BC Bird of the Year - And the winner is ........
For the first time almost every bird on the list this year got at least one vote, with an additional write-in vote for a bird not on the list.? ?
37% - Red-shouldered Hawk?
24% - Tri-colored Heron?
18% - Wood Sandpiper?
It was a close race for a while, but the Hawk from south of here prevailed. Was a lifer for many I believe, or at least a Canada bird, and it stuck around long enough for many to see (except for me) so it became the clear winner this year.?
Kevin Neill?
Victoria?
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As NA banders we use the alpha codes listed by the Bird Banding Offices (Bird Banding Lab/USGS): ? You can sort the list alphabetically by clicking on the column headers – Hope this helps! ? Derek ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ValerieFuller
Sent: January 8, 2022 6:40 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Loggerhead Shrike.? The link I sent shows Norther Shoveler as NOSL.? So, it seems different sources show different abbreviations.? Good to know.
On 01/08/22 04:52 PM, "Paul Clapham" <paul.c.clapham@...> wrote:
Northern Shrike, Northern Shoveler... my Sibley app says they are NSHR and NSHO. But who am I to say which is right? Here's a thread in which several experienced people variously say "Everybody is using NSHR" and "In British Columbia we traditionally use NOSH", so I'm certainly not going to go to bat for either of them. ? ? On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 16:38, ValerieFuller <ungulate@...> wrote: Sorry to be a pain, but I think that should be NOSH.? See below: ?
On 01/08/22 09:47 AM, "Derek Matthews" <Derek@...> wrote:
Agree Larry – it’s a NSHR! ? I’ve attached a couple of photos of NSHR banded at CF showing the length of the deeply hooked bill and pale base to the bill lacking on LOSH. ? And Larry….you’re never wrong! :o) ? Happy New Year! ? Derek ? ? Looks like a Northern Shrike to me. LOSH has shorter beak and a much more pronounced black on the face. But I've been wrong before. ? ?
? Hi All Happy New Year I picked this up on one of the Maple Ridge FB groups. This is the report.? Image captured Jan 4. There are 3 different access points and possibly the N end of 224th. " Hi while walking my dog on the dyke (heading west) near Seabrook Stables. Lovely to see!" ? ? Roger Craik Maple Ridge |
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Cheers,
Val Fuller,
Ladner, B. C.
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Cheers,
Val Fuller,
Ladner, B. C.
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The link I sent shows Norther Shoveler as NOSL.? So, it seems different sources show different abbreviations.? Good to know.
Thanks, Valerie
On 01/08/22 04:52 PM, "Paul Clapham" <paul.c.clapham@...> wrote:Northern Shrike, Northern Shoveler... my Sibley app says they are NSHR and NSHO. But who am I to say which is right?
Here's a thread in which several experienced people variously say "Everybody is using NSHR" and "In British Columbia we traditionally use NOSH", so I'm certainly not going to go to bat for either of them. Good birding Paul Clapham
On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 16:38, ValerieFuller < ungulate@...> wrote: Sorry to be a pain, but I think that should be NOSH.? See below:
Cheers, Valerie Fuller.
On 01/08/22 09:47 AM, "Derek Matthews" <Derek@...> wrote:Agree Larry – it’s a NSHR! ? I’ve attached a couple of photos of NSHR banded at CF showing the length of the deeply hooked bill and pale base to the bill lacking on LOSH. ? And Larry….you’re never wrong! :o) ? Happy New Year! ? Derek ? ? Looks like a Northern Shrike to me. LOSH has shorter beak and a much more pronounced black on the face. But I've been wrong before. ? ?
? Hi All Happy New Year I picked this up on one of the Maple Ridge FB groups. This is the report.? Image captured Jan 4. There are 3 different access points and possibly the N end of 224th. " Hi while walking my dog on the dyke (heading west) near Seabrook Stables. Lovely to see!" ![May be an image
of bird and nature]()
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? Roger Craik Maple Ridge |
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Cheers,
Val Fuller,
Ladner, B. C.
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Cheers,
Val Fuller,
Ladner, B. C.
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Northern Shrike, Northern Shoveler... my Sibley app says they are NSHR and NSHO. But who am I to say which is right?
Here's a thread in which several experienced people variously say "Everybody is using NSHR" and "In British Columbia we traditionally use NOSH", so I'm certainly not going to go to bat for either of them. Good birding Paul Clapham
On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 16:38, ValerieFuller < ungulate@...> wrote: Sorry to be a pain, but I think that should be NOSH.? See below:
Cheers, Valerie Fuller.
On 01/08/22 09:47 AM, "Derek Matthews" <Derek@...> wrote:Agree Larry – it’s a NSHR! ? I’ve attached a couple of photos of NSHR banded at CF showing the length of the deeply hooked bill and pale base to the bill lacking on LOSH. ? And Larry….you’re never wrong! :o) ? Happy New Year! ? Derek ? ? Looks like a Northern Shrike to me. LOSH has shorter beak and a much more pronounced black on the face. But I've been wrong before. ? ?
