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.
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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 |
On May 16th-2026, Cindy Ederis found a Black Phoebe at the Quinsam Hatchery fish ladder in Campbell River. On June 5th, 2026 Cindy Ederis confirmed the bird laid 5 eggs in a nest. She is uncertain if the eggs are fertilized or not but are being incubated. She photographed the nest and those photos are below. If they hatch as pure Black Phoebes, it would be the first confirmed breeding record for Canada for this species.
Map to location HERE
The bird continued in the same location on June 6th and was viewed by multiple observers.
The hatchery is open to the general public 7 days a week, between 8am until 3:30pm.
This is the 68th record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in Campbell River (Photo: James MacKenzie) |
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| Black Phoebe in Campbell River - Photos: Cindy Ederis |
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| Black Phoebe nest in Campbell River - Photos: Kyle Fitzpatrick, Keely Dodds and Cindy Ederis |
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| Black Phoebe nest in Campbell River - Photos: Kyle Fitzpatrick, Keely Dodds and Cindy Ederis |
At 8:40 am on May 15-2026, Martha Miller and Julia Zarankin and Gretchen Whetham found a Spotted Redshank at Elizabeth Lake in Cranbrook. They observed the bird for 5 mins before it flew off and they could not relocate it and were not sure which direction it flew.
Map to location HERE
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| Spotted Redshank in Cranbrook - Photos: Martha Miller |
