Rare Bird

• Bird never seen before in Canada draws crowds to Vancouver park

  The taiga flycatcher has never before been seen in Canada. At least, not until this holiday season when a bird watcher spotted the rare avian specimen in a Vancouver park.

  Environment

  Dec 28, 2025
  
• Birdwatchers spellbound by Steller’s sea eagle sighting in Atlantic Canada

  This Steller's sea eagle has trekked almost halfway around the world from its home about 8,000 kilometres away on the eastern coast of Russia.

  Environment

  Nov 14, 2021
  
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• Wild rose bushes key to rare B.C. bird’s survival, research finds

  The importance of local wild roses emerged over a nearly 20-year experiment concentrating on the yellow-breasted chat.

  Environment

  May 9, 2021
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• Rare birds, including brown pelican, attract admirers in wake of hurricane Dorian

  A brown pelican in Glace Bay, along Cape Breton's east coast, is among the rarest, and has yielded numerous images as it preens and walks along a local wharf.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2019
• Meet the 86-year-old ‘instrumental’ to Metro Vancouver’s Purple Martin resurgence

  Kiyoshi Takahashi has been building nest boxes for Purple Martins, along with bats and other bird species, for more than three decades.

  Aug 8, 2019
• Rare feathered visitor draws onlookers to Brookfield, N.S.

  The Glossy Ibis, a slender and long-beaked bird, found its way further north from the warmth of its southern habitat.

  Environment

  May 9, 2019
• ‘I pinched myself’: B.C. birders living the dream, as rare Mandarin duck makes appearance

  No one knows how the brightly-coloured duck, native to East Asia, made it to Metro Vancouver.

  Nov 3, 2018
• ‘A really big deal’: rare bird sighting on Vancouver Island has birders aflutter

  The rare pine bunting is native to Asian, and has never been sighted south of Alaska in North America.

  Oct 19, 2018
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• Rare golden eagle recovering at Nova Scotia wildlife rehabilitation centre

  Murdo Messer of the Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre says it's unusual for a golden eagle to be found in this part of Canada.

  Canada

  May 6, 2018