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Title: BC Rare Bird Alert
At 10:30 am on June 23-2026, Doug Martin found a White Wagtail of the lugens subspecies in the parking lot of West Coast Reductions.
Please view the bird from the public road (Maughan Rd) only as you must be an authorized guest to enter the parking lot. Please do not go into the office to ask permission as it won’t be granted.
Map to location
At 1 pm on June 19-2026, Steve Valasek saw a Nazca/Masked Booby flying over the Norwegian Bliss cruise ship offshore from Tofino. Photos are too poor to determine species.
Map to location HERE
At 10 am on June 14-2026, Griffin Duckworth, Mike Gallimore and Megan Cesarone found an Ash-throated Flycatcher during a monthly bird count at Squamish River Estuary.
Map to location HERE
The bird has not been relocated since the initial sighting.
At 9:45 am on June 13-2026, Rebecca Maier found a Snowy Egret at Salmon Arm Pier.
Map to location HERE
Photo to come.
At 11 am on June 6-2026, Lara Roorda found and photographed an immature male Summer Tanager that briefly perched at the feeders at the Scout Island Nature House in Williams Lake.
The bird has not returned since.
Map to location HERE
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