The Backyard's Weekly Bird Walk locations are found in the Backyard Bird Report at the very end of the most recent report. Any cancellations will be posted by 8am the day of the walk.

Friday 10 September 2010

Columbia Beach and Englishman River Estuary Birding


American Kestrel: Ralph Hocken Photo.

Hi birders,

I went birding with two birders visiting from Ontario today, among the highlights was seeing a Sharp-shinned Hawk being mobbed by a American Kestrel while a Merlin was perched at the top of a tall snag. We also had great views of a Cassin's Vireo on a low bush not far from us at the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. We saw Heermann's Gull at the gravel bar at Pebble Beach.
with gulls and shorebirds

We saw and heard the following forty-three species of birds:
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Surf Scoter
Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Turnstone
Black Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Californian Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Band-tailed Pigeon
Black Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Cassin's Vireo
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
House Finch
Red Crossbill

Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia

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