RBA: CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER in Okanagan Falls

A hatch year male Chestnut-sided Warbler was banded by David Bell at Vaseux Lake bird observatory’s banding station at 7:30am on Sept 13-2025.

This is the 92nd record for BC

Chestnut-sided Warbler in Okanagan Falls - Photo: David Bell

RBA: LITTLE BLUE HERON in Wardner - Sept 10-13th

At 12pm on Sept 10-2025, Daryl Calder found a juvenile Little Blue Heron along the shoreline of the Kootenay River in Wardner. The bird was first identified as a Great and Cattle Egret due to long distance views but photos obtained on Sept 11th by Helen Diakow et al. show it to be a Little Blue Heron.

Map to location of bird HERE and HERE

The bird is best viewed by scope from the pullout HERE or HERE on Laurier St.

This is the 5th record for BC.

The bird continues as of 7pm on Sept 11th and has been viewed by multiple observers.

At 7:30 pm on Sept 11th, the bird flew high and south down the river.

The bird continued in the same location on Sept 13th.

**The bird has not been relocated on Sept 14th or 15th, despite multiple observers looking.**

Little Blue Heron in Wardner - Photos: Helen Diakow

RBA: RED-THROATED PIPIT in Haida Gwaii - Sept 10th

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.

Red-throated Pipit in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Kaiden Bosch 

RBA: WHITE WAGTAIL in Richmond - Sept 8-Oct 30th

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.

White Wagtail in Richmond - Photo: Nick Park

White Wagtail in Richmond - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

RBA: BLACK PHOEBE in Delta - Aug 31st

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.

Black Phoebe in Delta - Photo: Ilya Povalyaev

RBA: ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER in Victoria - August 30-Sept 1st

At 8:30am on August 30-2025, Nathan Hentze found an Ash-throated Flycatcher at Cuthbert Holmes Park in Victoria.

Map to location HERE and HERE

The bird continues in the same locations on Sept 1st and has been viewed by multiple observers.

Ash-throated Flycatcher in Victoria - Photos: Les Peterson

RBA: BLACK PHOEBE in North Vancouver - August 26th

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.

Black Phoebe in North Vancouver - Photos: Sue Flecker

RBA: BLACK PHOEBE in Metchosin - Aug 22nd

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.

RBA: BLACK PHOEBE in Pitt Meadows - August 18th

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.

Black Phoebe in Pitt Meadows - Photos: Neill Vanhinsberg 

RBA: PROBABLE ARCTIC LOON in Sooke - July 29th

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.

Probable Arctic Loon in Sooke - Photos: Geoffrey Newell