Gadwall: Ralph Hocken Photo:
NANAIMO BIRD REPORT -----” GO BIRDING--EXPLORE NATURE”
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone number along with the date, the species and location of your sighting.
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at thebackyard@shaw.ca
Sunday, November 04, 2012:
The Sunday bird walk went to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. The morning was foggy. The highlights included seeing six Gadwall and large numbers of Wood Ducks and Canada Geese.
Nine birders saw and heard the following forty-one species:
Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese, Mallard, Hooded Merganser, American Widgeon, Gadwall, Wood Duck, Ringed-necked Duck, American Coot, Pied-billed
Grebe, Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Shrike, Great Blue Heron, Glaucous-winged Gull, California
Gull, Northern Flicker, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Band-tailed Pigeon,
American Robin, Anna’s Hummingbird, Bushtits, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Chestnut-backed
Chickadee, Steller’s Jay, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Marsh Wren, Bewick’s
Wren, Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow,
Red-winged Blackbird,Brewer’s Blackbird, Dark-eyed Junco, House Finch, Pine Siskin, House
Sparrow.
A Northern Shrike was seen perched on a fence overlooking a
backyard along Meridian Way in Parksville.
Twenty-eight
Trumpeter Swans were seen in a flooded field to north-west of Corcan Road near
the Little Qualicum Village:
Fifty-three
Hooded Mergansers, were seen in a field along the Old Alberni hwy between Coombs and
Hilliers, in the next field in a flooded lowland there were twenty-seven
Trumpeter Swans and six Greater White-fronted Geese.
Thursday November 01:
A Mountain
Bluebird was seen Laguna Way, above Gulfview Drive in the new section with no
houses in Nanaimo.
A
flock of about one hundred Trumpeter Swans were seen in a farmer’s field behind
the Cedar Hall on Cedar Road in Cedar.
Northern
Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Harrier and two Short-eared Owls flying low
over the meadow on the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary.
Male
and female Canvasback Ducks were seen at Morningstar pond in French Creek.
A
Barred Owl was perched on power line over road and thirty Trumpeter Swans flew
over Corcan Road at Little Qualicum Village.
Wednesday, October 31:
A Canvasback Duck was seen at Morningstar Ponds in French Creek.
Tuesday, October 30:
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Englishman River Estuary, Shelly
Road side in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with fog but the winds were
calm. The bird of the morning was the sighting of a Short-eared Owl perched on
a big log in the meadow, giving us great views through the spotting scopes. The
Owl stayed in one spot for about thirty minutes, only turning it’s head to look
at us and check for prey. Twenty-five Trumpeter Swans flew over heading
east. Two Snow Geese were following three Trumpeter Swans heading down the
Island. A flock of forty Greater White-fronted Geese flew low overhead going towards
Victoria. We spotted a Northern Shrike perched atop a conifer tree at the point at the
Surfside R.V. Resort. We saw four Pileated Woodpeckers throughout
the morning. One female and three male Eurasian Widgeon were feeding in
with the American Widgeon on the tide line. A pair of Common Goldeneye and
several Long-tailed Ducks were seen further offshore. It was a great morning
for birds!
Eleven birders saw and heard the following sixty species:
Trumpeter Swan, Canada Geese, Snow Geese, Greater White-fronted
Geese, Eurasian Widgeon, American Widgeon, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Green-winged
Teal, Harlequin Duck, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Bufflehead,
Common Goldeneye,
Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Red-necked Grebe, Doubled-crested Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Short-eared Owl, Dunlin, Killdeer, Mew Gull, California Gull, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Anna's Hummingbird, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Shrike, Steller’s Jay, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Bewick's Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, American Robin, Varied Thrush, European Starling, Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Purple Finch and Pine Siskin.
Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Red-necked Grebe, Doubled-crested Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Short-eared Owl, Dunlin, Killdeer, Mew Gull, California Gull, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Anna's Hummingbird, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Shrike, Steller’s Jay, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Bewick's Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, American Robin, Varied Thrush, European Starling, Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Purple Finch and Pine Siskin.
A flock of forty-five
greater White-fronted Geese were heading west over Meridian Way in Parksville.
One hundred and twenty
Greater White-fronted Geese were spotted low over Meridian Way in Parksville
heading down the island.
Sunday October 28:
A Wilson’s Snipe was spotted this morning on the lawn
of one the waterfront
homes in Columbia Beach.
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Everyone is welcome to join us
for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the Sunday and Tuesday mornings. We leave from the
Store at 9 a.m. Sunday Mornings and go to a different location in and around
Nanaimo and from the Parksville Beach Community Park at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and
go to different areas in and around the Oceanside area.
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The Tuesday bird walk on November 06 will be going to Deep Bay. We will meet at Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions Playground at 9:00 A.M. or at parking area at the Deep Bay Harbour at about 9:35 A.M.
The Tuesday bird walk on November 06 will be going to Deep Bay. We will meet at Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions Playground at 9:00 A.M. or at parking area at the Deep Bay Harbour at about 9:35 A.M.
There will not be a Sunday Bird Walk on November 11.
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The
Sunday Bird Walk on November 18, 2012 will be going to the Nanaimo River
Estuary in south Nanaimo. We will meet at the bird store at 9:00 a.m. or at the
Raines Road at about 9:30 A.M.
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Nanoose Naturalists meeting, --- Thursday
November 8th at 7:00PM in the Nanoose Library - speaker is Joe Crichton on
"Birds of the Tropics"
Christmas Bird Count—Parksville/Qualicum Beach, December 16, 2012.
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Christmas Bird Count----Nanaimo, December 30, 2012
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Christmas Bird Count
- Lantzville (Nanoose estuary) and Nanoose Bay area - Friday December 14th -
contact Rhys Harrison (250) 248-5305 or rhysharrison@shaw.ca
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD &
NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
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6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
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