From: "Roger" <wysiwyg@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, January 7, 2022 7:21:22 PM
Subject: [vanbcbirds] Loggerhead Shrike. ? Hi All Happy New Year I picked this up on one of the Maple Ridge FB groups. This is the report.? Image captured Jan 4. There are 3 different access points and possibly the N end of 224th. " Hi while walking my dog on the dyke (heading west) near Seabrook Stables. Lovely to see!" ![May be an image
of bird and nature]()
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? Roger Craik Maple Ridge |
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Cheers,
Val Fuller,
Ladner, B. C.
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Hi Valerie and others, ? If the normal way of using the first two letters of the first and last names of birds was used, then Northern Shrike and Northern Shoveler, would result in exactly the same abbreviation of “NOSH”. ? Therefore to distinguish the two, the official bird banding abbreviation of Northern Shrike was made NSHR and the official abbreviation of Northern Shoveler was made NSHO. ? Cheers, Colin Clasen Coquitlam, BC ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ValerieFuller
Sent: January 8, 2022 4:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Loggerhead Shrike.? Sorry to be a pain, but I think that should be NOSH.? See below: ?
On 01/08/22 09:47 AM, "Derek Matthews" <Derek@...> wrote:
Agree Larry – it’s a NSHR! ? I’ve attached a couple of photos of NSHR banded at CF showing the length of the deeply hooked bill and pale base to the bill lacking on LOSH. ? And Larry….you’re never wrong! :o) ? Happy New Year! ? Derek ? ? Looks like a Northern Shrike to me. LOSH has shorter beak and a much more pronounced black on the face. But I've been wrong before. ? ?
? Hi All Happy New Year I picked this up on one of the Maple Ridge FB groups. This is the report.? Image captured Jan 4. There are 3 different access points and possibly the N end of 224th. " Hi while walking my dog on the dyke (heading west) near Seabrook Stables. Lovely to see!" ? ? Roger Craik Maple Ridge |
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Cheers,
Val Fuller,
Ladner, B. C.
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Sorry to be a pain, but I think that should be NOSH.? See below:
https://www.birdatlas.bc.ca/bcdata/codes.jsp?lang=en&pg=species&sortorder=codes
Cheers, Valerie Fuller.
On 01/08/22 09:47 AM, "Derek Matthews" <Derek@...> wrote:Agree Larry – it’s a NSHR! ? I’ve attached a couple of photos of NSHR banded at CF showing the length of the deeply hooked bill and pale base to the bill lacking on LOSH. ? And Larry….you’re never wrong! :o) ? Happy New Year! ? Derek ? ? Looks like a Northern Shrike to me. LOSH has shorter beak and a much more pronounced black on the face. But I've been wrong before. ? ?
? Hi All Happy New Year I picked this up on one of the Maple Ridge FB groups. This is the report.? Image captured Jan 4. There are 3 different access points and possibly the N end of 224th. " Hi while walking my dog on the dyke (heading west) near Seabrook Stables. Lovely to see!" ![May be an image
of bird and nature]()
? ![]()
? Roger Craik Maple Ridge |
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Cheers,
Val Fuller,
Ladner, B. C.
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Agree Larry – it’s a NSHR! ? I’ve attached a couple of photos of NSHR banded at CF showing the length of the deeply hooked bill and pale base to the bill lacking on LOSH. ? And Larry….you’re never wrong! :o) ? Happy New Year! ? Derek ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Larry Cowan
Sent: January 7, 2022 7:44 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Loggerhead Shrike.? Looks like a Northern Shrike to me. LOSH has shorter beak and a much more pronounced black on the face. But I've been wrong before. ? ?
? Hi All Happy New Year I picked this up on one of the Maple Ridge FB groups. This is the report.? Image captured Jan 4. There are 3 different access points and possibly the N end of 224th. " Hi while walking my dog on the dyke (heading west) near Seabrook Stables. Lovely to see!" 
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? Roger Craik Maple Ridge
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This is a Northern Shrike, relatively common here in winter. The black mask is less extensive than a Loggerhead’s and does not extend over the bill. Beautiful birds.?
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Could be right, Larry. The angle of the head could be deceiving.
I'll leave it up to the experts. My experience is that if the bird
ignores you it's Northern. Conversely...
Roger
On 2022-01-07 7:43 p.m., Larry Cowan
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Looks like a Northern Shrike to me. LOSH has shorter
beak and a much more pronounced black on the face. But
I've been wrong before.
Larry
Hi All
Happy New Year
I picked this up on one of the Maple Ridge FB
groups.
This is the report.? Image captured Jan 4. There
are 3 different access points and possibly the N end
of 224th.
"
Hi while walking my
dog on the dyke (heading west) near
Seabrook Stables. Lovely to see!"
Roger Craik
Maple Ridge
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Looks like a Northern Shrike to me. LOSH has shorter beak and a much more pronounced black on the face. But I've been wrong before.
Larry
From: "Roger" <wysiwyg@...> To: [email protected]Sent: Friday, January 7, 2022 7:21:22 PM Subject: [vanbcbirds] Loggerhead Shrike. -- Larry Cowan Pitt Meadows, BC
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Hi All
Happy New Year
I picked this up on one of the Maple Ridge FB groups.
