DARE TO BIRD

On Christmas Day Ethan Moon found a mega rare Taiga Flycatcher at Sunset Beach Park in Vancouver.  I was lucky to see it with over 60 birders on Boxing Day!  It is the first record for Canada and only the second record for mainland North America. The other record outside of Alaska was in 2006 near Winters, California. The California bird was only seen by ten people or so, therefore many will want to come see this bird! CTV and Global News have interviewed for this rarity and the local paper. You can read a news article on the bird from CTV News HERE   Many Canadians across Canada and Americans across the US are coming up to see the bird and have contacted me for details as I run the BC RBA website . Today many from Washington and Oregon State, Kelowna, Penticton and Vancouver Island saw it. It is exciting to see a Canada first and be living in an area of such a mega rare ABA find for listers. I’ve seen many of these birds in Thailand but seeing one like this up close in V...

I’m leading a FREE walk for BIPOC birders at Blackie Spit in Surrey on January 11 at 9:30 am. This walk is run by the Stanley Park Ecology Society. You can register at this LINK Hope to see you there! It’s open to birders of all ages.

We had our annual Christmas Bird Count for Youth on Dec 6th we had a great count. You can read our trip report at the BC Young Birders website  HERE . Young Birders in Delta for the Christmas Bird Count for Youth - Photo: Kris Cu