On Nov 10-2025, Thomas Rivest found a male Hooded Oriole feeding from the planters at Great Bear Lodge at the end of Smith inlet in BC's Central Coast. This lodge is NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and CLOSED for the winter season.
This is the 31st record for BC.
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| Hooded Oriole in Smith Inlet - Photos: Thomas Rivest |
At 10:15 am on Nov 10-2025, Thompson Hyggen found a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Finlayson Point and then at 11 am it moved 200m to the west off Dallas Rd, where it was viewed by multiple birders for at least 20 mins. It was loosely associating with a flock of bushtits.
Map to location HERE
On Nov 11-Dec 22nd, the bird continues HERE and HERE and has been viewed by multiple observers.
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Victoria - Photo: Andrew Boycott |
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Victoria - Photo: Thompson Hyggen |
This is the 30th record for BC.
At 9 am on Nov 6, 2025, Blair Dudeck and Aiva Noringseth found a Red-throated Pipit at the Cowichan Estuary in Cowichan Bay.
Map to location HERE
This is the 71st record for BC.
The bird continues in the same spot on Nov 9th.
At 3:30pm on Nov 2-2025, Ian Cruickshank found a Hooded Oriole visiting a hummingbird feeder near the intersection of Wharf and Main Sts in Tofino. The feeder is visible from the public road.
Please be respectful of private property and homeowners when viewing this bird from the public road.
This is 30th record for BC.
The bird was seen in the same location on Nov 3rd and viewed by multiple observers. The bird was not seen between Nov 3 and Dec 6th.
On Dec 6-2025, Ian Cruickshank relocated the bird at the same feeder.
The bird continues in the same location as of Jan 2/26 and has been viewed by multiple observers.
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| Hooded Oriole in Tofino - Photo: Adrian Dorst |
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| Hooded Oriole in Tofino - Photo: Céline Midavaine |
On Oct 31-2025, Kathie and Ken Pritchard found an adult female White Wagtail of the lugens subspecies in the parking lot of Starbucks at the Town Centre Mall.
Map to location HERE
This appears to be the same bird from Richmond, BC. It wasn’t found in Richmond today and feather wear and plumage appears to be identical.
The bird continued in the same location and in the A & W parking lot HERE on Nov 4th.
It has not been relocated on Nov 5 or 6th.
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| White Wagtail in Powell River - Photos: Kathie Pritchard |
At 11:39 am on October 30-2025, Kaiden Bosch found a Little Bunting in Roberts Creek. He watched the bird fly in calling and land on the pier ten feet in front of him, for one minute before it quickly flew off towards Gibsons.
He watched it fly high for at least 1 Km and lost it.
Map to location HERE
This is the first confirmed record for BC and Canada.
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| Little Bunting in Roberts Creek - Photos: Kaiden Bosch |
At 2:15 pm on October 30-2025, Carl Hughes found an adult female Rustic Bunting near Sandspit Airport in Haida Gwaii. The bird was foraging in a flock of Dark-eyed Juncos on the lawn 200m south of the airport terminal.
Map to location HERE
This is the 7th confirmed photographic record for BC.
The bird continues in the same spot on Oct 31st.
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| Rustic Bunting in Haida Gwaii - Photo: Carey Bergman |
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| Rustic Bunting in Haida Gwaii - Photos: Carl Hughes |
At 10:30 am on October 26-2025, Carl Hughes found a Red-throated Pipit at the Sandspit Airport in Haida Gwaii.
This is the 70th record for BC.
You can hear a recording Carl Hughes made of the bird below:
At 12:13 pm on Oct 25-2025, Michelle Lamberson and Arne Toma found a Spotted Redshank on a log at Fuller’s Slough at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.
Map to location HERE
Admission is 8$ for adults and reservations must be booked online for entry. Reifel is closed on Mondays.
The bird flew north at 3pm.
On Oct 26th, the bird continued at Fuller’s Slough at the same spot and at the nearby House Pond HERE and West Field HERE
*** On Oct 28th, the Spotted Redshank was relocated HERE on the dock at Britannia Shipyards***
The bird has not been relocated thus far at either location on Oct 29th, thus far.
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| Spotted Redshank in Delta - Photos: Scott Edwardson |
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| Spotted Redshank in Delta - Photo: Dan Tyson |
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| Spotted Redshank in Delta - Photo: Cameron Walker |
At 9:27 am on Oct 25-2025, Jody Wells, Ian Cruickshank, Carl Hughes and James Bradley found a Siberian Pipit at the NW corner of Sandspit Airport.
Map to location HERE
This is the 6th record for BC.
The bird was not relocated.
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| Siberian Pipit in Haida Gwaii - Photos: Jody Wells |
