Birders are encouraged to keep a lookout for this rarity. Mowing of the pasture south of the terminal building and southwest of Willingdon Rd. Cooper's Hawk Watch Colour bands have been placed on over 400 nestling Cooper's Hawks in the Greater Victoria area since 1996. To date most sightings have come from southern Vancouver Island, however, several have been reported from the Boundary Bay area on the mainland coast and single birds have been recovered at Yakima, Washington and Minden, Nevada. Each colour band is uniquely coded with 2 vertical, alphanumeric characters and is placed on the left leg.
Black bands are on males and red bands are on females.
Please note band code and colour, date, time, and location. Report all sightings to Andy Stewart, BC Environment, PO Box 9344, STN PROV GOVT, Victoria, BC V8W 9M1.