Willow Flycatcher: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Top Bridge Trail in Parksville. The morning was cloudy and windy, but there was no rain and we did have a few sunny periods. We had great looks at Willow Flycatchers throughout the morning. A large flock of Bald Eagles and Turkey Vultures soared high over Little Mountain. We watched families of Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Bushtits and Red-breasted Nuthatches feeding their young. We heard a MacGillivray's Warbler singing close by and then got a good look at him. There was a Black-throated Gray Warbler gleaning insects high up in a Cedar tree.
Fourteen birders including two visiting birders from Wales saw and heard the following thirty-five species of birds:
Canada Goose
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Spotted Sandpiper
Black Swift
Rufous Hummingbirdbird
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
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