The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

 The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

Nanaimo Bird Report

October 24, 2025
“EXPLORE NATURE” --- GO BIRDING:
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at birding@thebackyard.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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Ring-neck Pheasant (R. Hocken)

Thursday October 23, 2025

A Ring-necked Pheasant was seen feeding with a covey of California Quail in a field along Jingle Pot Road near Andres Road Nanaimo.

Tuesday October 21, 2025: 

The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. Weather was mix of cloud and sun. A few highlights from the walk today were Iceland Gull, Marbled Murrelet, and Short-tailed Shearwater that was seen at a distance on the water. There was also a Cooper’s Hawk that seemed to follow the group around and was very photogenic.

19 birders saw and heard the following 43 species:

Canada Goose

American Wigeon

Mallard

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Red-necked Grebe

Horned Grebe

Common Loon

Pacific Loon

Short-tailed Shearwater

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Cooper’s Hawk

Bonaparte’s Gull

Short-billed Gull

California Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Iceland Gull

Marbled Murrelet

Belted Kingfisher

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Steller’s Jay

Common Raven

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Bewick’s Wren

Pacific Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Varied Thrush

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Purple Finch

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (R. Hocken)

Sunday October 19, 2025:

The Sunday Bird Walk was canceled due to weather.

If you have any bird sightings to report or need help identifying, just email or call the store, birding@thebackyard.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.

Sunday Bird Walk, October 26, 2025:

Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Buttertubs Marsh again, hopefully with good weather.

Meet directly at the parking lot located at Jingle Pot Road and Third Street by the miner’s shack at 9:00am. Weather Cooperating.

Tuesday Bird Walk, October 28, 2025:

Tuesday Bird Walk will be going the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.

Meet directly at the end of Shelly Road at 9:00am. Shelly Road is located off HWY 19A just past the orange bridge into Parksville coming from the south. Weather cooperating.

Good birding! Colin Bartlett