At 10:50 am on April 2-2026, Megan Louie found an adult male Tufted Duck in the Fraser River. The bird was viewed from Fraser River Park in Vancouver but could also be viewed from the dyke on the opposite side in Richmond.
Map to location HERE
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At 10:50 am on April 2-2026, Megan Louie found an adult male Tufted Duck in the Fraser River. The bird was viewed from Fraser River Park in Vancouver but could also be viewed from the dyke on the opposite side in Richmond.
Map to location HERE
At 2 pm on April 1-2026, Keith Taylor found a Tudted Duck in a large flock of Lesser Scaup at Esquimalt Lagoon in Colwood. The bird is hugging the shoreline halfway between the bridge and the hump.
Map to location HERE
The bird continues as of 4 pm...
At 9:30am on March 30-2026, Frank Lin found and photographed an immature male Tufted Duck at Green Timbers Lake.
Map to location HERE
At 11:30 am on March 24-2026, Nick Park and Conor Trahar found a Sagebrush Sparrow at ƛ̓éxətəm Regional Park in Coquitlam. The bird is frequenting the path between the duck pond and pumphouse off the Shaughnessy St entrance and is traveling by itself.
Map to location
At 11am on March 17-2026, Suzy Wright found a Whooper Swan in a field off W Fraser Rd in Kersley south of Quesnel. The bird was with over 450 Trumpeters and 2 Tundra Swans.
Map to location HERE
This is the 4th record for BC.
The bird h...