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ISSN 1206-1611 BCFO.Ca Volume 28 Number 4 / December 2018 Newsmagazine of the British Columbia Field Ornithologists ISSN 1206-1611 BCFO.ca Volume 28 Number 4 / December 2018 One of the reasons this edition was delayed: Zebra Dove on Big Island, Hawaii, November 2018. See page 16. CNK photo. BC Birding December 2018 Edition 28 (4) Publisher BC Birding is published four times a year by the British Columbia Field Ornithologists, P.O. Box 61670, RPO BCFO Officers & Brookswood, Langley, BC V3A 1K0. A subscription to this quarterly is a benefit of member- ship in the society. Members will also receive a copy of the Directors annual journal, British Columbia Birds. Directors President: Marian Porter, Salt Spring Island, 250-653-2043, [email protected] About the BCFO Vice-President: Gary Davidson, Nakusp, 250-265-4456, Membership in BCFO is open to anyone interested in the [email protected] study and enjoyment of wild birds in British Columbia. Past President (non-voting): George Clulow, Burnaby, 604- BCFO objectives include: fostering cooperation between 438-7639, [email protected] amateur and professional ornithologists, promoting cooper- Secretary: Mike McGrenere, Victoria, 250-658-8624, ative bird surveys and research projects, and supporting [email protected] conservation organizations in their efforts to preserve birds Treasurer: Josh Inman, Langley, 604-532-0455, and their habitats. [email protected] Membership Jude Grass, Surrey, 604-538-8774, [email protected] See the website (http://bcfo.ca) for details, or write to the Clive Keen, Prince George, 250-963-9520, BCFO address given above under “Publisher.” clive_keen@ hotmail.com Adrian Leather, Quesnel, 250-249-5561, Annual Membership Dues [email protected] General Membership (Canada): $30 Art Martell, Courtenay, 250-334-2979, Junior Membership (Canada): $20 [email protected] U.S. and International Membership: $35 Monica Nugent, New Westminster, 604-220-8816, [email protected] Newsmagazine Submissions To submit material to this publication, contact the Editor by Responsibilities email ([email protected]). Books for review should Archivist/ Librarian: Les Gyug be sent to 10790 Grassland Road, Prince George, BC V2K BC Birding (Newsmagazine) Editor: Clive Keen; Associate 5E8. Editor: Virginia Rasch. Print Distribution: June Ryder Submissions may include articles about birding experi- British Columbia Birds (Journal) Editor: Art Martell. Produc- ences, casual observations about bird behaviour, site guides, tion Editor: Neil Dawe photographs, and other topics of broad interest to birders, Canadian International Joint Venture: Wayne Weber preferably, but not necessarily, in British Columbia. Trip Featured Photographer: Carlo Giovanella reports by members, both in Canada and overseas, are wel- Membership Secretary: Larry Cowan come. Items can be of any length up to a maximum of 2,000 Two-day Trips: Adrian Leather words. Note that this is a news magazine rather than an aca- Website: George Clulow, Neil Dawe demic journal, and thus lists of references are rarely includ- Young Birders Program: Melissa Hafting ed. Deadlines (i.e., final dates for submission of material) Committees are as follows. Material received after the deadline will be BC Bird Records Committee: Nathan Hentze (Chair), Peter held over to the subsequent edition. Candido, Chris Charlesworth, Catherine Craig, Michael • March edition: February 15 Force, Guy Monty, Mike Toochin. • June edition: May 15 Cannings Award Committee: Wayne Weber, Art Martell, Dick Cannings. • September edition: August 15 • December edition: November 15 Conservation and Education Committee: Gary Davidson (Chair), Art Martell, Gerald McKeating, Stephen Partington, Marian Porter. Advertising Rates Full page: $125 per issue or $112.50 each for four or more Young Birder Awards Committee: Carlo Giovanella (Chair), issues George Clulow, Melissa Hafting. Half page: $75 per issue or $67.50 each for four or more issues Quarter page: $40 per issue or $36 each for four or more issues BCFO members are welcome to include classified ads, of up to 25 words, at no cost. Page 2 BC Birding December 2018 Edition 28 (4) Contents Notices & Notes President’s Message .................................................................................. 4 Welcome New Members ........................................................................... 4 BCFO Notes .............................................................................................. 5 Bird Listers’ Corner .................................................................................. 6 BCFO Two-day Trips ................................................................................ 7 Upcoming Meetings & Events .................................................................. 