The VNHS maintains a rare bird hotline (250) 592-3381 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, 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:
Rusty Blackbird
Lochside Trail (at the pig farm south of Martindale Rd.)
December 2007
Photo by Ted Ardley
Bobolink
Central Saanich Bulb Fields
November 27/28, 2007
Reported by Bill Dancer
Photo by Ann Nightingale
Tropical Kingbird
Martindale Flats
Martindale Road/Mallard Ave area
November 4, 2007
Sighting by Chris Saunders
Photo by Ann Nightingale
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
October 28, 2007
Esquimalt Lagoon/Anchorage Ave
Sighted by Mary Robichaud
Photo by Marie O'Shaughnessy
Ash-throated Flycatcher
October 26, 2007
Topp, Thompson, Nottingham, Dufferin area of Oak Bay. Most often seen in Cedar trees.
Sighted and reported by Maarten Prinsze.
Photo by Marie O'Shaughnessy
Cattle Egret
Quamichan Lake
October 11, 2007
Sighting and photo by Corey Melchior
Horned Lark
Clover Point
September 24, 2007
Photo by Corey Melchior
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Cowichan Bay Dike
September 23, 2007
Sighting and photo by Corey Melchior
Whimbrel
Esquimalt Lagoon
Sept 14-15, 2007
Sighting and photo by Corey Melchior
Greater White-fronted Geese
Martindale Flats
September 2, 2007
Sighting and photo by Cole Barber and Tim Ennis
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Esquimalt Lagoon
August 20, 2007
Sighting and photo by Cole Barber and Tim Ennis
Horned Puffin
Tufted Puffin
Near the south side of Protection Island (Washington)
August 18, 2007
Reported and photographed by Dave and Donna Henderson
Bald Eaglet Trio
(while Bald Eagles are not rare, three healthy chicks in a nest
are!)
Wallace Dr, Saanichton
Spring 2007
Photo by Margarita Huang
Common Terns
May 20, 2007
Port Renfrew (on the sand and gravel bars near the mouth of the
San Juan River)
Sighting and photo by Corey Melchior
Nashville Warbler
May 8, 2007
Viaduct Flats near the junction of the Birders' Loop and the East-West
Regional Trail on the southeast side of the Flats.
Original report by Cheryl Mackie and Rick Schortinghuis
Video by Ed Pellizzon
Western Kingbirds (2)
May 8, 2007
William Head Rd and Lombardy Rd in Metchosin
Sighting report and photograph by Corey Melchior
Cinnamon Teal
April 25 -
Rithet's Bog and Viaduct Flats
Photo by Margarita Huang
Greater White-fronted Geese
April 17, 2007
Several hundred over Duncan and in the fields south of Somenos
Marsh
Photos and video by Corey Melchior
Mountain Bluebird
Island View Beach
April 11, 2007
Other sightings in the area include 5 on Puckle Rd, several at
Saanichton Spit, and 12 on Mt. Newton X Rd across from Saanichton
School.
Photo by Corey Melchior
Glaucous Gull
Cowichan Bay Secondary School field
Duncan, BC
April 8, 2007
Sighting and photo by Bruce Whittington
Northern Shrike
Boys Rd, Duncan
March 20, 2007
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Feb 20, 2007
Inside the Ogden Point Breakwater
Sighting by Alan MacLeod and Jan Brown
Photo by Alan MacLeod
Tufted Duck
Feb 1, 2007 - March 2007
Sighting and Photo by Marie O'Shaughessy
Rock Wren
Several sightings between October 17, 2006 and March, 2007
