BC RARE BIRD ALERT

Dec 18--BC's 19th SNOWY PLOVER was at Wichanninish Beach near Tofino

Dec 25--a BARN SWALLOW was at Clover Pt, Victoria and a Prairie Falcon was along Rannie Rd in Pitt Meadows.

Merry Xmas to BC and beyond. RC is moving to New Zealand so I'm not sure how frequently this Twitter account will be kept up. Willdomybest!

Dec 22--SLATY-BACKED GULL on Sumas Prairie (Abbotsford), and wintering Franklin's Gull continues

Dec 22--Northern Mockingbird in Lillooet

Dec 21--Very rare in the interior in winter; an Orange-crowned Warbler was found near Okanagan Falls on the Vaseux Lake CBC

Dec 21--Rare in winter; a Red Knot was seen on the Victoria Golf Course

Dec 19--A Great Gray Owl continues to be seen on Quadra Island

Dec 17--Kelowna's wintering Gray Catbird continues in the Hall Rd area

Dec 14--Western Sandpipers and Horned Larks found on Sydney CBC on Vancouver Island

Dec 14--Bullock's Oriole and SWAINSON'S THRUSH reported on Vancouver CBC this past Sunday. Will post more updates on the blog if confirmed.

Dec 18--Good birding around Sumas Prairie (Fraser Valley) continues with Prairie Falcon(2), Golden Eagle(2), and Franklin's Gull seen today

Apologies for the lack of tweets. It's been a busy week for me on the road but I'm back in action!

Dec 12--GRAY CATBIRD found along Hall Rd in Kelowna. Great winter bird!

Dec 10--Great bird for the BC winter list: a first-winter Franklin's Gull continues in the Sumas Prairie area, Fraser Valley

Edit: Those last two entries should be DECEMBER (Not November)

Nov 9--LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL seen again today along Vye Rd in Sumas Prairie (Abbotsford)

Nov 7--The Sunday morning bird walk in Nanaimo turned up a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at the north end of Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.

Dec 5: BC's first WHITE-EYED VIREO continues at Kokanee PP near Nelson

Dec 4--BCs first WHITE-EYED VIREO was relocated and photographed today at Kokanee Park near Nelson, BC. #abarare