The VNHS maintains a rare bird hotline (250) 704-2555 to
report rare or interesting sightings of birds within the Greater Victoria
region. Please submit your photos to
. (Note: this address was changed in October 2007 due to excessive spam. Please click on the link rather than using a saved address.)
To summon birders to confirm the sighting of a rare bird, please call
Barbara Begg at 250-656-5296, Ed Pellizzon at 250-216-2789, Rick Schortinghuis
at 250-885-2454, or Ann Nightingale at 250-514-6450.
If you have seen a rare or unusual bird in the Victoria Checklist area,
or a bird outside of its normal date range, please submit a report online
or by using this printable form.
Go directly to the latest Rare Bird Alert Transcript at birding.bc.ca
, a website managed by VNHS member Kevin Slagboom.
Recent Rare and Uncommon Birds:
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Western Bluebirds (12)
1329 Franklin Terrace
December 23, 2008
Reported and photographed by John and Wendy McDonald |
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Willet
Flying by Whiffen Spit, Sooke
October 19, 2008
Photo by Corey Melchior |
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Slate-coloured Junco, a variant of the Dark-eyed Junco. Fewer than 1% of local Juncos are Slate-coloured. The majority are Oregon Juncos.
Fairburn Dr., Saanich
October 15-18, 2008
Photo by Kirsten Mills
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White-throated Sparrow
Swan Lake
October 5, 2008
Photo by Robert Doiron |
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Wandering Tattler
One or two reported at Ogden Point Breakwater during the summer and fall 2008.
Photo by Robert Doiron (taken Oct 1, 2008) |
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Green Heron
Duncan Forest Museum Pond
September 22, 2008
Photo by Corey Melchior |
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Cooper's Hawk
While not a rare or uncommon bird, sightings that include a good look at the coloured band on the leg are not all that common. If you can make out the band (red for females and black for males) and two character code, please report the details to andy.stewart@shaw.ca. Click here for more information.
Saanich
August 13, 2008
Photo by Fern Walker |
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Bar-headed Goose
Esquimalt Lagoon
Reported by several observers from June 6, 2008 to October, 2008. Behaviour suggests that this bird is a domestic release/escape.
Photo by Gary Woodburn |
Rare and uncommon birds from 2007
Rare and uncommon birds from 2006
Click here
to go directly to the latest Rare Bird Alert Transcript at birding.bc.ca
, a website managed by VNHS member Kevin Slagboom.
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