VICTORIA -- When a Sidney man found a hooded oriole at his hummingbird feeder in February, he discovered the rarest of finds can be in your own backyard.
At first, Stan Coe thought the colourful bird he had spotted was the more common American goldfinch. The retired photographer grabbed his camera and snapped some pictures.
“I sent a picture in to the Peninsula News thinking it was a goldfinch,” said Cole.
When a member of the birding community contacted Coe in early March after seeing the photo in the newspaper, they told him it was a hooded oriole. The bird was a rare visitor that is commonly found in the southern United States and northern Mexico.
“A hooded oriole wasn’t even in my British Columbia bird book so....[READ MORE]
Scott WestonSr. ENG Journalist, CTV Vancouver Island
Published Thursday, April 15, 2021 7:57AM PDTLast Updated Thursday, April 15, 2021 7:59AM PDT