The Tuesday bird walk went to the Little Qualicum
River Estuary in Qualicum Beach. The morning was sunny with strong winds
blasting off the Strait of Georgia. Black-bellied Plovers,
Black
Oystercatcher, Killdeer and
Black
Turnstones were seen on the gravel bars from the viewing platform. A
Marbled
Murrelet and
several Common Murre were seen flying down the
Strait. A Red
Crossbill flew in to the top of a conifer next to the road giving us great
views. Six Trumpeter Swan
flew just overhead and landed in the
estuary. Many Bald Eagles were seen overhead throughout the morning.
Trumpeter Swans: Ralph Hocken
Photo.
Twenty-one birders including visiting birders from
Winnipeg and Prince Albert saw and heard the following forty-four
species:
Trumpeter Swan
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
American Widgeon
Northern Pintail
Green-wing Teal
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrows Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Marbled Murrelet
Common Murre
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Black-bellied Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Black Turnstone
Mew Gull
Ring-bill Gull
Thayer's Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Steller’s Jay
Red-winged Blackbird
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red Crossbill
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow
Red
Crossbill: Ralph Hocken Photo.
We received a report of
twenty Brant Geese and over two thousand Dunlin were seen at
Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park in Parksville.
The Tuesday bird walk on
December 01 will be going to Columbia Beach. Meet at the Parksville Community
Park at the parking lot next to the Lions Club kids playground at 9:00 a.m. or
at the parking area off Admiral Tryon Bld. off Columbia Drive at about 9:15
a.m.
Good
birding
Neil
Robins
Parksville
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