Patricia Taylor: Victoria checklist area Life List Clements, All records Record(s) 1 to 221 of 221 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 09/11/2009 Courtland Flats, Victoria BC 2 adults 2 Ross's Goose Anser rossii 23/04/2022 Maber Flats. Saanich 3 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/10/2009 Puckle Road, Central Saanich Dec 10, '09 winter list 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 12/02/2017 Saanich Blenkinsop Lake area Likely escapees. 5 Brant Branta bernicla 10/12/2009 Clover Point, Victoria, BC 6 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 26/08/2009 Royal Roads field, Colwood Extremely early date Dec 10, '09 winter list 7 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 25/06/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt Dec 7, '09 winter list 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 14/08/2009 Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood 9 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator 14/08/2009 Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood Summering bird. Jan 10, '10 winter list 10 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 20/11/2022 Panama Flats 11 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 20/10/2009 Bow Park, Victoria winter list January 28, 2010 12 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 14/08/2009 Royal Roads, Colwood 13 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera 29/04/2020 Panama Flats 14 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 07/09/2009 McIntire Reservoir, Central saanich Jan 10, '10 winter list 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 09/11/2009 Interurban Viaduct Flats, Victoria BC 16 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/11/2009 Beacon Hill Park, Victoria 2 males Interurban Viaduct Flats Nov 9, '09 Dec 10, '09 winter list 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20/09/2009 Bowker Avenue, Victoria Dec 10, '09 winter list 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21/06/2009 Bow Park Victoria Dec 7, '09 winter list 19 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 21/02/2016 Beacon Hill Park, Victoria 20 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 26/08/2009 Royal Roads, Colwood Dec 10, '09 winter list 21 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 14/08/2009 Royal Roads, Colwood Dec 10, '09 winter list Eurasian Teal seen at Panama Flats, Victoria 29 April 2020 22 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 07/11/2009 Elk Lake, Victoria BC 23 Redhead Aythya americana 10/01/2010 Cordova Bay Golf Course, Saanich BC 24 Common Pochard Aythya ferina Yes 16/11/2020 Summit Reservoir 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 10/10/2009 Summit Hill Reservoir, Victoria winter list January 28, 2010 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26/11/2020 Duncan Sewage Ponds, BC 27 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 20/09/2009 Bowker Avenue, Victoria Dec 7, '09 winter list 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 25/10/2009 Summit Hill Reservoir, Victoria Jan 10, '10 winter list 29 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 10/10/2009 Macaulay Point, Victoria Dec 10, '09 winter list 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 19/11/2009 Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood Dec 7, '09 winter list 31 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 07/12/2009 Patricia Bay, North Saanich BC 32 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 05/02/2023 Clover Point, Victoria male 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 06/02/2010 Sidney, BC 34 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 11/10/2009 Swan Lake, Victoria Dec 7, '09 winter list 35 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 19/11/2009 Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood Dec 7, '09 winter list 36 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 19/11/2009 Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood 37 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 06/07/2009 Bowker Avenue, Victoria Dec 7, '09 winter list 38 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 07/11/2009 Elk Lake, Victoria BC Feb 6, '10 winter list 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19/11/2009 Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood Dec 7, '09 winter list 40 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 07/11/2009 Elk Lake, Victoria BC 41 California Quail Callipepla californica 02/08/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich 42 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/1985 Martindale Flats Seen in the past 43 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 11/10/2009 Swan Lake, Victoria Feb 6, '10 winter list 44 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 07/09/2009 McIntire Reservoir, Central Saanich Unusual freshwater locale. Jan 10, '10 winter list 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 10/10/2009 Oak Bay, Victoria BC 46 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis 19/11/2009 Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood 47 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 21/06/2009 Bow Park, Victoria Dec 1, '09 winter list 48 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Mount Tolmie 49 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 09/05/2010 Bowker Avenue, Victoria BC 50 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 07/12/2009 Dooley Road, Central Saanich BC 51 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 25/07/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich 52 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 12/05/2021 Panama Flats 53 Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna 21/06/2009 