🏔️🌲🦅 The Squamish River Estuary is a #birding gem with over 240 species recorded annually! Watch for Purple Martins, Great Blue Herons, and Spotted Sandpipers. Check out the full Squamish Itinerary on the Sea to Sky Bird Trail: bcbirdtrail.ca/trails/sea-to-… #ExploreSquamish

Take a look at these beautiful photos of #GreatBlueHerons that we were tagged in! We love to see your photos, so remember to tag us and #BCBirdTrail. Photo credit to Instagram Users: 📸 1: geofflogan, Stanley Park 📸 2: mebphotography22, Richmond 📸 3: chris_norman2292, Delta

🌲 🦅 Green Timbers Urban Forest is one of the largest parks in #Surrey. With wetlands, meadows, a marsh, a lake, and over 10km of nature trails, it’s an urban oasis perfect for #birdwatching. On a typical day, you might see bald eagles, woodpeckers, owls, or various waterfowl!

🤔🪶Can you name these 3 birds? These are just a few of the many birds you can see in BC this summer. 🗒️Check out our Field Notes blog "9 BC Birds to See This Summer" so you can identify them when you're out birding. 👉️Read it here: bcbirdtrail.ca/field-notes/9-… #BCBirdTrail

🌲🐦️ #Langford has plenty #birding hot spots. Langford Lake, Glen Lake, and Florence Lakes are home to a wide variety of waterfowl, including mergansers, grebes, goldeneyes, and plenty of species of ducks.🦆 👉️ Langford Bird Trail Outpost: bcbirdtrail.ca/field-notes/9-… #BCBirdTrail

🐦️👏 We're excited to share a new BC Birder Profile! In this profile, we speak with Dave Leman, active member of the Prince George Naturalists Club. ⁠ 🗒️Check it out here: bcbirdtrail.ca/field-notes/bc…⁠ #BCBirdTrail #ExploreBC #Birding #TakeonPG #ExplorePrinceGeorge #LittleCanada

🐤 The brightly coloured #WesternTanager can be found in every region of the #BCBirdTrail from May to September. Male Western Tanagers are yellow in the front with darker backs and have orange-red heads, a pop of colour in the forest's tones. 📸 Instagram user: kvanderleek

#BarnSwallows migrate to #BC from #CentralAmerica and #Mexico via the #PacificFlyway. They're listed as vulnerable, but you can help protect them: if you find a nest, leave it! Barn Swallows will typically come back to the same nest year after year. Harry Collins, Shutterstock

🪶Looking for a new birding adventure? Check out this #BCBirdTrail itinerary in #Chilliwack! We've got you covered with local restaurant 🍽️ recommendations, and #birding 🐦 spots to make the most out of your day: bcbirdtrail.ca/trails/fraser-… #ShareChilliwack #InStólō

Here's a cool little bird to look out for right now - the small but mighty #RufousHummingbird. Look for them on #VancouverIsland and the coast of BC this summer, and in a couple of months, you might spot them around the #Kootenays. Photo Credit: Instagram user itsryanwilkes.

☀️🐦️ Did you know summer is a great time to #birdwatch in BC? Check out our blog "BC Birding in Summer" to learn more about what birds you can spot while enjoying the great outdoors this summer! 👉️ bcbirdtrail.ca/field-notes/bc… #BCBirdTrail #LookUpStayGrounded #ExploreBC

🦅 Learn about the fascinating world of wild birds with interactive presentations every Monday, Wednesday & Friday all of August at the #NorthIslandWildlifeRecoveryCentre in #Parksville! 👉️ Learn more at: visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/events/discove… #MyPQB #BCBirdTrail #ParksvilleQualicumBeach

🪶 #TurkeyVultures take advantage of hot air thermals, columns of hot air that rise from the ground, providing a perfect ride up into the skies. Catch them along every #BCBirdTrail this time of year. 📸 by (1) Divya Shankar and (2) Donghun Shin | Shutterstock

🌞🦆🏖️ There are still 5 weeks of summer left, which is plenty of time to fit in some summer #birding excursions. 🗒️ Check out our Field Notes blog "BC Birding in Summer" for summer birding tips! 👉️ bcbirdtrail.ca/field-notes/bc… #BCBirdTrail #LookUpStayGrounded #ExploreBC #HelloBC

🌲🌊🪶 Take a trip to the island communities of #Sointula & #AlertBay for an unforgettable coastal birding experience. 🗒️ Check out the Sointula & Alert Bay Itinerary and start planning your next #birding adventure: bcbirdtrail.ca/trails/vancouv… #LookUpStayGrounded #GoNorthIsland

😃🐦️ We're delighted to bring you another edition of our BC #Birder Profile Series! We speak with Robert Butler, a prominent ornithologist & conservationist from Vancouver! 🗒️ Read it here: bcbirdtrail.ca/field-notes/bc… #VeryVancouver #DestinationVancouver #BCBirdTrail Destination Vancouver

Taking time to observe common species is a great way to better understand bird behaviour. American Robins are active year-round. You'll often hear their songs first & last in the day, and you're bound to see one running across lawns and stalking earthworms. 📸 Trac Vu | Unsplash

A highlight of this summer has been seeing all your photos from around the province! @westcoast_landscapes captured this colourful shot of an Anna's hummingbird and crocosmia flowers. ⁠ Make sure to tag us with #BCBirdTrail 📷⁠ ⁠ #LookUpStayGrounded // #ExploreBC #BCNice

🪶 Looking for a #birding adventure in the #SouthFraser? Check out #Delta! 🌊 Delta has a variety of unique birding climates. Be sure to visit Westham Island, home to the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary. 🗒️ Delta Itinerary: bcbirdtrail.ca/trails/south-f… Tourism Delta

🦅 BC is home to many raptors like the red-tailed hawk, eagles and vultures. 🍂 Every Fall they migrate. Some areas, like BC's coast, the Lower Mainland, and Vancouver Island, even see raptors year-round! 🗒️ Learn more about raptor migration: bcbirdtrail.ca/field-notes/bi…