Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver Island
Localities
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Vancouver Island
Materials recorded in Vancouver Island
List of all the materials recorded in Vancouver Island, sorted by rating.37 Videos
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
An adult in non-breeding plumage feeding, before getting scared off by a Black Turnstone.
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Ken Simonite 10 December 2012 65 sec 4.6
American Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
Eating, standing, walking, slipping.
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species) Ken Simonite 10 December 2012 74 sec 4.6
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dunlin in alternate plumage feeding.
LocalitySaanichton Spit, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Jeremy Gatten 07 May 2011 21 sec 4.6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
Eating a grub.
LocalityNanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (ssp rufescens) Ken Simonite 30 July 2012 29 sec 4.5
Sooty Fox-sparrow (Passerella unalaschcensis)
Foraging.
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Ken Simonite 14 December 2012 29 sec 4.5
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Three birds feeding.
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species) Ken Simonite 10 December 2012 16 sec 4.5
Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
Black Turnstones feeding alongside Sanderlings.
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species) Ken Simonite 10 December 2012 40 sec 4.5
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Male foraging, joined by a female for a brief period.
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species) Ken Simonite 13 December 2012 28 sec 4.3
68 Photographs
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
A juvenile bird at the shore's edge.
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species) Jeremy Gatten 31 August 2012 4.7
Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
Standing on the rocky shore of the Pacific Ocean.
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species) Ken Simonite 10 December 2012 4.4
Barred Owl (Strix varia)
I spotted this guy hunting a squirrel but lost sight of him when he dove into a thicket, I found him about an hour later roostin
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (ssp varia) Keith MacDonald 23 January 2012 4.4
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
One of a flock of Cedar waxwings that were feeding on hawthorn berries
LocalityNanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Keith MacDonald 09 January 2012 4.4
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Two adults feeding (non-breeding plumage).
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species) Ken Simonite 10 December 2012 4.3
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
This individual was found in a partially flooded agricultural field during southbound migration
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species) Jeremy Gatten 14 August 2012 4.3
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dunlin in non-breeding plumage, feeding alongside a Sanderling.
LocalityVictoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Ken Simonite 10 December 2012 4.2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Northern Flicker portrait shot taken in and apple tree in my backyard
LocalityNanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Keith MacDonald 01 December 2011 4.1
1 Sounds
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House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
Singing
Locality:Sidney, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Andrew_Davis 23 April 2004 3
List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Vancouver Island
Species with materials recorded in Vancouver Island
List of species with materials recorded in Vancouver Island. Species that occur in Vancouver Island but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Divers (Gaviidae)
- Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
- Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
- Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
- Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
- Herons (Ardeidae)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
- Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
- Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
- Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
- Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
- American Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
- American Wigeon (Anas americana)
- Gadwall (Anas strepera)
- Common Teal (Anas crecca)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Hooded Merganser (Mergus cucullatus)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
- American Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Mew Gull (Larus canus)
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)
- Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
- Auks (Alcidae)
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
- Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
- Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
- Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Rock Dove (Columba livia)
- Typical Owls (Strigidae)
- Barred Owl (Strix varia)
- Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Woodpeckers (Picidae)
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
- Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Dippers (Cinclidae)
- American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
- Wrens (Troglodytidae)
- Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
- Thrushes (Turdidae)
- Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Long-tailed Tits (Aegithalidae)
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Crows (Corvidae)
- Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus)
- Starlings (Sturnidae)
- Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Finches (Fringillidae)
- House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
- New World Warblers (Parulidae)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
- Tanagers (Thraupidae)
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
- Sooty Fox-sparrow (Passerella unalaschcensis)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
- Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
- New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)