Glasgow Avenue, Victoria (At home feeder) Dec 1, '09 winter list 54 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus 28/06/2009 Kinsman Gorge Park, Victoria 55 Sora Porzana carolina Panama Flats 56 American Coot Fulica americana 11/10/2009 Swan Lake, Victoria Dec 7, '09 winter list 57 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Martindale 58 Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani 25/06/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt Dec 10, '09 winter list (same location) 59 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 12/10/2009 foot of Bowker Avenue, Victoria 60 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica 27/09/2018 Whiffen Spit, Sooke BC 61 Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva 13/09/2021 Victoria Golf Course 62 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 06/07/2009 McIntire Reservoir, Central Saanich 63 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 14/08/2009 Royal Roads, Esquimalt 64 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2021 Martindale Flats, central Saanich 65 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 20/10/2009 rocks near Oak Bay Marina, Victoria 66 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 21/08/2009 McIntire Reservoir, Central Saanich 67 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 26/10/2009 King's Pond, Victoria Seen well at pond edge 68 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 20/05/2022 Panama Flats 69 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 13/08/2023 Beckwith Park lake, Vicroria 70 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 04/09/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt 71 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 20/08/2009 King's Pond, Victoria 72 Wandering Tattler Tringa incana 27/07/2011 Odgen Point breakwall, Victoria BC 73 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 14/08/2009 Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood Both yellowlegs viewed together 74 Willet Tringa semipalmata 26/09/2009 Bowker Avenue, Victoria Seen again as late as Oct 12, 2009 75 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 14/08/2009 Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood Both yellowlegs viewed together 76 Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala 04/09/2009 Ogden Point Breakwall, Victoria 77 Surfbird Calidris virgata 10/09/2011 Clover Point, Victoria, BC 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/09/2009 Ogden Point Breakwall, Victoria 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 19/10/2009 King's Pond, Victoria odd location 80 Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis 01/01/2024 Clover point Victoria bc 81 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 18/09/2010 Victoria waterfront, BC 82 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 02/08/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 01/10/2009 McIntire Reservoir, Central Saanich My 100th bird! 84 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 02/08/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich 85 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 02/08/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich 86 Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata 25/06/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt 87 Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus 10/07/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt 88 Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba 25/06/2009 Spoon Bay, Victoria Feb 6, '10 winter list 89 Common Murre Uria aalge 04/09/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt Many seen very well from M.V. Coho on Oct 27, '09 90 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Clover Point 91 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 10/10/2009 Summit Hill Reservoir, Victoria 92 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 15/11/2009 Ogden Point Breakwall, Victoria BC 93 Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni 10/07/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt 94 Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus 25/07/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich 95 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 20/08/2009 Bowker Avenue, Victoria 96 Western Gull Larus occidentalis 20/10/2009 Cattle Point, Victoria 97 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 15/01/2012 Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C. 98 California Gull Larus californicus 10/07/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt 99 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens 25/06/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt Dec 1, '09 winter list 100 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 30/01/2011 Esquimalt Lagoon, Victoria BC 2nd year; Also thayeri Summit Hill Reservoir, Victoria 10 Oct 2009 101 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 25/06/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt 102 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 25/02/2012 Parker Park, Saanich B.C. winter list 103 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica 31/01/2012 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt BC winter list 104 Common Loon Gavia immer 20/10/2009 off Oak Bay Marina, Victoria BC winter list 105 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 27/10/2009 from M. V. Coho Victoria, B.C. to Port Angeles, Washington Four dark phase, two light phase, and one double light phase. 