Killdeer: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to the Little Qualicum River Estuary in Qualicum Beach. The morning was sunny with a cool breeze off the choppy sea.
At the beginning of the morning, we spotted six Long-tailed Ducks and twelve Horned Grebes from the viewing platform off of Highway 19A. There were thirteen Great Blue Herons on the estuary. One lone Killdeer flew noisely past us. A large raft of singing Black Scoters were not far from shore and a hugh flock of Gulls were seen near the horizon. The highlight of the morning, however, was the sight of forty-four Trumpeter Swans at the mouth of the Qualicum River.
Four birders saw and heard the following forty-two species of birds.
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
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