Victoria Christmas Bird Count History
and Photographic Reference

Click here for complete history 1958-2008

Special thanks to the photographers for permission to use their photos for this page.

 

Bird Name Photographer
Has been seen in this number of counts (out of 51)
 Years (if occurred in fewer than 5)
Lesser White-fronted Goose Bruce Whittington
1
 90
Greater White-fronted Goose Marie O'Shaughnessy
37
  
Snow Goose Mike Yip
18
  
Emperor Goose Bruce Whittington
1
 87
Brant Mike Yip
13
  
Canada Goose Ann Nightingale
51
  
Cackling Goose Ann Nightingale
5
  
Tundra Swan Mike Yip
13
  
Trumpeter Swan Mike Yip
32
  
Mute Swan Mike Yip
50
  
Wood Duck Chris Saunders
27
  
Green-winged Teal Mike Yip
51
  
American Black Duck  
10
  
Mallard Mike Yip
51
  
Northern Pintail Marie O'Shaughnessy
51
  
Blue-winged Teal  
1
 80
Northern Shoveler

Mike Yip
51
  
Gadwall Mike Yip
41
  
Eurasian Wigeon Mike Yip
47
  
American Wigeon Bruce Whittington
51
  
Canvasback Marie O'Shaughnessy
51
  
Redhead Mike Yip
19
  
Ring-necked Duck Mike Yip
51
  
Greater Scaup Mike Yip
51
  
Lesser Scaup Marie O'Shaughnessy
51
  
Harlequin Duck Mike Yip
51
  
Black Scoter Mike Yip
36
  
Surf Scoter Mike Yip
51
  
White-winged Scoter Mike Yip
51
  
Long-tailed Duck Mike Yip
51
  
Bufflehead Mike Yip
51
  
Common Goldeneye Mike Yip
51
  
Barrow's Goldeneye Mike Yip
50
  
Hooded Merganser Chris Saunders
51
  
Common Merganser Mike Yip
51
  
Red-breasted Merganser Mike Yip
51
  
Ruddy Duck Mike Yip
45
  
Red-throated Loon  
51
  
Pacific Loon Mike Yip
50
  
Common Loon Mike Yip
51
  
Yellow-billed Loon Mike Yip
5
 61, 72, 73, 92, 95
Pied-billed Grebe Chris Saunders
51
  
Horned Grebe Mike Yip
51
  
Red-necked Grebe Mike Yip
51
  
Eared Grebe Chris Saunders
45
  
Western Grebe Mike Yip
51
  
Northern Fulmar Bruce Whittington
2
 64, 2000
Sooty Shearwater Mike Yip
2
 77, 83
Short-tailed Shearwater  
1
 92
Brown Pelican Marie O'Shaughnessy
2
 99, 2006
Double-crested Cormorant Mike Yip
51
  
Brandt's Cormorant Mike Yip
50
  
Pelagic Cormorant Marie O'Shaughnessy
51
  
American Bittern Ed Pellizzon
4
 77, 88, 94, 95
Great Blue Heron Chris Saunders
51
  
Cattle Egret Ed Pellizzon
2
 77, 84
Green Heron Chris Saunders
1
 90
Turkey Vulture Chris Saunders
11
  
