Rufous Hummingbird: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Top Bridge Trail in Parksville. Eighteen birders saw and head twenty-eight species of birds. The morning was sunny and very windy.
Among the highlights a Mourning Dove flew past fast at the start of the walk, we saw and heard Purple Finch and Orange-crowned Warblers all morning. Two male American Goldfinch in breeding plummage stood out in the brown bushes. Several male Rufous Hummingbirds were perched high in trees showing their irediscent throat.
Eighteen birders saw and heard the following twenty-eight species of birds
Mallard
California Quail
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Mourning Dove
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
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