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 42 submissions involving 32 species were reviewed through written submissions for Rounds 18, 19, 20, and 21.
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.
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
Round 18 November/December 2017
Black-throated Sparrow (29 Sept.-27 Oct. 2015 – Sooke)
BCBRC #2017–031 Kim Beardmore
Black Phoebe (25-28 July 2017 – Richmond)
BCBRC #2017–032 Doug Martin
Little Gull (3 May 2013 – Active Pass)
BCBRC #2017–035 Geoffrey Newell
Written report
Red-necked Stint (22-26 July 2016 – Boundary Bay, Delta)
BCBRC #2017–036 Kevin Louth
(submitted by Melissa Hafting)
Painted Bunting (21 March – 4 April 2006 – Brentwood Bay)
BCBRC #2017–037 Jeremy Gatten
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (4-14 June 2016 – Progress)
BCBRC #2017–038 Jack Carrigan
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (4-7 August 2017 – Trail)
BCBRC #2017–039 Jennifer Bergen
Submitted by Don Young
Ruff (29 August to 3 Sept. 2016 – Boundary Bay, Delta)
BCBRC #2017–040 Roger Foxall
Submitted by Melissa Hafting
Round 19 – November/December 2017
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (16 October 2015 – Boundary Bay, Delta)
BCBRC #2017–041 Kevin Louth
Submitted by Peter Candido
Costa’s Hummingbird (15-21 April 2015 – Brackendale)
BCBRC #2017–042 Ben Hawkins
Lesser Black-backed Gull (19 October – 17 November, 2016 – Kalamalka Lake, Vernon area)
BCBRC #2017–044 Chris Siddle
Northern Parula (21 June 2016 – Jericho Beach, Vancouver)
BCBRC #2017–045 Jaryd Turner
Lesser Black-backed Gull (7 July 2015 – Salmon Arm)
BCBRC #2017–046 Reba Dupilka, Allan Dupilka
Lark Bunting (5 September 2016 – Botanical Beach, Port Renfrew)
BCBRC #2017–047 Thomas Barbin
Lesser Goldfinch (18 December 2016 – 3 January 2017 – Merritt)
BCBRC #2017–048 Vic Newton, Liis Jeffries, Jennifer Newton, Susan Newton, Murphy Shewchuk, m.ob.
Submitted by Alan Burger
California Scrub-Jay (1 November 2016 – Maple Ridge)
BCBRC #2017–049 Anne Hamilton
California Scrub-Jay (28 October 2016 – 19 April 2017 – Copley St and Grandview Highway, East Vancouver)
BCBRC #2017–050 Mike Willis
Round 20 – November/December 2017
Northern Cardinal (07 November 2017, continuing as of 06 January 2018 – Cranbrook)
BCBRC #2017–051 Katrin Powell, Greg Ross
First Provincial Record
Burrowing Owl (22-26 November 2015 – Richmond)
BCBRC #2017–053 Masaaki Kawabata
Submitted by Ben Keen.
Dickcissel (05 May 2017 – Revelstoke)
BCBRC #2017–054 Darlene Cancelliere
Hermit Warbler (07 May 2017 – Cypress Mountain)
BCBRC #2017–055 Don Kitteringham
Indigo Bunting (21-25 December 2015 – Port Coquitlam)
BCBRC #2017–056 John Findlay
Submitted by Melissa Hafting.
Indigo Bunting (22 March to 19 April 2017 – Port Alberni)
BCBRC #2017–057 Sandy McRuer
Submitted by Penny Hall.
Tufted Duck (14-19 March 2017 – Vancouver)
BCBRC #2017–058 Daphne Lang
Tufted Duck (06 April 2017 – Squamish)
BCBRC #2017–059 Chris Dale
Video (Chris Dale) at: https://youtu.be/7BQKL3v9q_A
Round 21 November/December 2017
Curlew Sandpiper (10 and 17 September 2017 – Delta)
BCBRC #2017–61 Anne Murray, Mary Taitt, Julian Sykes
California Scrub-Jay (29-30 September 2017 – Vancouver)
BCBRC #2017–63 Talia Garber
Chestnut-sided Warbler (11 June 2017 – Vancouver)
BCBRC #2017–64 Hugh Griffith
Acorn Woodpecker (17 June – 26 August 2017 – Victoria)
BCBRC #2017–65 Ted Ardley
Loggerhead Shrike (25 April 2017 – Hope)
BCBRC #2017–66 Guy Monty
Red-headed Woodpecker (10 September 2017 – Revelstoke)
BCBRC #2017–67 Don Manson, Dusty Veideman, Darlene Cancelliere
White-winged Dove (12-15 September 2017 – Maple Ridge)
BCBRC #2017–68 Sharon Talson
White-winged Dove (10-17 September 2017 – Richmond)
BCBRC #2017–69 Steffany Walker
Lesser Goldfinch (02-03 June 2014 – Princeton)
BCBRC #2017–70 Ed Lahaie
Lesser Goldfinch (26 April 2016 – Princeton)
BCBRC #2017–71 Ed Lahaie
Written report
Lesser Goldfinch (02-05 May 2017 – Princeton)
BCBRC #2017–72 Ed Lahaie
End of Accepted Records Rounds 18, 19, 20, and 21