Bald Eagle Chris Saunders
51
  
Northern Harrier  
24
  
Sharp-shinned Hawk Bruce Whittington
51
  
Cooper's Hawk Ed Pellizzon
51
  
Northern Goshawk  
17
  
Red-tailed Hawk Chris Saunders
51
  
Rough-legged Hawk Bruce Whittington
7
  
Golden Eagle  
20
  
American Kestrel Ed Pellizzon
43
  
Merlin Mike Yip
47
  
Peregrine Falcon Bruce Whittington
43
  
Gyrfalcon  
8
  
Ring-necked Pheasant Chris Saunders
51
  
Blue Grouse Bruce Whittington
13
  
Ruffed Grouse Bruce Whittington
27
  
California Quail Chris Saunders
51
  
Mountain Quail  
3
 63, 73, 75
Virginia Rail Mike Yip
38
  
Sora Chris Saunders
2
 97, 2000
American Coot Mike Yip
51
  
Sandhill Crane Mike Yip
3
 74, 2000, 01
Black-bellied Plover Chris Saunders
49
  
Greater Golden-Plover  
1
 88
Killdeer Chris Saunders
51
  
Black Oystercatcher Chris Saunders
51
  
Greater Yellowlegs Chris Saunders
47
  
Lesser Yellowlegs Mike Yip
3
 69, 76, 77
Spotted Sandpiper Mike Yip
30
  
Whimbrel Mike Yip
18
  
Marbled Godwit Mike Yip
2
 2002, 2004
Ruddy Turnstone  
1
 2006
Black Turnstone

Mike Yip
51
  
Surfbird Mike Yip
47
  
Sanderling Chris Saunders
46
  
Western Sandpiper Mike Yip
3
 75, 81, 94
Least Sandpiper Chris Saunders
5
  
Rock Sandpiper Mike Yip
35
  
Dunlin Chris Saunders
51
  
Short-billed Dowitcher Bruce Whittington
3
 62, 64, 65
Long-billed Dowitcher Chris Saunders
6
  
Wilson's Snipe Chris Saunders
51
  
Red Phalarope Ed Pellizzon
6
  
Bonaparte's Gull Mike Yip
32
  
Heerman's Gull Chris Saunders
2
 64, 99
Mew Gull Mike Yip
51
  
Ring-billed Gull Mike Yip
8
  
California Gull Chris Saunders
34
  
Herring Gull Bruce Whittington
51
  
Thayer's Gull Marie O'Shaughnessy
51
  
Western Gull Mike Yip
40
  
Glaucous-winged Gull Chris Saunders
51
  
Glaucous Gull Chris Saunders
22
  
Black-legged Kittiwake Bruce Whittington
5
  
Sabine's Gull  
1
 63
Iceland Gull Chris Saunders
2
 2000, 01
Common Murre Mike Yip
51
  
Pigeon Guillemot Mike Yip
51
  
Marbled Murrelet Laurie Savard
51
  
Kittlitz's Murrelet  
1
 85
Ancient Murrelet Ed Pellizzon
47
  
Cassin's Auklet Bruce Whittington
12
  
Rhinoceros Auklet Bruce Whittington
46
  
Tufted Puffin Laurie Savard
3
 63, 65, 66
Eurasian Collared Dove  
1
 08
Rock Pigeon Marie O'Shaughnessy
51
  
Band-tailed Pigeon Mike Yip
43
  
Mourning Dove Mike Yip
20
  
Barn-Owl Bruce Whittington
22
  
Western Screech-Owl  
44
  
Great Horned Owl Chris Saunders
43
  
Snowy Owl Marie O'Shaughnessy
5
 66, 73, 84, 92, 96
Northern Pygmy-Owl Ed Pellizzon
19
  
Barred Owl Chris Saunders
23
  
Short-eared Owl Bruce Whittington
20
  
Northern Saw-whet Owl Chris Saunders
23
  
Anna's Hummingbird Chris Saunders
38
  
Rufous Hummingbird

Mike Yip
3
 61, 66, 79
Belted Kingfisher Mike Yip
51
  
Three-toed Woodpecker Bob Chappell
1
 61
Lewis' Woodpecker  
2
 59, 60
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Chris Saunders
2
 83, 87
Red-breasted Sapsucker Chris Saunders
39
  
Downy Woodpecker Mike Yip
51
  
Hairy Woodpecker Chris Saunders
51
  
Northern Flicker Ed Pellizzon
51
  
Pileated Woodpecker Chris Saunders
51
  
Western Kingbird Mike Yip
1
 63
Sky Lark  
47
  
Horned Lark Ed Pellizzon
7
  
Violet-green Swallow  
2
 82, 91
Gray Jay  
1
 08
Steller's Jay Ann Nightingale
50
  