106 Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus 07/12/2009 Deep Bay, North Saanich BC 107 Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus 25/07/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich Feb 6, '10 winter list 108 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 25/07/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich Dec 10, '09 winter list 109 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 26/11/2012 Victoria Harbour 15 birds 110 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 11/10/2009 Swan Lake, Victoria 111 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis North Saanich 112 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 01/07/2009 Sidney waterfront Dec 1, '09 winter list 113 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 25/06/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich 114 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 25/07/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich At nest 115 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 01/10/2009 Central Saanich bulb fields 116 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 26/01/2010 Victoria backyard 117 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 11/10/2009 Swan Lake, Victoria 118 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 21/06/2009 Bow Park, Victoria Dec 1, '09 winter list 119 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 01/12/2009 McDonald's in Colwood, BC 120 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 01/01/2022 Sidney. BC 121 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 01/07/2009 Beaver Lake, Saanich 122 Barred Owl Strix varia 20/10/2009 Bow Park, Victoria 123 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 25/07/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich Dec 10, '09 winter list 124 Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber 01/12/2009 Goldstream Park, Victoria BC 125 Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis 29/09/2019 Esquimalt Lagoon 126 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 21/06/2009 Kinsman Gorge Park, Victoria Dec 6, '09 winter list 127 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 27/11/2009 Bow Park, Victoria 128 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 02/08/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich Dec 5, '09 winter list 129 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 01/11/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt BC Dec 10, '09 winter list (same location) 130 Merlin Falco columbarius 30/01/2011 Bow Park, Victoria, BC 131 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 25/07/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich 132 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 30/05/2010 Thomson Place, North Saanich BC 133 Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus 23/05/2010 Uplands Park, Victoria BC 134 Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis 29/05/2010 Munn Road, Victoria, BC 135 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 18/02/2021 Welsh Road, Martindale Flats area 136 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 24/05/2021 Galey Farms Saanich 137 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 31/10/2021 Victoria waterfront cement yoght pond 138 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 04/07/2022 Swan Lake 139 Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii Saanich 140 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 05/09/2009 King's Pond Victoria 141 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis 11/10/2009 Swan Lake, Victoria Also seen on Oct 16, 2022 at Glencoe Cove 142 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 07/01/2018 Rithet's Bog Seen many times during the fall/winter of 2017/2018 143 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 30/10/2020 University Victoria 144 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 21/06/2009 Kinsman Gorge Park, Victoria Northwestern Crow (caurinus). Dec 1, '09 winter list 145 Common Raven Corvus corax 14/08/2009 Royal Roads, Colwood Dec 7, '09 winter list 146 Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens 21/06/2009 Bow Park, Victoria winter list January 28, 2010 147 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 26/09/2009 Cattle Point, Victoria 148 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Rithet\'s Bog, Victoria 149 Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina 21/06/2009 Glasgow Avenue, Victoria nesting at condo 150 Purple Martin Progne subis 14/08/2009 Royal Roads, Colwood 151 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/06/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich 152 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Duncan 153 Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 21/06/2009 Bow Park, Victoria Dec 7, '09 winter list 154 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 20/10/2009 Bow Park, Victoria Dec 15, '09 winter list 155 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 01/11/2009 Beacon Hill Park, Victoria Dec 10, '09 winter list 156 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 19/11/2023 Ross Bay, Victoria BC 157 Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea 14/11/2023 Sidney, BC Canada 158 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 21/06/2009 Bow Park Victoria Dec 8, '09 winter list 159 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 01/07/2009 Beaver Lake Park, Saanich 160 Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 04/11/2023 Uplands park Brief view with eyes at 100 feet 161 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus 26/10/2019 Clover Point 162 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 07/09/2009 Central Saanich bulb fields 163 Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus 12/10/2009 Bow Park, Victoria Dec 1, '09 winter list 164 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 09/11/2009 Interurban Viaduct Flats, Victoria BC 165 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 