¿ªÔÆÌåÓý

ctrl + shift + ? for shortcuts
© 2025 Groups.io
Re: Need help with ID please (a flycatcher and a duck)
Thanks Wayne
By Nikhil Patwardhan · #641 ·
Re: Need help with ID please (a flycatcher and a duck)
Nikhil, Your tentative identifications are correct-- Western Wood-Pewee and Common Goldeneye! Wayne Weber Delta, BC contopus@... Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2022 3:40 PM To: [email protected]
By Wayne Weber · #640 ·
Dusky Flycatchers (was: Empid question)
Derek, As the main person who has kept track of rare bird sightings in Metro Vancouver since the 1960s, I can give a very definite answer to your question. It is an unqualified YES! Since May 4th this
By Wayne Weber · #639 ·
Re: Empid Question!
Interesting ¨C thanks Quentin! Derek Sent: May 14, 2022 4:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Empid Question! Certainly an increase in Dusky sightings at Maplewood, Derek.
By Derek Matthews · #638 ·
Re: Empid Question!
Certainly an increase in Dusky sightings at Maplewood, Derek. Whereas one a spring would be exciting, we¡¯re now seeing reports lately on an almost daily basis. We¡¯ve also had many more Hammond¡¯s
By Quentin Brown · #637 ·
Empid Question!
Hi Vanbirders! Are there any Empid experts out there who have noticed a lot of Dusky Flycatchers in the lower mainland this spring? For us as banders with birds in the hand, we can fairly easily
By Derek Matthews · #636 ·
Need help with ID please (a flycatcher and a duck)
Can anyone help identify these birds please? 1) Flycatcher today in White Rock. The bird was perched above a small pond. Attached is a small video as well as pictures. I'm leaning towards Western
By Nikhil Patwardhan · #635 ·
FW: [bcintbird] Link to "Vaux's Happening" website
Birders, I thought some of you might be interested in this message that I posted recently to BCINTBIRD, about communal roosts of Vaux's Swifts in chimneys. It turns out that there is also one of these
By Wayne Weber · #634 ·
Re: Bird for ID please
Thanks Monte, Perry, I went back at noon and found the flock again, this time to the east and vastly bigger than what I saw in the early morning. Video below shows the extent:
By Nikhil Patwardhan · #633 ·
Re: Bird for ID please
Emailed Nikhil and told him. That's what it appears to be although Clark's can't be ruled out with such a distant shot. But most probably Western anyway. Monte Taylor Tustin Ranch, CA
By Tsuru <tsuru88@...> · #632 ·
Re: Bird for ID please
Western Grebe? Perry Edwards North Vancouver
By PERRY EDWARDS · #631 ·
Bird for ID please
At White Rock Pier today morning around 7:30 AM, there was a large flock (~100 birds) far out into the sea. I only had a camera and no binoculars. Attached are fully zoomed in photos (100% crop from
By Nikhil Patwardhan · #630 ·
Re: PALM WARBLER - male - Blakeburn Lagooons Park - Port Coquitlam
Great shots, we¡¯ll done, Sandy Blair East Van
By Alexander Blair · #629 ·
Re: PALM WARBLER - male - Blakeburn Lagooons Park - Port Coquitlam
By Colin Clasen · #628 ·
Re: PALM WARBLER - male - Blakeburn Lagooons Park - Port Coquitlam
Nice find Colin and congratulations! We caught one at Colony Farm one fall a few years back (see photo attached). Hopefully, this one makes its way to the Farm as well! Derek Derek J. Matthews
By Derek Matthews · #627 ·
Re: PALM WARBLER - male - Blakeburn Lagooons Park - Port Coquitlam
Great find Colin. So this was seen from the largest platform that resembles a pier?
By Rich Wakelam <richardwakelam@...> · #626 ·
PALM WARBLER - male - Blakeburn Lagooons Park - Port Coquitlam
At 1:30pm male breeding plumage PALM WARBLER at west viewing platform at west side of west lagoon at Blakeburn Lagoons Park in Port Coquitlam. Good photos obtained to be posted later on eBird.
By Colin Clasen · #625 ·
Re: New backyard bird
Hi Sandy, Yes, they are Savannah sparrows, my favourite sparrow in Vancouver! Savannah sparrows are grassland birds with a long hallux (hind toe) a characteristic of grassland birds (like longspurs,
By Derek Matthews · #624 ·
Re: New backyard bird
Yep, those two look good for Savannah Sparrows. Congrats on the new backyard bird! - Dale Floer Burnaby, BC wrote: -- -Dale Floer
By Dale Floer · #623 ·
New backyard bird
I think this is a new addition to my backyard list, Savannah Sparrow. Confirmation appreciated. Thanks in advance. Sandy Blair, 28th Ave, Between Fraser and Main, Vancouver.
By Alexander Blair · #622 ·