This is one of just a small number of Blue Jay sightings recorded on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
The Cascadia Bioregion, including Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, is outside of the historical range of the Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), but they have been increasingly sighted in the region since the first one was sighted in Montana in 1958.
It's believed the pine bunting has never been seen south of Alaska — until this week.
A yellow-browed warbler spotted in Panama Flats on Friday drew dozens of birding enthusiasts to Vancouver Island on Saturday
Bird is uncharacteristically alone and far from home
Two Brown Pelicans were spotted off the Discovery Islands near Victoria on May 12. This species of pelican is familiar to anyone who has travelled to the beaches of Mexico, Caribbean or southern USA.
The bird flew in on the mudflats at high tide and joined a small flock of Western Sandpipers. This is the second record for the province of BC.
Multiple passengers on board were able to view and photograph the bird. This is the 3rd record for the province of BC.
At 12pm on Sept 13-2018, while kayaking; Ken Wright found a 3rd cycle Black-tailed Gull near Lund. The bird was resting on Major Islet whic...
Guy Monty and Mark Wynja photographed a Common Ringed Plover at Oyster Bay on Sept 5-2018. They were there to view a reported Buff-breasted...
At 4:30pm on Sept 9-2018, 15 year old Kalin Ocana found a female Orchard Oriole at Munson Pond. The bird was sitting in the grass at this l...
This is the first breeding record for this species in all of Canada.
Gord Curry and Ted Down found an adult Brown Booby sitting on a log in Queen Charlotte Strait, NW of Pultney Point Lighthouse on Malcolm Island, while they were fishing.
This is the first photographed in BC and only the 5th ever recorded in the province.
An adult dark morph Red-footed Booby came into BC waters at 2pm on Sept 27-2018. He was first discovered on Sept 22-2018 by Kyle Brynjolfson, as it flew onto his commercial fishing vessel "La Porsche."
A female northern cardinal has made Cranbrook her home, and is drawing birders from all over BC
At 3pm on July 5-2018, Gord Littlejohns found and photographed a Curve-billed Thrasher in a dead tree along the shoreline near the boat lau...
The number of rufous hummingbirds visiting southern Vancouver Island over the summer is dropping and the cause may be climate change, says a local bird expert.
