Vancouver Island Sep 2016 (1 Viewer)

Hi all,
I have the opportunity to visit Vancouver Island next September for about a week.

What are the best birding spots to visit?

How long should I spend at each of them given my time constraints?

Any other info that would help me plan the trip?

Thanks
Allan

Hi Allan

Join Yahoo Group BCVIBIRDS.

This is a very active group that almost all VI Birders subscribe to. I found it very useful when I visited VI a few years ago.

There's a good chance that some of the local Birders will offer to meet up with you and show you some goodies.

Phil

Thanks Phil, I'll do that.

Allan

I've been to Vancouver Is. a number of times, and it is a wonderful place! I don't know much about the good bird spots, but I can tell you that a visit to Pacific Rim N.P. is a must; the marine life there is incredibly rich.

Unfortunately, I have not been to that side of the island since I seriously got into birding. So, I can't say much about the avifauna - I really only noticed the Stellar's Jays* (couldn't help it really, since they were constantly landing in our campsite, trying to steal food.)




*Oh yes, and the oystercatchers - even to a non-birder, as I was at the time, those stood out.