This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Thursday August 1st, afternoon update sponsored in part by the Wild Birds Unlimited Stores in Vancouver and North...
Hey Chris, Glad to hear that your martins finally arrived! Possibly birds scouting for next year? I have been popping in to the marsh up there a couple of...
Hi Birders Finally i got something to shout about here in Duncan. Took a walk in Cowichan Bay early this morning along the Dock Road and i could see shorebirds...
This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Friday August 2nd, evening update sponsored in part by the Wild Birds Unlimited Stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver. ...
A while ago Rela Cripps sent me a note saying that Lyle Price, local potato farmer and city councilor, has kept his fields flooded this summer. Antd that it...
Hi Birders Much the same in Cow-Bay this morning, just as many shorebirds, add 1 Bairds Sandpiper to the list from before. Had a Juv. Black-headed Grosebeak...
Hi Birders There is a Bar-tailed at Columbia Beach which is just north of French Beach at this very moment 6:34pm, just got the call from Mr.Monty's goffer...
Hey hey hey, At 6:05 this evening, Donna and I were at the Admiral Tryon pool at Columbia Beach. There were 3 Black-bellied Plovers, 12 Black Turnstones, a...
Hi Birders Yes i believe your right Guy, this is the first record north of Sannich for the east coast of Vancouver Island. This is about the 8th record for the...
As of 10:00 a.m. this morning (Tuesday) the Bar-tailed Godwit was still at Columbia Beach. The tide was way out and the Godwit was out as far from shore as it...
Hi folks, Well, Rocky Point did it again with a phenomenal new bird for its checklist. Unfortunately, I need to stress again that access to Rocky Point on DND...
Hi folks, I went out at high tide again this afternoon, but unfortunately could not locate the Bar-tailed Godwit. Other than a dead seal and about 599 Woodland...
The Nanaimo Bird Alert provided by The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store To report your sightings phone the Bird Alert at: 390-3029 This update is for...
Greetings, I've added part two of my diary of work on Northern Vancouver Island this summer. Also, some images have been incorporated into part 1. If you...
Hi folks, Yesterday I had to go to Powell River for a family birthday dinner and, you guessed it, I snuck out and spent most of my time there birding. The...
Hi Birders Made the journey up island to do a bit of photography yesterday, reading Guy's post about Paradise Meadows and the Hudsonian Whiteface, I thought i...
Hi Islanders, It looks like the peeps are finally moving through here in more normal numbers. At Rathtrevor this morning I saw 127 Least Sandpipers, 82 Western...
Hi birders, This weekend Donna and I camped on Mt Cokely. The meteors were neat last night, with one really blowin up good! Other than that, there was lots to...
Greetings, Snapped a couple of Anna's Hummer shots in the backyard. They can be accessed through http://www.islandnet.com/~mgs/birds/AnnasHummingbird.html ...
Hi y'all, Birders will be going down today to definitively ID a bird (apparently first seen Friday [!!] through last night) as an immature Smith's Longspur...
I guess when I looked into the wrong end of the telescope the "first timer" was appropriate. Anyway, thanks to all the other participants on the Sunday Bird...
As a follow-up to previous post, I was unable to locate the probable Smith's Longspur in spite of intensive searching before work this morning. However, I did...
David, Thank you very kindly for reporting this sighting. That species is way up there on my "dream list" and I will likely be making the long drive south to...
Hi Guy Yes something is broke in Victoria, but good job it was, as the bird was confirmed this evening by several birders including the the guy that found it...
Re: Longspur aka Cowbird, RBA's, and phone trees: I think it is exactly for the reason that people fear being wrong that often reports of rarities are...
Birders, You don't have to go as far as Toronto to find an example of a live and functional telephone "tree" for notifying people about rare birds. There is...
Just a short note from a former Islander who doesn't get back to Island birding nearly often enough. We have had a very successful tree operating in Calgary...
The Nanaimo Bird Alert provided by The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store To report your sightings phone the Bird Alert at: 390-3029 This update is for...
