Birds around Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Vancouver Island (45° to 50° latitude, -130° to -125° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all birds records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
No birds arrived here in these weeks last year, as far as the records show.
Expected in the next six weeks
No arrivals expected here in the next six weeks, going by last year.
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens | 846 | 251.7 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa | 696 | 207.1 |
| Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri | 396 | 117.8 |
| Killdeer Charadrius vociferus | 292 | 86.9 |
| Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus | 198 | 58.9 |
| Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia | 150 | 44.6 |
| Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus | 131 | 39.0 |
| Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon | 130 | 38.7 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis | 76 | 22.6 |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla | 50 | 14.9 |
| Herring Gull Larus argentatus | 40 | 11.9 |
| Canada Goose Branta canadensis | 36 | 10.7 |
| Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus | 32 | 9.5 |
| Common Raven Corvus corax | 29 | 8.6 |
| Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus | 28 | 8.3 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 5 of the last 12 weeks for birds (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 1 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.