My sightings of birds over the years, including observing notes and photos from around my home on southern Vancouver Island and the rest of the world during my extensive travels.
The listing below is not complete – still working on it. At last count, my bird sighting log had over 180 individual birds listed!
- Frigatebirds June 7, 20252024.04.10 7:30AM – A dozen Magnificent Frigatebirds swooping over the Discovery Princess and Puerto Vallarta harbour, Mexico – photos 2024JCR5BC6A4047-62 2024.04.09 3:30-4:30PM – A half dozen Magnificent Frigatebirds swooping over the Discovery Princess and Manzanillo harbour, Mexico – photos 2024JCR5BC6A4007-4033, 4038-39 2018.12.09 9:25:56AM – Female Magnificent Frigatebird in flight – Aboard the sv Royal Clipper, Gustavia, Saint-Barthélemy, ...
- Anna’s Hummingbird May 28, 2025Common birds resident year-round in our area, so only significant sightings are logged, or when photos or video is taken. Observing locations are all in Victoria, BC, Canada unless otherwise noted. 2025.05.28 9:45AM Single bird feeding on the just-emerging blossoms on the Hawthorne tree – Home, Victoria, BC, Canada 2021.12.12 12:00PM Single bird perched in the Hawthorne ...
- Bald Eagle January 31, 2025Common birds, so only significant sightings are logged, or when photos are taken.Observing locations are all in Victoria, BC, Canada unless otherwise noted. 2025.04.14 2 PM Five bald eagles, wheeling around over top of the neighborhood on an updraft, calling out to each other with their chirping/warbling sounds. 3000-block Jackson St. 2025.01.30 9:20 AM three birds flying ...
- Cooper’s Hawk July 14, 2024Common birds, so only significant sightings are logged, or when photos are taken.Observing locations are all in Victoria, BC, Canada unless otherwise noted. 2024.05.14 6:30 PM Four birds at Fifth and Finlayson streets chasing each other in the trees, calling to each other. 2024.04.19 9:30 AM Three birds at Jackson and Finlayson streets chasing each other in ...
- Brown Pelican April 11, 2024Very common birds, so only significant sightings are logged, or when photos are taken. 2024-04-10 & 11 – I spot several birds in the harbour while aboard Discovery Princess when docked in both Pacific coast ports of Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta in Mexico. Photos: 2024JCR5BC6A4019 (Manzanillo) & 2024JCR5BC6A4068-71 (Puerto Vallarta) 2020.03.27 10:31am – 4 birds flying low to ...
- Laughing Gull April 10, 20242024-04-10, 1 PM – One gull in flight over the harbour. Aboard Discovery Princess, Puerto Vallarta, Jalsico, Mexico – photos2024JCR5BC6A4075-77 Banner image – Joe Carr photo – 2024JCR5BC6A4077 2024-04-09, 4 PM – Several gulls in flight over the harbour. Aboard Discovery Princess, Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. Photos: 2024JCR5BC6A4034-37
- Red-shafted Northern Flicker March 26, 20242024-03-26, 5:07:45 PM Bird not sighted, however two feathers were on our front steps – Home, Victoria, BC. Photos: 2024JCR0V5A1628-631 Two feathers from a Red-shafted Northern Flicker – Joe Carr photo 2024JCR0V5A1630 2023.10.26 1:45PM A pair of Flickers at the top of a Garry Oak tree in Summit Park , Victoria, BC 2023.01.17 – a single bird perched in ...
- Varied Thrush January 10, 2024Common birds, so only significant sightings are logged, or when photos are taken.Observing locations are all in Victoria, BC, Canada unless otherwise noted. 2024.03.09 10:08am – Two birds in the Hawthorn and Laburnum trees in our side yard – Home, Victoria, BC, Canada. Photos: 2024JCR5BC6A3828-3839 2024.01.10 -Single bird in the Hawthorn tree – first sighting of the ...
- Barred Owl January 1, 2024Common birds, so only significant sightings are logged, or when photos are taken.Observing locations are all in Victoria, BC, Canada unless otherwise noted. The Cornell Lab: Barred Owls have a distinctive hooting call of 8–9 notes, described as “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” 2024.01.01 6PM – 3100-block Somerset St. – A single bird was ...
- Pileated Woodpecker November 29, 20232023.11.26 & 29 10AM Single bird in Garry oak tree the corner of Blackwood and Summit 2020.11.24 10:22 AM A pair of woodpeckers the top of it playing in the top of the tree at Curtis Point, Gorge Park 2013.11.11 9:57:31 AM PST – Latitude: 48.44629358, Longitude: -123.40603727 – Pecking a dead tree at Esquimalt Gorge Park 2013.08.03 ...