8 Young Birders Program Sooke Hawk Watch ................................................................................. 10 Kids’ Christmas Bird Count .................................................................... 10 Two Young Birders on a First Pelagic .................................................... 11 Trip Reports Below: words of wisdom spotted by Quest for a Mega-rarity ........................................................................... 13 John Gordon at Green Timbers 90, H9, P4, and the Navajo Bridge ......................................................... 14 in Surrey. Birding Big Island, Hawaii ...................................................................... 16 Flatland UK, Sept. 2018 ............................ 18 Features Ghost Grouse in the Monashee Mountains 20 Tackling Asia’s Illegal Trade in Songbirds 21 Briefings Soaring Storks ........................................... 17 Tracking Migrants ..................................... 22 Ravens Out-think Pre-schoolers ................ 26 Hummingbird Acrobatics .......................... 27 Darwin’s Puzzle and Rattus rattus ............ 30 Regular Columns Featured Species #4: Northern Goshawk .. 23 Gone Pishing: Merlin ................................ 24 The Reflective Birder: Don’t Wait ........... 31 Book Reviews How to Be a Bad Bird Watcher ................. 28 Birds of Nunavut ....................................... 29 Christmas Bird Counts 2018 – 2019 The 119th CBC takes place this year be- tween December 14, 2018 and January 5, 2019. Information on dates and contacts for the BC counts, as well as the Bird Counts4Kids, are available at bcfo.ca by clicking on the CBC’s tab. Page 3 BC Birding December 2018 Edition 28 (4) a good count with as many special always managed to get down again. I rarities as possible. have had harrowing boat trips with President’s All birders contribute to collecting waves crashing over the bow off information used to assess the dist- Octopus Point for the Duncan Count, ribution and population trends of birds and brilliant hot, sunny weather off Message in order to make important decisions Newport Beach on a yacht counting about their conservation. Increasingly, thousands of Western Grebes and The Christmas season is a time to data is being used to predict the Bonaparte’s Gulls for the Orange reconnect with family and friends, to impact of global warming on wild County Coastal Count. I always head shed commercial and work oblig- bird populations. Please consider out to a count with a sense of ations if possible and return to a more joining a count in your area to become anticipation, for I know it will be a familiar world of traditional values part of North America’s longest new experience with unexpected and customs. Giving and connecting running citizen science project. results. Consider starting a new count become more important, for a short The BCFO website is compiling if there isn’t one in your area, or time, than material pursuits. Over the this season’s locations, dates and renewing one that has been years, the Audubon Christmas Bird contact information so you may discontinued. Count has given me the spirit of the include bird counts in your Christmas I hope to see you this Christmas Christmas season as I reconnect with season. season enjoying the birds and count. old friends, make new ones, and give I “joined up” in the late 1970s and to the conservation community by it has become an important time of the Marian Porter, President, BCFO collecting data needed to monitor year for me. I have had many adventures from Edmonton, Alberta, winter populations of Western Hemi- sphere birds. Over two thousand to Orange County, California. I have localities of counts, each with a 24- been stuck in snowbanks in the Sierra kilometre-diameter circle are covered Mountains and the Butterbredt Spring Below: a Long-billed Dowitcher in a 24-hour period to find as many area of the California desert. The spotted during the BCFO two-day trip species and individuals as possible. California birders had a habit of to the Sunshine Coast (see page 7). CNK photo. There can be great camaraderie as sending me to mountain summits, but well as a little friendly competition for I had great views, good birds and Page 4 BC Birding December 2018 Edition 28 (4) son/Okanagan 14%, Kootenay Rockies new addition to the Main Provincial List, 7%, Northern BC 6%, and Cariboo/ and fifteen other reports of rare sightings BCFO Notes Chilcotin/Coast 5%. The remainder are were accepted. Initial details can be seen scattered widely, from the US to Fin- at bcfo.ca via the BRC tab. Congratulations to John Reynolds, who land. has become the new Chair of The Com- 82 members opted to pay the sur- mittee on the Status of Endangered change to receive this publication via printed, mailed copy: a
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