Western Tanager: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk went to Springwood Park in Parksville. The morning started out with rain for the first hour but the rest of the morning was dry and pleasant.
The highlights included a close up look at a very colourful Western Tanager. The morning was full of bird songs with Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Cassin's Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Bewick's Wren, Winter Wren, Swainson's Thrush, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Black-headed Grosbeak and American Robin entertaining us through out the morning. We had a quick glance at a Western Wood-Pewee as it flew after prey. There was a large flock of Black Swift high up in the sky hawking insects.
Thirteen birders including visitors from Vancouver, Texas and Florida saw and heard the following forty species of birds.
Canada Goose
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Glaucous-winged Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Western Wood-Pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
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