The Backyard's Weekly Bird Walk locations are found in the Backyard Bird Report at the very end of the most recent report. Any cancellations will be posted here by 8am the day of the walk. Our first bird walks of the year are going out on Sunday February 4th and Tuesday February 6th. Locations will be posted to our next Bird Report.

Sunday 4 June 2017

Nanaimo bird report, June 04, 2017


Sunday Bird Walk, June 04, 2017:
The Sunday bird walk went to Morden Colliery Park in south Nanaimo.

The morning was mostly sunny and the winds were calm. We watched in fascination as a pair of Red-breasted Sapsuckers came and went into a nest hole in a snag not far from the trail.  Swainson’s Thrush and Pacific-slope Flycatchers were heard singing all morning.  A Swainson’s Thrush was spotted on a perch on a branch just above the trail.  We heard a Warbling Vireo singing near the river and we finally saw him feeding in a tall tree right above us.  Two Cedar Waxwings flew in and looked us over not five feet above us.

Red-breasted Sapsucker: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Twenty birders saw and heard the following thirty-two species:
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
European Starling
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Belted Kingfisher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Swainson’s Thrush
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Northern Rough-wing Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Brown Creeper
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Rufous Hummingbird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Song Sparrow
Cedar Waxwing: Ralph Hocken Photo;
Saturday, June 03, 2017:
A Bullock’s Oriole was seen in a backyard near Ermineskin Avenue and Despard Avenue in Parksville.

Friday, June 02, 2017
A House Wren was seen near Extension Ridge in Chase River.

Thursday, June 01, 2017:
A Bullock’s Oriole was seen in a backyard in the 2700 block of Horth Road in Nanaimo.



Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, May 30, 2017:
The Tuesday Birdwalk went to Springwood Park in Parksville.  The morning was cloudy with a light rain shower.  Highlights included the sighting of a McGillivray's Warbler, a Yellow Warbler, a Black-Throated Warbler and a colourful Western Tanager.
Sixteen birders saw and heard the following forty species:
Killdeer
Bald Eagle
Barred Owl
California Quail
European Starling
Band-Tail Pigeon
Eurasian-Collared Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-Slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Violet-Green Swallow
Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
Red-Breasted Nuthatches
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Bushtit
Swainson's Thrush
Pileated Woodpecker
American Robin
Orange-Crowned Warbler
McGillivray's Warbler
Townsend Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Black-Throated Gray Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Song Sparrow
White-Crowned Sparrow
Dark-Eyed Junco
Black-Headed Grosbeak
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch

Western Tanager: Ralph Hocken Photo:

The Tuesday Birdwalk on June 6/17 will be going to The Englishman River Estuary, Shelly Road Side.  Meet at The Parksville Community Park at the parking lot in front of the Lion's Playground at 9 a.m. or at the end of Shelly Road on the Oceanside of Highway 19a at 9:10 a.m.

The Sunday Birdwalk on June 11/17 will be going to Hemer Provincial Park in Cedar.  Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at Hemer Park at about 9:25 a.m. (Hemer Provincial Park is located on Holden Lake. Take the Cedar Road turnoff from Hwy 1 and follow directional signs to the park, which is situated on Hemer Road)

Good birding

Neil Robins



THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE

314 Metral Drive

 Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8

Phone: 250-390-3669

Fax: 250-390-1633


No comments: