Hello this s Kirsten This is all the birds I've seen in Victoria this calendar year. There is a checklist region for the area which is what I'm following. I'm doing a big year for the area. Even thoguh at the beginning of the year it was just trying to find some unusual species. Now if any rare bird shows I try and find it. The record for most seen in one year is abut 251ish and getting over 230 is hard from what I'm told. And I should know since getting to this point has taken about 10-15 hours per week birding. Also 90 percent of these birds are found using public transportation. So here's the list:
Loons
1. Red throated Loon Gavia stellata February at Swan Lake(strange place for one and first for the Nature Sanctuary with photos)
2. Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica January at Esquimalt Lagoon
3. Common Loon Gavia immer January at Clover Point
4. Yellow billed Loon Gavia adamsii February at Ogden Point
Grebes
5. Red necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Clover Point January
6.Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus January Oak Bay
7. Eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis February Clover Point
8. Pied billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps January Swan Lake
9. Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis January Oak Bay
[B]Fulmars Shearwaters and StormPetrels
10. Northern Fulmar [U]Fulmarus glacialis Victoria- port angeles ferry August
11. Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus October off Clover Point
12. Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa near Quadra Island in early July
13. Fork tailed Storm Petrel Oceanodroma furcata Victoria to Port Angeles ferry
[B]Pelican
14. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis off Clover Point September
Cormorants
15. Double crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Swan Lake January
16. Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus Ten mile Point February
17 Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus Ogden Point March
Herons
18. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Swan Lake February
19. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Swan Lake January
20. Green Heron Butorides virescens May at Blekinsop Lake
Waterfowl
21. Mute Swan Cygnus olor February at Esquimalt Lagoon
22. Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator January Swan Lake
23. Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus October at Swan Lake
24. canada Goose Branta canadensis January over my house
25.Cacling Goose Branta hutchinsii October at Bleikensop Lake
26. Brant Branta bernicla April at island View Beach
27.Greater White fronted goose Anser albifrons May at Swan Lake
28. Snow Goose Chen caerulescens October over my house
29. Wood Duck Aix sponsa March at swan Lake
30. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos January over my house
31. Gadwall Anas strepera April Swan Lake
32. Northern Pintail Anas acuta January at swan Lake
33. American wigeon Anas americana January at Beacon Hill Park
34. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Beacon hill park January
35Northern Shoveller Anas clypeata Elk Lake January
36. Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Swan lake in May
37. Blue winged Teal Anas discors Swan Lake May
38. Green winged teal Anas crecca Swan Lake February
39. Canvasback Aythya valisineria Elk Lake March
40. Redhead Aythya americana Elk Lake November
41. Ring necked Duck Aythya collaris Swan Lake January
42. Greater Scaup Aythya marila Swan Lake October
43. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Beacon Hill Park January
44. Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus January Clover Point
45. Long tailed Duck Island View beach February
46. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Cattle Point January
47. Black Scoter Melanitta nigra lover Point April
48. White winged Scoter Melanitta fuscaClover Point April
49. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Esquimalt Lagoon February
50. Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Esquimalt Lagoon March
51. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Swan Lake January
52. Hooded Merganser lophodytes cucullatus Swan Lake January
53. Common Merganser Mergus merganser Clover Point January
54. Red breasted MerganserRed beasted Merganser Clover Point March
55. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Swan Lake May
raptors
56. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura SwanLake March
57. Osprey Pandion haliaetuus Swan Lake April
58. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus my house January
59. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Swan Lake March
60. Sharp shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus February
61. Coooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii house January
62. Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Langford April
63. Broad winged Hawk Buteo platypterus East Sooke Park September(only good spot on Van. Islfor them)
64. Red tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Swan Lake January
65. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Swan Lake April(2nd record for Swan Lake)
66. American Kestrel Falco sparverius Martindale Flats February
67. Merlin Falco columbarius Swan Lake January
68. Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanusSwan Lake September (accidental in Victoria)
69. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Martindale Flats February
Grouse and gamebirds
70. Sooty Grouse Dendrogapus fuliginosus Highlands May
71. Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus Highlands May
72. California QuailCallipepla californica Dallas road january
73. Ring necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Hastings Flats October
Cranes
74. Sandhill craneGrus canadensis Swan Lake October
Rails, Coots
75. Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Rithets Bog February
76. Sora Porzana carolina Swan Lake March
77. American coot Fulica americana Swan Lake January
Shorebirds
78. Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani Ogden Point January
79. American Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Island View Beach
80. Black bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Clover Point March
81. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Oak Bay Marina May
82. Killdeer charadrius vociferus MArtindale Flats January
83. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Clover Point January
84. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Bowker Creek August
85. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Viaduct Flats May
86. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Oak Bay Marina August
87. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Viaduct Flats May
88. whimberel Numenius phaeopus Victoria Golf Course may
89. Marbled godwit Limosa fedoa Victoria Golf Course May
90. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Clover Point August
91. black Turnstone Arenaria melanoccephala Ogden Point January
92. Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus Ogden Point April
93. Surfbird Aphriza virgata Bowker Creek May
94. Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
95. Wilson's Snipe
96. Shortbilled Dowitcher
97. Long billed Dowitcher
98. Sanderling
99. Semipalmated Sandpiper
100. Western Sandpiper
101. Least Sandpiper
102. Baird's Sandpiper
103. Dunlin
104. Stilt Sandpiper
105. Wilson's Phalarope
106. Red necked Phalarope
107. Red Phalarope
Gulls and terns
108. Heermann's Gull
109. Mew Gull
110. Ring billed Gull
111. California Gull
112. Glaucous winged Gull
113. Western gull
114. Glaucous Gull
115. Thayer's Gull
116. Herring Gull
117. Bonaparte's Gull
118. Franklin's Gull
119. Sabine's Gull
120. Black legged Kittiwake
121. Caspian tern
122. Common Tern
Jaegers
123. Parasitic Jaeger
Alcids
124. Common Murre
125. Pigeon Guillemot
126. Ancient Murrelet
127. Marbled Murrelet
128. Cassin's Auklet
129. Rhinoceros Auklet
130. Tufted Puffin
Pigeons and Doves
131. Rock Pigeon
132. Band tailed Pigeon
133. Eurasian Collared Dove
134. Mourning Dove
Owls
135. Barn Owl
136. Western Screech Owl
137. Great Horned owl
138. Barred Owl
139. Northern Pygmy Owl
140. Short eared Owl
141. Northern Saw Whet Owl
Nighthawks
142. Common Nighthawk
Swifts
143. Black Swift
144. Vaux's Swift
Hummingbirds
145. Anna's Hummingbird
146. Rufous Hummingbird
Kingfishers
147. Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
148. Lewis's Woodpecker
149. Red naped Sapsucker
150. Red breasted Sapsucker
151. Downy Woodpecker
152. Hairy Woospecker
153. Northern Flicker
154. Pileated Woodpecker
Flycatcher
155. Olive sided Flycatcher
156. Western Wood Pewee
157. Willow Flycatcher
158. Least Flycatcher
159. Hammmond's Flycatcher
160. Pacific slope flycatcher
161. Western Kingbird
162. ash throated Flycatcher
Larks
163. Skylark
164. Horned Lark
Swallows
164. Bank Swallow
165. Cliff Swallow
166. Barn Swallow
167. Northern Rough winged Swallow
168. Violet Green Swallow
169. Tree Swallow
170 Purple Martin
Pipits
171. American Pipit
Kinglets
172. Ruby crowned Kinglet
173. Golden crowned Kinglet
Waxwings
174. Cedar Waxwing
Dippers
175. American Dipper
Wrens
176. Rock Wren
177. House wren
178. Marsh Wren
179. Bewick's Wren
Thrushes
180. Mountain Bluebird
181. Varied Thrush
182. Hermit Thrush
183. Swainsoon's Thrush
184. american Robin
185. Townsend's Solitaire
pipits
186. American Pipit
Warblers
187. Nashville Warbler
188. Palm Warbler
189. Northern Waterthrush
190. Orange crowned Warbler
191. Yellow Warbler
192. Yellow rumped Warbler
193. Common Yellow throat
194. WIlson's Warbler
Starlings
195. European Starling
Tanager and allies
196. Western Tanager
197. Lazuli Bunting
198. Black headed Grobeak
Sparrows
199. Spotted Towhee
200. American tree Sparrow
201. Clay coloured Sparrow
202. Chipping Sparrow
203. Grasshopper Sparrow
204. Savannah Sparrow
205. White crowned Sparrow
206. Golden crowned Sparrow
207. White throated Sparrow
208. Fox Sparrow
209. Song Sparrow
210. Lincoln's Sparrow
211. Swamp Sparrow
212. Dark eyed Junco
213. Lapland Longspur
214. Snow Bunting
icterids
215. Western Meadowlark
216. Brown headed Balckbird
217. Yellow headed Blackbird
218. Red winged Blackbird
219. Brewer's Blackbird
220. Rusty Blackbird
221. Bullock's Oriole
Finches and Old World Sparrow
222. Evening Grosbeak
223. Pine grosbeak
224. Purple Finch
225. House Finch
226. red crossbill
227. white wing Crossbill
228. Pine Siskin
229. American Goldfinch
230. House Sparrow
Forgot
Pectoral sandpiper
only part done
232. Tufted Duck
233. Gyrfalcon
Oh and I forgot to add that in September I got:
234. Black throated Blue Warbler
235. Swainson's Hawk
236. Red Knot
237. American three toed Woodpecker
Totally forgot(Got this on Sunday
238. Northern Shrike