The Tuesday bird walk went to Deep Bay. The morning was
filled with light rain and the Strait of Georgia was calm. The highlights
included seeing a Eurasian Wigeon in with a huge flock of
American Wigeon
next to the parking lot. Large numbers of singing Black Scoters
along with many White-winged
Scoters were not far from shore. Fifteen Long-tailed Ducks, two
Marbled Murrelets, two
Common Murre and a Pigeon Guillemot were diving and surfacing
just off the Point not far from shore giving great
views.
Long-tailed Duck: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Eurasian
Wigeon: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Eighteen birders including a visiting birder from
Manitoba saw and heard the following forty-seven
species:
Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Marbled Murrelet
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Pacific Loon
Common LoonHorned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Dunlin
Mew Gull
Thayer’s Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Steller’s Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
European Starling
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
House Sparrow
House Finch
Black Scoter: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk on December 23, 2014 will be going to the
Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in
Parksville.
Good Birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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