Note: Rare bird reports and submissions, along with documentation and with photographs where available, are circulated to all committee members for written response in advance. During the subsequent conference call, and after all written responses have been circulated, each submission is discussed in detail. Recommendations to accept, or not accept, are made by consensus.
On 22 December 2022 the committee met, via Zoom, to review the 15 written submissions, involving 11 species, for Round 32.
Reflecting the evolution of rare bird reporting and the now wide-spread use of digital photography by birders, newer submissions are frequently supported by photographs. However, the committee strongly encourages observers to continue to make careful field notes to support all submissions. These field notes often prove extremely important to the committee’s decision making even when apparently “good” photographs are provided. To support the taking of field notes see the guide linked here: A Guide for Taking Field Notes.
A full account of all the decisions made by the committee, including records not accepted, will be published in an upcoming issue of our journal British Columbia Birds.
The following species were accepted to the Main Provincial List
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April to December 2022
Loggerhead Shrike (13 May 2022 – Duck Lake south dyke, Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area)
BCBRC #2022 – 001 Lyle Grisedale/Paul Foth
Submitted by Paul Foth
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Loggerhead Shrike (23 May 2022 – Mount Tolmie “Warbler Woods”, Victoria)
BCBRC #2022 – 003 Geoffrey Newell
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Parakeet Auklet (02 April 2022 – Clayoquot Canyon, about 25 nmi (46.3 km) SW of Flores Island)
BCBRC #2022 – 004 Joachim Bertrands/Dan Pontalti
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Short-tailed Albatross (27 Mar 2022 – Clayoquot Canyon, about 25.2 nmi (46.6) km SW of Flores Island)
BCBRC #2022 – 005 Joachim Bertrands/David Bell/Blair Dudeck
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Parakeet Auklet (27 Mar 2022 – Clayoquot Canyon, about 25.2 nmi (46.6) km SW of Flores Island)
BCBRC #2022 – 006 Joachim Bertrands/David Bell/Blair Dudeck
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Chestnut-sided Warbler (25 Jun – 10 Jul 2022 – Pitt River dyke, Pitt Meadows)
BCBRC #2022 – 007 Michael Klotz
Chestnut-sided Warbler song. Recording Michael Klotz
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Orchard Oriole (28 Sept 2021 – Rocky Point Bird Observatory, Metchosin)
BCBRC #2022 – 008 David Bell
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Manx Shearwater (28 Jul 2021 – about 2.7 nmi (5 km) northwest of Cape Sutil, Vancouver Island)
BCBRC #2022 – 009 Evan Larson
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King Eider (18 Dec 2021 – Strait of Juan de Fuca, McMicking Point, Victoria)
BCBRC #2022 – 010 David Cauldwell
Submitted by; Geoffrey Newell
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Manx Shearwater (24 May 2022 – east side of Dogfish Bank, about 14.6 nmi (27 km) ENE of Tlell, Haida Gwaii)
BCBRC #2022 – 011 Joshua Brown
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Manx Shearwater (25 May 2022 – South Passage, Rivers Inlet, about 2.5 nmi (4.6 km) southeast of Cape Calvert, Calvert Island)
BCBRC #2022 – 012 Joshua Brown
No photo
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White-faced Ibis (21 Jul 2021 – Clark’s Marsh, Walker Valley, 108 Mile Ranch)
BCBRC #2022 – 013 Paul Foth
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Willet (11 May 2022 – south end Columbia Lake, Canal Flats)
BCBRC #2022 – 014 Paul Foth
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Arctic Loon (23 Nov 2022 – Strait of Juan de Fuca, McMicking Point, Victoria)
BCBRC #2022 – 015 Geoffrey Newell)
