"Campbell et al states that the population of Brandt's Cormorants fluctuates greatly from year to year along our coast and that the numbers are especially low during El Nino years. This species has decreased in the waters around Victoria in recent summers but the bar graphs on the British Columbia and Vancouver Island Checklists for July through August will remain as is to wait for any change that might occur in the cormorant’s status should the phenomenon reverse."

"It does not normally follow ships but will attend trawlers."

"Twenty Juan de Fuca Strait records seen from Otter Point west to Port Renfrew and spanning dates June 2, 2005 through September 12, 2009 are considered to be unsubstantiated. Late dates from those sightings include September 24, 2008 Shirley; Oct 7, 2007 Gordon’s Beach, Sooke; and Nov 18, 2007 Jordan River. One well-documented record sighted near Port Angeles, Washington on July 22, 2000."

"(1) photographed on Sep 3, 2009 100 miles west of Tofino at approximately 49°07’N, 128 °56’W; (1) photographed on La Perouse Bank off Tofino on April 29, 2012. Questioned are: (1) June 2, 2005 near Dare Point, West Coast Trail; (1) Aug 10, 2008 just off the Ogden Point Breakwall, Victoria; (1) August 30, 2008; Tower Point, Metchosin; (1) September 2, 2008 off West Coast Trail; (1) August 27, 2009 Tower Point, Metchosin; (1) September 17, 2011 35 nautical miles off Quatsino Sound."

"There are seven accepted records for British Columbia and six for Vancouver Island. Adults are listed unless stated otherwise. One was recorded as it called from a nest burrow on Triangle Island in July of 1994; (1) May 18, 1998 seen at 50°45’N, 129 °34’W (the half-hidden dot well left of its actual position); (1) on May 4, 2002 north of Triangle Island at 50°57’N, 128 °54.5’W; (1) June 16, 2004 north of Scott Islands at 50°56.5 ’N, 128 °26 ’W; (1) photographed on August 8, 2004 off Race Rocks in Metchosin;"

". Identification of Manx Shearwaters is not straightforward. Townsend's and Newell's Shearwaters have been recorded off California and both are potential additions to the British Columbia checklist. Confusion also arises between backlit Black-vented Shearwaters that can appear black and worn Manx Shearwaters that may appear brownish. Close and prolonged views are required to separate all of these similar species. First record of Newell's Shearwater off Oregon: http://web.me.com/olschmidt/AVES/NESH.html"

"Numbers drop sharply from that time through the rest of the month as migrants move to higher altitudes or latitudes to nest such as the northern region of the island. Similar patterns apply to other coastal regions of the province. There is no strong migratory movement in the fall with the first birds appearing in the last two weeks of September and early October. The migratory status is much the same on the Island’s West Coast and interior."

"Douglas Peak south of Port Alberni, fledged young at Mount Cokley in mid-July, and nesting near Port Renfrew. Several records at Mount Washington through June likely indicate nesting as well. It occurs at elevations from sea level to 1,220 meters during migration and between sea level and 100 meters during the winter months.

The wintering population along the Southeast Coastal Lowlands is augmented with the arrival of spring migrants in late March with a peak about the third week of April."

"the central West Coast but absent in summer. Migration occurs from Cape Scott southward through the mountainous interior to the highest ridges and to a lesser degree at lower elevations throughout the interior with the exception of the northwest coastal region from the Pacific Rim National Park area north to the Brooks Peninsula. The ‘Ruby-crown’ breeds uncommonly in the northern regions of the island coloured red. Scattered breeding occurs further south on occasion with immatures accompanied by parents at"

"Tamarack.

On Vancouver Island, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a common migrant and winter visitor and rare summer visitor to the Southeast Coastal Lowlands and Alberni Lowlands and a very common migrant and winter visitor and very rare summer visitor on the Saanich Peninsula south and west to Sooke. It is a fairly common migrant and winter visitor and very rare summer visitor along the Southwest Coast to Jordan River from where it is a rare migrant and winter visitor and extremely rare summer visitor along"

"Breeding takes place in old growth and advanced second-growth coniferous forests beside muskegs, lakes, and ponds, chiefly from mid-elevations to timberline amid alpine meadows. However, nesting also occurs closer to sea level in mixed forests, deciduous woods, and occasionally suburban and even cultivated areas. Most of its habitats are dominated by Douglas-fir, but it also inhabits forests of Engelmann Spruce mixed with Subalpine Fir, Subalpine Larch, Lodgepole Pine, as well as White and Black Spruce and"

"Song: Andrew Spencer http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/CDTGHVBGZP/SUTA2009-6-4-1.mp3
Call Mike Nelson http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/PWDLINYMKL/SummerTanager2.mp3"

"Call of female: Paul Driver
http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/FSCGENVPXK/NORTHERN%20PINTAIL%20f%20Lostwood%20ND%2052607.mp3
Call of male: Paul Driver
http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/FSCGENVPXK/NORTHERN%20PINTAIL%20Pedricktown%20NJ%2022308%20(2.1)aa.mp3"

"Many migrate over the open Pacific Ocean in August between Alaska and California in pelagic waters some 160 kilometers off the coast. Local and extremely rare nesting occurrences are known from southern Vancouver Island, notably the Cowichan estuary. A few nonbreeders persist through the summer on all coasts."

"The average number of Pintails wintering on the east coast of Vancouver Island from Victoria to Comox is over 1,400 birds. Pockets of wintering birds also occur in northern and western estuaries such as near Tahsis, Sayward, and from Port McNeill to Port Hardy. Migration occurs around the entire coast with fewer birds moving past the Southwest Coast and through various lowland areas of the northern interior such as at Buttle Lake and the Nimpkish Valley."