Latest Accepted Records from the Bird Records Committee published

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Discussion of Round 31 submissions to the Bird Records Committee has been completed. Consensus decisions to “accept” were made for ten of the twelve submissions for this round. A number of very rare birds for BC are included in this round, including the one pictured below.

Photo: David M. Bell

Check out the full report of these recently accepted records by following the link here, or use the drop down menu above – BRC Public > BRC Round 31. Nov. 2021 to April 2022, Accepted Records

December Edition of BC Birding Now Available

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The December 2022 edition of BC Birding is now available in the Members Only section. (You will be emailed the URL if you’ve forgotten the password.)

This is a particularly full edition, including, in addition to the usual features, great photos and BCFO news:

  • Three pages of Avian Encounters
  • A Black Swift Project update
  • Trip notes from Spain and Australia
  • Good news about a tardy hummer
  • A rare spotlight on senior birders
  • Why anthropomorphism can be a good thing
  • UVic’s inter-university birding challenge

Print subscribers ($12 annually allows you to linger over the magazine in full-colour paper form) will receive their copy through the post in due course.

September Edition of BC Birding Now Available

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The September 2022 edition of BC Birding is now available in the Members Only section. (You will be emailed the URL if you’ve forgotten the password.)

Included among the usual features are:

  • An extended fond farewell to Wayne Weber
  • The inaugural For Your Ears Only Column
  • A report on the Smithers conference – see what you missed!
  • A wonderful tale of eagle de-tangling
  • A Greater Sage-Grouse sighting of a lifetime
  • A double helping for bird photographers
  • Nine pages of BCFO and BC birding news
  • Four briefings on ornithological studies
  • Another update on BC paleo-ornithology
  • A Marbled Murrelet study report
  • And plenty more, plus some great photographs

PLUS an unexpected technique for attracting puffins and terns to your window feeder.

Print subscribers ($12 annually allows you to linger over the magazine in paper form) will receive their copy through the post in due course – and for the first time, it will be in full colour.