At 9:40 am on Sept 10-2025, Kaiden Bosch found and photographed a Red-throated Pipit on the beach near the Sandspit Airport in Sandspit, Haida Gwaii. The bird was in a flock of American Pipits. Kaiden watched it for 30 mins and left it there.
Map to location HERE
This is the 63rd record for BC.
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| Red-throated Pipit in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Kaiden Bosch |
At ten am on September 8-2025, Yvette Munson found an adult female White Wagtail of the lugens subspecies, in a parking lot on Bayview Street in Richmond.
Map to location HERE
Note the parking lot is a pay parking lot.
It also goes up on to the nearby roof of the Lavash Seaside Grill restaurant and nearby buildings HERE
The bird continues in the original location on Oct 30th.
The bird was not found in Richmond on Oct 31st, despite multiple observers looking.
The bird was refound in Powell River by Kathie and Ken Pritchard. You can read about that HERE
This is the 18th record for BC.
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| White Wagtail in Richmond - Photo: Nick Park |
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| White Wagtail in Richmond - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev |
At 2:15pm on Aug 31-2025, Ilya Povalyaev found a Black Phoebe at the foot of 104th St at Boundary Bay. The bird was flycatching from birch trees in the private yard off the dyke entrance.
Map to location HERE
This is the 62nd record for BC.
The bird flew after ten mins and has not been relocated.
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| Black Phoebe in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev |
At 8:30am on August 30-2025, Nathan Hentze found an Ash-throated Flycatcher at Cuthbert Holmes Park in Victoria.
The bird continues in the same locations on Sept 1st and has been viewed by multiple observers.
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| Ash-throated Flycatcher in Victoria - Photos: Les Peterson |
At 10 am on August 26-2025, Sue Flecker found a Black Phoebe at the east salt marsh at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver.
Map to location HERE
The bird was last seen at 11 am and was viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 61st record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in North Vancouver - Photos: Sue Flecker |
At 8:08 am on August 22-2025, Gaelin Armstrong spotted a Black Phoebe on a boat dock at Rocky Point Bird Observatory in Metchosin.
There is no public access to this site.
This is the 60th record for BC.
At 7:30 am on August 18th, Neill Vanhinsberg found a Black Phoebe at Sturgeon Slough. The bird stayed briefly until 8:15 am, before disappearing.
Map to location HERE
The bird has not been relocated.
This is the 59th record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in Pitt Meadows - Photos: Neill Vanhinsberg |
At 7 am on July 29-2025, Geoffrey Newell found a probable Arctic Loon, 500m off of Otter Point in Sooke. He viewed the bird by scope and was able to get some digiscoped photos as it moved east. He watched the bird for 30 mins before he lost it when heavy fog rolled in.
Map to location HERE
The bird was not relocated, despite multiple observers looking.
If accepted by the BC Bird Records Committee this would be the 5th confirmed photographed record for BC.
If accepted by the BC BRC, this would also be the second accepted record of Geoffrey’s of this species. He last found an Arctic Loon in Victoria in 2022, which you can read about HERE.
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| Probable Arctic Loon in Sooke - Photos: Geoffrey Newell |
At 7:10 am on July 29-2025, Laura Moth found a Black Phoebe calling at the west pond at Jericho Park in Vancouver.
Map to location HERE
This is the 58th record for BC.
The bird has not been relocated thus far, despite multiple observers looking.
At 7:10 am on July 28-2025, Sabine Jessen found a Black Phoebe calling at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver. The bird was by the pond off Ontario St near the disc golf course.
Map to location HERE
This is the 57th record for BC.
The bird has not been relocated since, despite multiple observers looking.
