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Native and Naturalized (125)

  1. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  2. Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  3. Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  4. Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  5. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  6. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  7. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  8. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  9. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  10. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  11. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 28
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  12. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  13. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  14. Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Stéphane Barrette
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  15. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: lise owens
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  16. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: lise owens
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  17. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: lise owens
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  18. Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    # Count: 28
    Date:
    Observer: Walter Thorne
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  19. Western Gull Larus occidentalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Walter Thorne
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  20. California Gull Larus californicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Walter Thorne
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  21. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Walter Thorne
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  22. Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Walter Thorne
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  23. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Walter Thorne
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  24. Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Walter Thorne
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  25. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  26. Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  27. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  28. Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  29. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  30. Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  31. Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  32. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  33. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  34. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: David Fraser
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  35. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: David Fraser
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  36. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Fraser
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  37. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  38. Dunlin Calidris alpina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  39. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  40. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  41. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  42. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  43. Purple Martin Progne subis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  44. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  45. Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  46. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  47. Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  48. White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  49. Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  50. Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  51. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  52. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  53. Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  54. Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  55. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  56. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  57. Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  58. Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Marie Burgess
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  59. Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marie Burgess
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  60. Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marie Burgess
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  61. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  62. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  63. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  64. Common Raven Corvus corax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  65. Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  66. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Carey Bergman
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  67. Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nathan Hentze
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  68. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cassandra Bosma
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  69. Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Cassandra Bosma
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  70. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike McGrenere
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  71. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Adam Ross
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  72. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Evan Lewis
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  73. Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gordon Hart
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  74. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robyn Byrne
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  75. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Randy Dzenkiw
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  76. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Randy Dzenkiw
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  77. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Randy Dzenkiw
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  78. Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Randy Dzenkiw
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  79. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Dong Qiu
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  80. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  81. Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  82. Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  83. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  84. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  85. Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Thilini Samarakoon
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  86. Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Thilini Samarakoon
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  87. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Danielle Bussières
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  88. Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  89. Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Buis
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  90. Common Murre Uria aalge
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Buis
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  91. Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Buis
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  92. Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lily Mah-Sen
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  93. Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  94. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  95. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  96. Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  97. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  98. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: morna tudor
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  99. American Wigeon Mareca americana
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  100. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mary Robichaud
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  101. Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy Gatten
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  102. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy Gatten
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  103. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  104. Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  105. Merlin Falco columbarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  106. Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  107. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  108. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  109. Brant Branta bernicla
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  110. Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  111. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Les Rutherford
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  112. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Randy Smith
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  113. Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Randy Smith
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  114. Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jocelynn Johannesson
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  115. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Ray Woods
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  116. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Bowie
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  117. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: william gilmour
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  118. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Harcombe
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  119. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kelly Biener
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  120. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Kelly Biener
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  121. Brown Creeper Certhia americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kelly Biener
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  122. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kelly Biener
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  123. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Karen Burns
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  124. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  125. Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Adam Ross
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park

Hybrids (1)

  1. Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) Larus occidentalis x glaucescens
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park

Additional Taxa (9)

  1. Western/Glaucous-winged Gull Larus occidentalis/glaucescens
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  2. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Fraser
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  3. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Louise Bilodeau
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  4. Larus sp. Larus sp.
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Joachim Bertrands
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  5. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin Neill
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  6. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Buis
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  7. loon sp. Gavia sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  8. Common/Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala clangula/islandica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: James Kennerley
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park
  9. Aythya sp. Aythya sp.
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Alice Cassidy
    Location: Sooke--Whiffin Spit Park