21/06/2009 Bow Park, Victoria Dec 27, '09 winter list 166 American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus 01/12/2009 Goldstream Park, Victoria BC 167 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 21/06/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt winter list January 25, 2010 168 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 16/07/2022 Beaver Lake, Saanich 169 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 02/09/2022 Saanich BC 170 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 10/12/2016 Sidney 171 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana 09/03/2022 Blenkinsop Road Victoria, BC 172 Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides 01/04/2012 Whiffen Spit, Sooke BC 173 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius 01/12/2009 Goldstream Park, Victoria BC 174 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 07/09/2009 King's Pond, Victoria 175 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 26/09/2009 Ten Mile Point, Victoria 176 American Robin Turdus migratorius 21/06/2009 Kinsman Gorge Park, Victoria Dec 7, '09 winter list 177 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 21/06/2009 Bow Park, Victoria January 8, '10 winter list 178 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 21/06/2009 Bow Park, Victoria Dec 5, '09 winter list 179 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 07/09/2009 MacIntire Reservoir, Central Saanich 180 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 05/02/2012 French Road, Sooke , BC 181 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 21/06/2009 Bow Park, Victoria winter list January 25, 2010 182 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 14/08/2009 Jordan River, B.C. Also Uplands Park Sept 26, '09 183 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 15/01/2012 Oak Bay, Victoria, B.C. winter list 184 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 30/05/2010 Thomson Place, North Saanich BC crossed bill not observed because of distance but seen closely at Cedarhill Golf Coarse on February 2, 2013. 185 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus Rithet\'s Bog, Victoria 186 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 02/02/2020 Oak Bay Victoria 187 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 02/08/2009 MacIntire Reservoir, Central Saanich 188 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 18/09/2010 Victoria waterfront, BC 189 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 11/05/2010 Mount Tolmie, Victoria BC 190 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 06/09/2023 Glencoe Cove, Victoria 191 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 07/09/2009 King's Pond, Victoria Dec 8, '09 winter list 192 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 02/10/2009 Glasgow Avenue, Victoria Dec 5, '09 winter list 193 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 14/08/2009 Jordan River, B.C. Also seen at Macaulay Point on August 4, '09 194 Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla 01/10/2009 Central Saanich bulb fields winter list January 25, 2010 195 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 27/11/2009 Bow Park, Victoria, BC Three birds present. 196 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 07/09/2009 King's Pond, Victoria 197 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 21/06/2009 Bow Park, Victoria Dec 10, '09 winter list 198 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 04/09/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt 199 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 21/06/2009 Bow Park, Victoria Dec 7, '09 winter list 200 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 28/02/2016 Victoria, BC Second seen at Panama Flats on June 11, 2023 201 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 01/07/2011 Panama Flats, Victoria, BC 202 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta 26/09/2009 Cattle Point, Victoria Dec 10, '09 winter list 203 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 05/11/2023 Radcliffe Lane, Victoria, BC 204 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii 22/05/2020 Panama Flats, Victoria BC Male 205 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 23/06/2009 Rithet's Bottom, Victoria winter list January 25, 2010 206 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 02/08/2009 Saanichton Spit, Central Saanich 207 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 25/12/2020 Kings pond victoria 208 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 01/07/2009 Martindale Flats area of Central Saanich Dec 7, '09 winter list 209 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 28/08/2022 Bow Park, Victoria BC 210 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 17/08/2009 Macaulay Point, Esquimalt 211 MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei 29/05/2010 Munn Road, Victoria, BC 212 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Panama Flats 213 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 25/06/2009 Quick's Bottom, Saanich 214 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 18/11/2022 Panama Flats 215 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 27/09/2009 Glasgow Avenue, Victoria off our balcony 216 Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi Ross Bay Cemetery 217 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 01/07/2009 Beaver Lake Park, Sanich 218 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 14/11/2023 North Saanich, BC 219 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 07/09/2009 King's Pond, Victoria 220 Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus 29/05/2010 Munn Road, Victoria, BC 221 Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena Mount Tolmie