Bonaparte's Gull: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Columbia Beach. The morning was cloudy but the wind was calm and the water on the Strait of Georgia was like a mirror.
Among the highlights of the morning was a very large feeding ball of gulls and seabirds near the horizon. A raft of Greater Scaup, Surf Scoters and White-winged Scoters were seen not far from shore. Three flocks of Northern Pintail flew high overhead heading down the Strait. A large mixed flock of Gulls including Bonaparte's, Mew, a Ring-billed, California, a Herring, Thayer's and Glaucous-winged Gulls, along with Black Turnstones and Black-bellied Plovers were on the gravel bar near the Pebble Beach Townhouses. Four small noisey flocks of Black Oystercatchers flew past us just above the water.
Eighteen birders saw and heard the following forty-six species of birds:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Rock Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Common Raven
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
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