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.
At 12:15 pm on July 27-2025, a Masked Booby was photographed from the cruise ship the Norwegian Bliss. The bird was flying NW along the cruise ship for a couple minutes before flying off. It was seen offshore by a couple on board between Winter Harbour and Raft Cove Provincial Park on the NW coast of Vancouver Island.
Map pin to approximate location HERE
This is the 3rd record for BC.
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| Masked Booby near Winter Harbour - Photo: fide. G. Harrington |
On July 6-2025, Ankur Khurana and Kyle Horner found a Black Phoebe at Willband Creek Park in Abbotsford. The bird was seen at the main pond and at the slough by the parking lot off Bateman Rd.
Map to location HERE
The bird continues as of July 8th and has been viewed by multiple observers.
This is the 56th record for BC.
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| Black Phoebe in Abbotsford - Photo: Lucas Meestra |
