Notable Record
Distant Heavily Cropped Shot
Pectoral Sandpiper PESA (Calidris melanotos)
Maber Flats
Saanichton Peninsula BC
ebird.org/checklist/S105933454
DSCN1757
According to info available on ebird - VERY Early
1st record of a PESA in March for all of British Columbia or other Western- Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba [any province or portion of Canada going west until Southern Ontario]
No previous record of a PESA in the month of April for Greater Victoria
And only 2 previous records for April for Vancouver Island closer to (almost) a month later
28th Apr 1998 (1)
& 25th Apr 2015 (2)
ebird.org/canada/checklist/S40094698
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Other note:
We here in Victoria area usually get low numbers of this species in the spring compared to than in the fall
Notable Record
Distant Heavily Cropped Shot
Pectoral Sandpiper PESA (Calidris melanotos)
Maber Flats
Saanichton Peninsula BC
ebird.org/checklist/S105933454
DSCN1757
According to info available on ebird - VERY Early
1st record of a PESA in March for all of British Columbia or other Western- Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba [any province or portion of Canada going west until Southern Ontario]
No previous record of a PESA in the month of April for Greater Victoria
And only 2 previous records for April for Vancouver Island closer to (almost) a month later
28th Apr 1998 (1)
& 25th Apr 2015 (2)
ebird.org/canada/checklist/S40094698
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Other note:
We here in Victoria area usually get low numbers of this species in the spring compared to than in the fall