The Tuesday bird walk went to Columbia Beach the morning was sunny with
light winds off the Strait of Georgia. Red-breasted Mergansers, Surf Scoters,
White-winged Scoters, Black Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks as well as Pacific
Loons, Common Loons, Horned Grebes and Red-necked Grebes were seen off shore.
Common Murre, a Pigeon Guillemot and Western Grebes were further offshore.
Black-bellied Plovers, Killdeer, Dunlin and Black Turnstone were resting with a
large number of Gulls on the gravel bar. A flock of American Wigeon with one
Eurasian Wigeon landed close to shore giving us great views.
Eurasian & American Wigeon in flight: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Twenty-three birders including birders from Calgary, Winnipeg and Seattle
saw and heard the following forty-five species:
Brant
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Dunlin
Black Turnstone
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Anna’s Hummingbird
House Wren
Red- breasted Nuthatch
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Siskin
The Tuesday bird walk on February 23 will be going to the Plummer Road side
of the Englishman River in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park,
near the Lions Club Kids parking lot 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
thebirdstore.blogspot.com
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