Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) on BC's Central Coast

John Reynolds tweeted:

A very out of range Northern Mockingbird on Goose Island near Bella Bella on BC's Central Coast. Found by @BStarzomski and I this morning while iNatting in Heiltsuk territory. #iNatBCParks. @heiltsukvoice @WilliamHousty @bcparksfdn @kmfret pic.twitter.com/iohIGLqqaH

— John Reynolds (@Reynolds_JohnD) June 25, 2019

Tom Okey, LEO BC Coordinator, wrote:

This observation of a Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) by Professors Brian Starzomski and John Reynolds is indeed north of its historic range as illustrated on iNaturalist where it was also shared. Only four other M. polyglottos observations north of its historic Pacific region range have been shared on iNaturalist, and none older than 2014. The most northern of those sightings was by Syd Cannings in the Stikine Region of British Columbia on 19 June 2019. The northernmost sighting on the eBird database was by James Helmericks north of latitude 70° on the Coleville River Delta, Alaska at the Beaufort Sea (70°25'41.7"N 150°24'13.1"W)---in August of 2019. These observations reveal a rapid northward expansion of the range of Northern Mockingbirds.