Pileated Woodpecker: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Alert
To report your sightings
phone the Store at 250-390-3669
e-mail us at thebackyard@shaw.ca
call the Bird Alert at 250-390-3029
Also check the birdstore blog for the latest bird alerts and updates:
www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
Post your sightings on these site:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/messages
Birds of British Columbia:
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/SpeciesChecklists.html
International Birdwatching Guides
http://www.guidedbirdwatching.com
Birdwatching contacts and information find a local birder to go birdwatching with:
http://www.birdingpal.org/
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone number, along with the date, name and location of your sighting.
Sunday, December 28, 2008:
A pair of Anna's Hummingbirds and seven Steller's Jays have been visiting feeders in the 3400 block of Osprey Outlook in the Hammond Bay area of Nanaimo.
Four American Goldfinch, Dark-eyed Juncos, House Finch, Song Sparrows, Varied Thrush, Brewers Blackbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds, Northern Flickers, a Pileated Woodpecker and a Red-breasted Sapsucker are visiting feeders in a backyard in the 100 block of Meridian Way in Parksville.
December 27:
A Barred Owl, a Cooper's Hawk and a Virginia Rail were seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
Friday December 26:
A male Anna's Hummingbird is visiting feeders for the first time in the 100 block of Garden Road West in Qualicum Beach.
Thursday December 25:
A pair of Varied Thrush are visiting feeders in Deep Bay.
Tuesday December 23:
Anna's Hummingbirds are visiting feeders along Vancouver Avenue and Departure Bay Road in Nanaimo.
Monday December 22:
A Red-breasted Sapsucker was seen in a yard in the 4800 block of Finnerty Place in Nanaimo.
Four Varied Thrush, many European Starlings, a Northern Flicker, a Red-breasted Sapsucker, Dark-eyed Juncos, Chestnut-backed Chickadees and an American Goldfinch are visiting feeders along Cosgrove Crescent in the Departure Bay area of Nanaimo.
Over 100 Pine Siskins and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet are visiting a yard near Cat Stream in Nanaimo.
An Orange-crowned Warbler was visiting a suet feeder along Bluebell Terrace in Nanaimo.
Sunday December 21:
Anna's Hummingbirds are visiting feeders along Sherwood Drive, in the Westwood Lake area and in the 5600 block of Lost Lake Road in Nanaimo.
A Pileated Woodpecker has been seen in the 2500 block of Departure Bay in Nanaimo.
A Song Sparrow is visiting feeders along Montana Road in Chase River.
Sunday December 07:
A Snowy Owl was seen at the top of Buckley Bay main Logging Road.
For further information on these sightings or for help in identifying a
bird please call The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
@ (250) 390-3669
Toll Free @ 1-888-249-4145
e-mail: thebackyard@shaw.ca
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The Nanoose Naturalists
Thursday January 08, 2009, 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay
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Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monday January 26, 2009@ 7:30 pm.
Springwood School
Parksville
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Everyone is welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the Sunday and Tuesday mornings. We leave from the Store at 9 A.M. Sunday Mornings and go to a different location in and around Nanaimo and from the Parksville Beach Community Park at 9 A.M. on Tuesdays and go to different areas in and around the Oceanside area.
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The Tuesday Bird Walk will resume on January 13, 2009.
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The Sunday Bird Walks will resume on February 01, 2009.
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"Birding on the Lower Mainland"
There is a birding trip being planned to Reifel Bird Sanctuary and Boundary Bay on January 10, 2009.
If you are interested in joining the birding trip please contact Roger Taylor at hoopoe@shaw.ca
Good birding
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
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