Jan 3 2015
1. My first lifer of 2014 actually came from a May 2013 visit to Okanagan where I photographed a Cassin's Vireo. It sat undiscovered until January 2014 in a desktop"mystery bird" folder. I finally sent the picture to Mile Tabak who confirmed the ID.
2. Jan 14/14 Prairie Falcon at Brunswick Point, Delta BC. Originally found by Nick Balachanoff aka 'NickintheGarden'
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| Prairie Falcon |
3. Feb 6/14 Gyrfalcon New Brighton Park Vancouver.
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| Gyrfalcon |
4. Feb 10/14 Great Gray Owl Tynehead Regional Park, Surrey BC
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| Great Gray Owl |
5. Feb 11/14 Townsend's Solitaire Richmond BC.
6. Feb 15/14 Tufted Duck Iona Regional Park/Sewage Lagoon.
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| Tufted Duck (foreground) |
7. Mar 14/14 Sharp-shinned Hawk in my garden.
8. April15/14-May 6/14 73 UK Lifers from the Forest of Dean, Newport Wetlands and Gibralter Point, Lincolnshire.
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| Skylark Gibralter Point Lincs |
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| Goldfinch Slimbridge UK |
9. May 15/14 Williamson's Sapsucker and Cassin's Finch Princeton BC.
Williamson's Sapsucker
10. May21 Brewer's Sparrow, Chukar Keremos BC.
11. May18-22 Black Swift, Common Nighthawk, Gray Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Ruffed Grouse. Caribou BC.
12. Aug 30/14 Ruff Reifel.
13. Ash-throated Flycatcher. Another Nick Balachanoff aka 'NickintheGarden' find.
14. Oct 6/14 Northern Pygmy Owl Cypress Mountain north Vancouver. Nick Balachanoff aka 'NickintheGardener' yet again.
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| Northern Pygmy Owl |
15. Nov 5/14 White-tailed Wagtail Brunswick Point Delta BC.
16/14 Nov 15/14 Acorn Woodpecker Victoria BC.
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| Acorn Woodpecker |
17. Dec 18 Surfbird Blackie Spit/Farmer's Slough.
So there it is 21 BC and Canada lifers and 73 lifers from the UK visit.
Wishing you all great birding in 2015.
"It's never too late to start birding"
John Gordon
Langley/Cloverdale
