Black-throated Gray Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Top Bridge Trail in Parksville. The morning was overcast, the winds were calm and dispute a couple of light showers it was a pleasant morning of birding.
We saw and heard our first Chipping Sparrow of the season feeding down on the ground with two American Robins. There was a mixed flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Black-throated Gray Warblers and Townsend's Warblers singing and feeding on the insects high up in some tall Big Leaf Maple Trees. We saw and heard Orange-crowned Warblers and Rufous Hummingbirds throughout the morning. A Turkey Vulture was perched at the top of a tall snag.
Eleven birders saw and head the following thirty-nine species of birds:
Canada Goose
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Glaucous-winged Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon
Rufous Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Good birding!
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
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