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.

Tuesday 12 November 2013

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, November 12, 2013

 

The Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning was windy and cloudy with sunny periods and a light shower during the morning. A large flock of Dunlin and Black-bellied Plovers were feeding along the tide line when we arrived at low tide. We saw many Pacific Loons, Common Loons, Horned Grebes and Red-necked Grebes on the choppy Strait of Georgia. Several flocks of American Wigeon, Mallard and Common Goldeneye flew down the Strait. We had great close views of several Golden-crowned Kinglets and Ruby-crowned Kinglets on the walk through the forest.                      

 
Dunlin: Ralph Hocken Photo.                                                              

Twelve birders saw and heard the following forty-four species:
American Widgeon
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Thayer’s Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Anna’s Hummingbird
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Brown Creeper
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Purple Finch
House Finch
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

 

Golden-crowned Kinglet: Ralph Hocken Photo. 

The Tuesday bird walk on November 19 will be going to the Little Qualicum River Estuary in Qualicum Beach. 

Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville

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