The Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park in
Parksville. The morning started with light rain and calm winds but the rain
stopped after a short while and we had a pleasant morning for the walk. Several
flocks of Brant Geese flew past during the morning. We discovered a mixed flock
of Black Turnstones and six Surfbird feeding along the shoreline at the point.
Several Common Murre, two Marbled Murrelets, two Long-tailed Ducks and a Pigeon
Guillemot were seen further off shore giving us good
views.
Surfbird: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Nineteen birders saw and heard the following forty-two species:
Brant
American Widgeon
Mallard
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Belted Kingfisher
Bald Eagle
Mew Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Great Blue Heron
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon Guillemot
Surfbird
Black Turnstone
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Varied Thrush
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Pacific Wren
Brown Creeper
Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red Crossbill
Dark-eyed Junco
Brant: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk on December 22 will be going to the Plummer Road side
of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
Meet at the Parksville Community Park, near the Lions Club Kids Playground
at 9:00 a.m. or at the corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive at about 9:10
a.m.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
www.thebirdstore.blogspot.co
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