Blue Jay Chris Saunders
2
 63, 94
Northwestern Crow Marie O'Shaughnessy
51
  
Common Raven Chris Saunders
51
  
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Mike Yip
51
  
Bushtit Chris Saunders
51
  
Red-breasted Nuthatch Chris Saunders
51
  
Brown Creeper Ed Pellizzon
51
  
Rock Wren Mike Yip
2
 75, 77
Bewick's Wren Marie O'Shaughnessy
51
  
House Wren  
4
 60, 63, 78, 80
Winter Wren Marie O'Shaughnessy
51
  
Marsh Wren Chris Saunders
44
  
American Dipper Marie O'Shaughnessy
46
  
Golden-crowned Kinglet Ann Nightingale
51
  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Ann Nightingale
51
  
Western Bluebird Mike Yip
4
 59, 60, 61, 64
Mountain Bluebird Ed Pellizzon
2

90, 04
Townsend's Solitaire Chris Saunders
18
  
Swainson's Thrush Mike Yip
2
 61, 68
Hermit Thrush Chris Saunders
48
  
American Robin Chris Saunders
51
  
Varied Thrush Mike Yip
51
  
Northern Mockingbird Ed Pellizzon
1
 98
American Pipit Chris Saunders
35
  
Bohemian Waxwing  
2
 66, 81
Cedar Waxwing Ann Nightingale
48
  
Northern Shrike Mike Yip
46
  
European Starling Bruce Whittington
51
  
Hutton's Vireo Ed Pellizzon
30
  
Orange-crowned Warbler Mike Yip
23
  
Yellow Warbler  
1
 98
Yellow-rumped Warbler Chris Saunders
36
  
Townsend's Warbler Ann Nightingale
18
  
Palm Warbler Ed Pellizzon
4
 87, 88, 93, 2000
MacGillivray's Warbler Ann Nightingale
1
 67
Common Yellowthroat  
1
 2006
Wilson's Warbler Ed Pellizzon
5
  
Dickcissel Ed Pellizzon
1
 60
Spotted Towhee Mike Yip
51
  
American Tree Sparrow Chris Saunders
8
  
Vesper Sparrow Mike Yip
1
 94
Savannah Sparrow Mike Yip
40
  
Fox Sparrow Mike Yip
51
  
Song Sparrow Chris Saunders
51
  
Lincoln's Sparrow Chris Saunders
34
  
Swamp Sparrow  
14
  
White-throated Sparrow Ann Nightingale
37
  
Golden-crowned Sparrow  
51
  
White-crowned Sparrow Chris Saunders
51
  
Harris' Sparrow Chris Saunders
14
  
Dark-eyed Junco Bruce Whittington
51
  
Lapland Longspur Chris Saunders
2
 76, 77
Snow Bunting Chris Saunders
9
  
Red-winged Blackbird Chris Saunders
50
  
Western Meadowlark Ed Pellizzon
49
  
Yellow-headed Blackbird Mike Yip
2
 81, 03
Rusty Blackbird  
4
 72, 96, 01, 08
Brewer's Blackbird Bruce Whittington
51
  
Brown-headed Cowbird  
26
  
Bullock's Oriole  
1
 71
Western Tanager Mike Yip
4
 62, 96, 99, 04
Brambling  
1
 90
Pine Grosbeak Chris Saunders
12
  
Purple Finch Chris Saunders
51
  
House Finch Mike Yip
51
  
Red Crossbill Ann Nightingale
46
  
White-winged Crossbill  
1
 75
Common Redpoll  
4
 2004, 2006
Pine Siskin Mike Yip
51
  
American Goldfinch Mike Yip
46
  
Evening Grosbeak  
37
  
House Sparrow Mike Yip
51