Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, January 22, 2019

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, Englishman River Estuary, Plummer Road side, January 22, 2019.

The morning was cloudy with very strong winds.  A large number of Northern Pintail, five Gadwall, several Green-winged Teal and two Common Teal were seen along the mudflats.  A Brandt’s Cormorant,  Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Merganser, Pacific Loon, Common Loon and a large number of Brant were seen riding the waves on the Strait of Georgia.  A large flock of Dunlin and two Black-bellied Plovers flew over the ocean waves heading down the Strait. 

Common Teal: John Purves Photo:

Eighteen birders, including a birder from Alberta and Washington state saw and heard the following forty-eight species:

Canada Geese

Brant

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Common Teal

Gadwall

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

Black Scoter

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Red-breasted Merganser

Common Merganser

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Brandt’s Cormorant

Mew Gull

Thayer's Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

California Gull

Belted Kingfisher

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Northern Flicker

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

Anna’s Hummingbird

Bewick's Wren

Pacific Wren

Orange-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Varied Thrush

Spotted Towhee

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin 

Please Note
Check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) early Tuesday and Sunday on stormy mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!

The Sunday Bird Walk on January 27 2019 will be going to the Buttertubs Marsh in  Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store, 6314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo at 9:00 a.m. or at parking lot at Buttertubs on the Bowen Road side about 9:15 am.

The Tuesday Bird Walk on January 29, 2019 will be going to the Columbia Beach in French Creek. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at  parking area off Admiral Tryon Boulevard (turn onto Columbia Drive go to the tee intersection and turn right on Admiral Tryon Boulevard) at about 9:15 am. 

Good birding

Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE

6314 Metral Drive

Nanaimo, B.C. V9T-2L8

Phone: 250-390-3669
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca

www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com