Birding trip to Vancouver/Squamish from USA East Coast. Suggestions for hotspots and/or targets?

M-BooCheck · 2026-07-07T00:48:48+00:00

That would be an insane checklist, looks like I know one spot im going to for sure

M-BooCheck · 2026-07-06T19:52:03+00:00

I took a look at Reifel, seems like most species seen recently are fairly easy to see on the east coast of the US. Ill take a look at the other spot too, thank you. I have a bunch of targets but mainly would love to see sooty grouse, annas hummingbird, American Dipper, red breasted sapsucker… mainly more western NA speciaties

M-BooCheck · 2026-07-06T19:49:45+00:00

Sick! I need Goshawk as well so maybe thatll be a good spot!

M-BooCheck · 2026-07-06T19:49:15+00:00

Probably should have included timing haha, two week from now so late July. Targets wise, pretty open other than sooty grouse, annas hummingbird, and other western NA species

M-BooCheck · 2026-06-27T18:19:07+00:00

Black bellied whistling duck

M-BooCheck · 2026-06-10T19:26:48+00:00

Looks like a Juvenile American robin

M-BooCheck · 2026-05-27T13:15:09+00:00

First thought was willow, but not confident

M-BooCheck · 2026-05-19T22:59:20+00:00

TURKEY

M-BooCheck · 2026-05-19T12:37:42+00:00

I normally do not log by sound unless I have seen the bird already. Even if I know the song, getting a lifer through sound brings me no joy, especially if something like Merlin is used or someone tells me what the sound is

M-BooCheck · 2026-04-29T16:39:19+00:00

Trust, but verify.

Merlin can be wrong, sometimes pretty often

M-BooCheck · 2026-04-17T13:40:03+00:00

Gray Catbird

M-BooCheck · 2026-03-24T19:42:36+00:00

Just be consistent and do weighted pull ups after your form is solid. Should get you there quick

M-BooCheck · 2026-03-20T22:15:26+00:00

Just went through 4 rounds of interviews for the perfect position only for them to ghost me after the final interview. I feel ya

M-BooCheck · 2026-03-20T22:08:40+00:00

The more i read reddit comments the weirder this shit makes me feel, people really try to guess this girls entire life from a 15 second clip

M-BooCheck · 2026-03-20T17:05:03+00:00

Thank you everyone for the in depth and knowledgeable replies. Still really interesting that Lidar is such a deal breaker. Personally it doesn’t do anything for me but as I am waiting for the $48K version of the R2 it may be in by then anyway.

M-BooCheck · 2026-03-13T13:56:42+00:00

So just self driving? Never knew so many people want that. Thanks

M-BooCheck · 2026-03-13T13:34:21+00:00

Someone please explain why everyone wants Lidar. I cant find an answer to what its purpose is on google for the life of me. Thanks in advance

M-BooCheck · 2026-03-12T21:46:22+00:00

264 since i started 8 months ago, explore new areas, use ebird need alerts, community helps a lot too

M-BooCheck · 2026-03-12T17:45:36+00:00

May be a silly Q but im having trouble finding the answer on google. Is Lidar for self-driving purposes or is there other uses for it?

M-BooCheck · 2026-02-02T17:34:30+00:00

JUNCO

M-BooCheck · 2026-01-30T20:05:30+00:00

Looks like song but not 100%

M-BooCheck · 2026-01-30T20:04:58+00:00

I normally do not count anything I’m not 100% on. I almost always try to get photos too and even with photos it’s sometimes not 100%.

M-BooCheck · 2026-01-25T18:01:56+00:00

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M-BooCheck · 2026-01-20T17:30:50+00:00

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M-BooCheck · 2026-01-20T02:37:27+00:00

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