This is the report.? Image captured Jan 4. There are 3 different
access points and possibly the N end of 224th.
"
Hi while
walking my dog on the dyke (heading west) near
Seabrook Stables. Lovely to see!"
Roger Craik
Maple Ridge
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Re: BC Bird of the Year - 2021 Edition
Last chance to get your vote in.......?
One should add Tofino's Blue Grosbeak to the list - 2nd BC Record - that just squeaked in the last few days of Dec.?
Results will be posted later this week
Kevin Neill
Victoria, BC?
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Re: Barn Owl seen from highway 99
Posted the dashcam video to YouTube, it was just before Exit 20
thanks for sharing - and how great to see such a beautiful owl
Driving on 99 from Surrey towards Richmond, a Barn Owl crossed the highway about 50 feet in front of my car?somewhere between exit?16 and exit 28 (a large range I know but in the excitement I forgot to?take note of the location). It was flying fairly?low and slowly, dangerously low even because I think a tall truck would be able to hit it at that height. Wanted to share with the group.
-- Nikhil Patwardhan
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Re: Barn Owl seen from highway 99
thanks for sharing - and how great to see such a beautiful owl
Driving on 99 from Surrey towards Richmond, a Barn Owl crossed the highway about 50 feet in front of my car?somewhere between exit?16 and exit 28 (a large range I know but in the excitement I forgot to?take note of the location). It was flying fairly?low and slowly, dangerously low even because I think a tall truck would be able to hit it at that height. Wanted to share with the group.
-- Nikhil Patwardhan
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Re: Barn Owl seen from highway 99
Related to this sighting is the fairly recent release?of the proposed (comment period) recovery strategy?for the western barn owl population:?
Greg Ferguson Richmond
Driving on 99 from Surrey towards Richmond, a Barn Owl crossed the highway about 50 feet in front of my car?somewhere between exit?16 and exit 28 (a large range I know but in the excitement I forgot to?take note of the location). It was flying fairly?low and slowly, dangerously low even because I think a tall truck would be able to hit it at that height. Wanted to share with the group.
-- Nikhil Patwardhan
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Barn Owl seen from highway 99
Driving on 99 from Surrey towards Richmond, a Barn Owl crossed the highway about 50 feet in front of my car?somewhere between exit?16 and exit 28 (a large range I know but in the excitement I forgot to?take note of the location). It was flying fairly?low and slowly, dangerously low even because I think a tall truck would be able to hit it at that height. Wanted to share with the group.
-- Nikhil Patwardhan
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BC Bird of the Year - 2021 Edition
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Despite fires and floods, heat domes and atmospheric rivers BC birders still managed to find another amazing and eclectic mix of interesting birds this year. Notice a real slant toward coastal regions this time compared to prior years. Cause and effect..perhaps. Volcanoes and locusts are next I suppose.?
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Please vote for your bird of the year by sending me an email at?goshawk67 at shaw dot ca. As always if you'd prefer to vote for a bird not on the list please feel free to do so. Regionally or seasonally rare sightings, and long-time nemesis birds that are finally located are often voted for. Or was this the year of the White-faced Ibis, which seemingly showed up in almost every region of the province at some point or another. Except for where I live.?
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Pochard - Feb - Parksville-?2nd BC Record?
Redwing - Feb - Saanich -?4th BC Record?
Bristle-thighed Curlew - May - Haida Gwaii -?3rd BC Record?
Curlew Sandpiper - May - Delta?
Great-tailed Grackle - July - Colwood?
Wood Sandpiper - July - Victoria -?3rd BC Record?
Tri-colored Heron - July - Cowichan Bay -?1st BC Record?
Oriental Turtle-dove - July/Nov - Prince Rupert -?4th/5th BC Records?
Short-tailed Albatross - Aug - Off of Tofino?
Ferruginous Hawk - Aug - Edgewood
Orchard Oriole - Sept - Metchosin?
White Wagtail - Oct - Haida Gwaii
Emperor Goose - Dec - Haida Gwaii?
Red-shouldered Hawk - Dec - Agassiz -?1st BC Photo Record?
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Please do not use this medium to register your vote. Please do send me an email instead. There are nearly 100 people who now? vote in this "highly anticipated" event......, and it's much easier for me to compile this super-scientific data if I get all of the votes sent to one place only.
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And if a mega shows up between now and Jan 1 feel free to alter your vote if you must. Here's hopin'.
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Kevin Neill
Victoria?
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Time to reduce my bird book collection. ?I have about 20 listed on facebook. ?Anyone interested please copy and paste the links;
A few examples below;
Long may you run
Len Jellicoe
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Now showed up on Monday Night Football also.
On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 9:30 AM Derek Matthews < Derek@...> wrote: Great job Perry – thanks – the whole campaign has received a lot of traction on social media so hopefully Geico will get the message and remove the ad. Someone said they couldn’t find it so maybe they already have – fingers crossed! ? Derek ? ? ? Derek ‘et al’:
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Great job Perry – thanks – the whole campaign has received a lot of traction on social media so hopefully Geico will get the message and remove the ad. Someone said they couldn’t find it so maybe they already have – fingers crossed! ? Derek ? ?
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