The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
June 22, 2023
“EXPLORE NATURE” --- GO
BIRDING:
To report your
sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at thebackyard@shaw.ca. Please remember, when reporting a sighting to leave
your name and phone number along with the date the species was seen and
location of your sighting.
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Female Common Merganser and ducklings (G. Fowler)
Thursday June 22, 2023:
A report of an Arctic Loon was seen in Departure Bay by the ferry terminal.
Pacific Golden-Plover was seen in the Englishman River Estuary by Mariner Way.
Tuesday June 20 , 2023:
The Tuesday birding group went to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary. Weather was cloudy and 14C. A few highlights from the walk was watching a female Common Merganser and her seven ducklings swim upstream. A Spotted Sandpiper was heard and seen in the river and a Willow Flycatcher was perched in the open for a great view.
Nine birders saw and/or heard the following 50 species:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Short-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Warbling Vireo
Pacific-sloped Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Common Raven
American Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
American Robin
Swainson’s Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Pigeon Guillemot (R. Hocken)
Sunday June 18, 2023:
The Sunday birding group went to Neck Point Park. The weather was sunny with some clouds and 14C. A few highlights from the walk was seeing a Pigeon Guillemot in Hammond Bay. Swainson’s Thrush perched for us to see, and a Western Tanager was heard.
Fifteen birders saw and heard the following 33 species:
Canada Goose
Surf Scoter
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Anna’s Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Warbling Vireo
Pacific-sloped Flycatcher
American Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bewick’s Wren
American Robin
Swainson’s Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Orange-crowned Warbler (J. Morrison)
If you have any birds to report or need help identifying, just email or call the store, thebackyard@shaw.ca or 250-390-3669, toll-free 1-888-808-BIRD (2473).
The Backyard Bird Walks
Our bird walks go out Sunday mornings in Nanaimo and Tuesday mornings in
Parksville and Qualicum Beach area, are easy walks that go for two to three
hours (back for lunch is the plan). Bring binoculars and a field guide. The
walks are weather pending.
Please check our blog (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) for any cancelations.
The Sunday and Tuesday Bird Walks will be taking a break
for the summer and will resume at the end of summer, early fall.
Let us know what you are seeing, and we will pass it on for others to also enjoy.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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