The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
November 21, 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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Long-tailed Duck (R. Hocken)
Tuesday November 18, 2025:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Deep Bay. Weather was sunny with some cloud, tide was out, and 6C. A few highlights from the walk were Hudsonian Whimbrel seen near the mail boxes on Deep Bay Road. We had great views of Long-tailed Ducks, four Trumpeter Swans flew by and across the bay an Eurasian Wigeon was seen.
12 birders saw and heard the following 60 species:
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Long-tailed Duck
Greater Scaup
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
California Quail
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Short-billed Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Steller’s Jay
Common Raven
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
House Sparrow
Band-tailed Pigeon (R. Hocken)
Sunday November 9, 2025:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to the Nanoose Bay Estuary, located at the end of Nanoose Beach Road. Weather was overcast. Tide was out and coming in, and 9C. A few highlights from the walk were Northern Shrike perched close by for all to see. Also seen in the estuary were 3 Greater Yellowlegs, Northern Pintail and a Cooper’s Hawk.
16 birders saw and heard the following 40 species:
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Bald Eagle
Black Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Short-billed Gull
California Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Common Raven
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Northern Shrike
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Purple Finch
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 are open
for everyone to come out and learn and enjoy the birds. We 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, November 23, 2025:
Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Maki Road Trail in Nanaimo.
Meet directly at the end of Maki Road by the gravel parking lot at 9:00am. To get there turn off HWY 19a at either Arlington Road or Nanoose Beach Road and follow over the track and to the end of the road. Weather Cooperating.
Tuesday Bird Walk, November 18, 2025:
The
Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman
River Estuary.
Meet directly at the parking lot, located at the bottom of Shelly Road at 9:00 am. Weather Cooperating.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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