wylie et al. found an adult female Brown Booby while aboard his family’s sailboat. The Booby stayed with the vessel for 11 mins as they were off Westham Island. At 12:41pm it flew off to the NE.
Map to location he first saw it HERE
The bird was refound 2 hours later at 2:30pm by John Hall. The Brown Booby landed on his sail boat and stayed on the boat for over ten mins and he was able to obtain photos.
John Hall first saw the bird HERE before it flew off towards Galiano Island.
This is the 20th record for BC.
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| Brown Booby in Delta - Photos: Lochlan Wylie |
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| Brown Booby on John Hall’s boat off Delta, BC - Photo: John Hall |
A video of the bird taken by Lochlan Wylie can be viewed below:
At 4pm on Nov 6-2022, Steven Roias and Amelie Rousseau found a Bell’s Vireo at the NE end of Panama Flats. The bird was feeding in blackberry bushes.
Map to location HERE
This is the 2nd record for BC.
The bird was last seen HERE near the original location on November 9th and was viewed by multiple observers.
It has not been seen since despite multiple observers looking.
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| Bell’s Vireo in Victoria (Photo: Amelie Rousseau) |
At 5:15 pm on Nov 1-2022, Gillian McMillan photographed a female Acorn Woodpecker at her private home in Port Moody.
The bird only stayed at her feeder for ten minutes and did not return. If the bird returns the home may be open to the public.
This is the 14th record for BC and 3rd for Metro Vancouver.
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| Female Acorn Woodpecker in Port Moody - Photos: Gillian McMillan |
On October 29-2022, Kenneth Lane photographed a male Black-throated Blue Warbler at his private home on 118a Ave in Fort St. John.
The bird was last seen on Nov 4th and was viewed by multiple observers. It was not seen on Nov 5th.
The home is open to the public. Please contact the RBA for the address and instructions on viewing.
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| Black-throated Blue Warbler in Fort St. John - Photos: Kenneth Lane |
On Oct 25th Elisha Miller found a Black Phoebe that was hawking insects from a fence near a manure pile on private property on Arnold Rd near Vye Rd.
Map to location HERE
This is the 37th record for BC.
Elisha was not able to get a photo but did obtain a recording you can listen to below:
At 4:35pm on Oct 24-2022, Ian Cruickshank found a (presumed due to location) Asian subspecies of Eurasian Skylark (in the pekinensis group) in Ucluelet.
The bird was flushed at a distance of 30-40m from the grass field at the end of the spit. He recorded the bird calling and got some video of the bird in flight. He watched it circle a few times and then watched it drop down into the grass where he lost it but presumed it was still there.
Map to location HERE
On October 25th-2022, Sam and Craig Cameron saw 2 birds at the site.
On Oct 28th-2022, Ian Cruickshank also confirmed he viewed 2 birds at the same location. Adrian Dorst was able to photograph both birds as well.
**The birds were last seen in the same location on Oct 31st. They were not relocated on Nov 4-2022.**
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| 2 Eurasian Skylarks in Ucluelet - Photos: Adrian Dorst |
A recording taken by Ian Cruickshank of one of the birds can be heard below:
