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 here by 8am the day of the walk. Our first bird walks of the year are going out on Sunday February 4th and Tuesday February 6th. Locations will be posted to our next Bird Report.

Monday 15 August 2011

Rathtrevor Provincial Park birding





















Red-breasted Nuthatch: Ralph Hocken Photo.

The early birders went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning was sunny and warm. We spotted a Sanderling in with a large flock of Western Sandpipers and Least Sandpipers. We heard Red-breasted Nuthatchs singing throughout the morning. We saw two Barn Swallows dipping and diving for insects above the water.

Seven birders saw and heard the following thirty-eight species of birds:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
White-winged Scoter
Red-necked Grebe
Pelagic Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Anna's Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin

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