The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
November 3, 2026
“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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Northern Harrier (J. Morrison)
Tuesday November 3, 2026:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to the Shelly Road side of Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Weather was overcast, 8C, and tide was coming in. A few highlights from the walk were American Kestrel and Northern Harrier seen in the estuary, four Trumpeter Swans flew over and Northern Shrike was seen in the field towards the Community Park.
14 birders saw and heard the following 56 species:
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Horned Grebe
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Black Turnstone
Bonaparte’s Gull
Short-billed Gull
Thayer’s Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker’
Steller’s Jay
Common Raven
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Northern Shrike
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red Crossbill
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (R. Hocken)
Monday November 2, 2026:
A Merlin was hanging out in a backyard in lower Lantzville.
Sunday November 1, 2026:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo. Weather was sunny, 4C and the tide in. A few highlights from the walk were Pacific Loons still in breeding plumage, a Cooper’s Hawk perched in a tree for all to view and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet that was flitting about in an Ocean Spray beside the trail.
11 birders saw and heard the following 38 species:
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
California Quail
Pacific Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Bonaparte’s Gull
Short-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Common Murre
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Common Raven
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
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, November 8, 2026:
Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Maki Road Trail in south Nanaimo.
Meet directly at the parking lot, located at the end of Maki Road before Living Forest Campground at 9:00am. Weather cooperating.
Tuesday Bird Walk, November 10, 2026:
Tuesday
Bird Walk will be going to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville.
Meet at the beach entrance. main parking lot, just before the campground, at 9:00 am. Weather cooperating.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
