The Backyard's Weekly Bird Walk locations are found in the Backyard Bird Report at the very end of the most recent report. Any cancellations will be posted by 8am the day of the walk.

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Parksville/Qualicum Beach, Tuesday bird walk, June 28, 2011




















Warbling Vireo: Ralph Hocken Photo.

The Tuesday bird walk went to the Top Bridge Trail in Parksville. The morning
was cloudy but warm. We saw a Yellow-rumped Warbler on an Arbutus Tree. Black
Swifts flew high over head at the start of the walk and Willow Flycatchers were
seen perched and singing on the top of bushes at the start of the walk and again
at the end of the walk. We saw two Warbling Vireos low in the bushes. There was
a Yellow Warbler perched and singing in a big leaf maple.

Fifteen birders saw and heard the following thirty-six species of birds:
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Killdeer
Band-tailed Pigeon
Black Swift
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch

Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia

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