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Accomodations
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Brookside Inn is a beautiful 3 story Tudor boutique hotel with wonderfully landscaped yards that caters to birders. There are multiple feeders of all different kinds throughout the property. The breakfast has no comparison and the rooms are wonderful.
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Meadow Lake Guest Ranch is a beautifully set on over 700 acres with many lakes and ponds, forests and meadows dotting the landscape. Some of these small bodies of water are alkaline and some fresh with marshland and shallows attracting all manor of birds.
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Located on the waterfront in Prince Rupert, the Eagle Bluff Bed and Breakfast is your ideal spot for visiting the area. Our tastefully appointed guest rooms and warm hospitality of your hosts will make you feel at home. Please ask about which rooms you can scope the bay from your window. We welcome you to Prince Rupert.
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General Resources
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An excellent resource for bird watching in British Columbia, including news, sightings, classifieds, tours, and conservation
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The Southern Interior Bluebird Trail Society (SIBTS) is a non-profit volunteer organization, formed to promote recovery of Mountain and Western Bluebirds.
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A place to find trails and birding locations around BC, not to mention a few gift ideas.
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Hotspots
Vancouver
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A Blogger as well as excellent location descriptions for Maplewood and Ambleside Park
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Burnaby Lake Park
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Burnaby Lake has three locations for several hard to find species. The first and best for photos is Piper Spit on the north side of the Lake. The second is the Avalon Entrance on the east side of the lake with trails through peat bog and riparian woodlands. The last is the Burnaby Rowing Club and Rugby Fields on the West end of the lake.
Notable Species: Wood Duck, Lesser Scaup, Long-billed Dowitcher, Greater White-fronted Goose, Red-eyed Vireo. Hotspot |
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There are two areas that are very productive here. One is the pond network and the other is the Jetty. The ponds are very good for wintering waterfowl and shorebirds when the tide is up. The jetty is great for viewing seagoing water fowl well out into Georgia Strait.
Notable Species: Caspian Tern, Osprey, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Purple Martin. Hotspot |
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The Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA supports over 200 bird and 29 mammal species. The area provides important wintering, migration and breeding habitat for waterfowl, shorebirds, raptors, passerine and upland species.
Notable Species: Sandhill Crane, Gray Catbird, American Redstart, Bohemian Waxwing, Band-tailed Pigeon Hotspot |
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Winter home of the Snow Geese and one of Canada's top birdwatching sites. A person could spend all day here walking the trails and finding new birds in the different habitats. The West fields are perfect for migrating shorebirds on the high tide. The middle ponds are fantastic variety of wintering waterfowl including the resident Sandhill Cranes. The east dyke can be very good for roosting owls among the evergreens.
Notable Species: Sandhill Crane, Great Horned Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Snow Geese, Black-crowned Night-heron Hotspot |
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Blackie Spit is one of the best bird watching areas in Canada with almost 200 species of birds recorded in a calendar year. This sandy piece of land is the point at which the fresh water meets the salt for the Nicomekl River and is the perfect estuary for shorebirds, songbirds and seabirds.
Notable Species: Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Purple Martin, Common Loon, Hotspot |
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Stanley Park is a bird lover’s paradise. Situated on the edge of Vancouver, this magnificent park can be conveniently accessed by visitors by bus, car or on foot from downtown. Over the course of a year, as many as 230 species of birds are easily viewed and heard in its diverse landscape of forests, wetlands and seashore.
Notable Species: Harlequin Duck, Red Crossbill, Wood Duck Hotspot |
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Winter sea birds at your feet including all three scoters and all three loons. The walk is the one of the best in the south of Surrey for winter and migrant water birds.
Notable Species: All Three Scoters, All three Loon Species, Black Turnstone, Long-tailed Duck Hotspot |
Victoria
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The old train trestle runs through the middle of the lake as the Lochside Trail. The lake and the trail are full of birds with several habitats in close proximity.
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Rare Bird Alerts
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The location for sharing reports of rare birds in regions all around the province including Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Okanagan and others.
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Tours and Guides
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Personally guided and custom Tours for Vancouver and surrounding areas
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