The Tuesday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River
in Parksville. The morning sun was shining when we started the walk, but it got
cloudy and cool near the end. We spotted a young Northern Shrike whose “mask”
was not complete, perched on the top of a bush just across the river. Several
flocks of Pine Siskin and Red Crossbills flew in and landed at the top of the
tall trees during the morning giving us great views through the scopes. A
Yellow-billed Loon, a Rhinoceros Auklet and a Common Murre were seen on the
Strait of Georgia, along with two Long-tailed Ducks, a small flock of Surf
Scoters and one Black Scoter.
Eight birders saw and heard the following fifty-five species:
Canada Geese
Brant
American Widgeon
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Shrike
Cooper’s Hawk
California Quail
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Rhinoceros Auklet
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller’s Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Anna’s Hummingbird
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Brewer’s Blackbird
Red-wing Blackbird
Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
House Finch
A Common Loon and a Yellow-billed Loon: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk on December 29 will be going to the Mills Street
north side of the Englishman River in Parksville. Meet at the parking lot near
the Lions Club Kids Playground at Parksville Community Park at 9:00 a.m. Or at
the end of Mills Street north on the ocean side of highway 19A in
Parksville.
Merry Christmas
From all of us at the birdstore.....
Colin, Denise, Nichole, Carol, Ralph, Marilynne and Neil
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
thebirdstore.blogspot.com
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