The Backyard's weekly bird walks go out on Tuesdays out of Parksville and Sundays out of Nanaimo. For walk locations, check out our most recent Bird Report.

Monday, 24 March 2014

Surf scoters by the Thousands!!!

John Purves and I saw a huge raft of many thousands of Surf Scoters along with Greater Scaup, Long-tailed Ducks, Barrow’s and Common Goldeneye, Mallards, American Widgeon, lessor Scaup, a Eurasian Widgeon, Bonaparte's Gulls, a few Black Scoters, Harlequin Ducks and Mew, California Gulls. These birds were seen between French Creek and Parksville Bay today at about 2:00 P.M.  
                                                            
 
                                                                          
                                                   Surf Scoters: John Purves Photo.

Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville

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