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 are made by consensus.
A total of 10 submissions involving 9 species were reviewed through written submissions for Round 8. However, because of busy field seasons BRC members did not schedule a conference call to discuss this set of records. The accepted records shown here were unanimously accepted by committee members.
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:
ACORN WOODPECKER – (Cedar Hill Golf Course, Saanich – 08 – 26 Nov. 2014)
BCBRC#2015–022 Klaus Emmaneel
Photo: Klaus Emmaneel
BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW – (Long Beach – 24-27 June 2010)
BCBRC#2015–023 Daryl Johnson
Photo: Adrian Dorst
PRAIRIE WARBLER – (28 Sept – 03 Oct, 2009 – Tofino)
BCBRC#2015–024 Adrian Dorst
Photo: Adrian Dorst
SNOWY EGRET – (19 – 23 May 2011 – Jensen’s Bay, Tofino)
BCBRC#2015–026 Ralph Crombie
Snowy Egret with Great Egret. Photo: Adrian Dorst
FERRUGINOUS HAWK – (01 – 10 Sept. 2006 – Separation Lake, south of Kamloops)
BCBRC#2015–027 Chris Charlesworth
Photo: Chris Charlesworth
GREAT SHEARWATER – (05 Sept. 2013 – Hecate Strait, coordinates 52˚ 36.3N – 130˚ 34.3W)
BCBRC#2015–028 Jared Towers
Photo: Jared Towers
ICELAND GULL – (11 March 2015 – Kelowna)
BCBRC#2015–029 Chris Charlesworth, Ryan Tomlinson
Photo: Ryan Tomlinson
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Video: Chris Charlesworth
ICELAND GULL – (04 March 2000 – Kelowna)
BCBRC#2015–030 Chris Charlesworth (no photo)
LITTLE STINT – (03 – 09 Sept, 2014 – Sidney)
BCBRC#2015–o31 James Bradley
Photo: James Bradley
Photo: Daniel Donnecke