Date: 12/30/25 12:29 pm From: Jerry Neufeld-Kaiser via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Taiga flycatcher in Vancouver
Tweets, I was lucky enough to be visiting friends on BC coast when I heard of the mega-rarity in Vancouver: a taiga flycatcher. These birds winter in southern Asia and summer in Siberia, and this is apparently only the 2nd North American record ever. I was passing through Vancouver, and yes I did re-route to the Aquatic Center to find it. I stood with a couple dozen hopefuls for an hour or so hoping it would show itself. About 4:10 with the light starting to dim, I got a tip from a photographer I'd chatted with. (Big thank you to whoever that was!) So another birder and I walked a couple blocks to where we'd just been told the bird had been, and after a bit, there it was. I had the pleasure of being the one to find it and then helping some others get looks at it, for about 10 minutes, as it moved steadily down a long fence, flycatching and showing its tail, before it flew off. Perfect. Victory is even better when it's snatched from the jaws of defeat.
