MacGillivray's Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk went Lot Ten along the Little Qualicum River in Qualicum
Beach. The morning started out cloudy and cool, but finished sunny and warm. We
spotted a Chipping Sparrow carrying nesting material at the start of the walk.
We heard a MacGillivray's Warbler and then saw him singing on a tall bush near
the trail. A partial albino Brown-headed Cowbird, with a large white collar and
white spots on its head, was perched high at the top of a conifer tree. A
Warbling Vireo gathering nesting material gave us great views when he put in an
appearance just above us along the trail. Two Spotted Sandpipers flew into the
edge of the river for us to view. We watched as a family of four or five
Red-breasted Sapsuckers flew back and forth over the river for about fifteen
minutes. We caught a glimpse of a Wilson's and a Yellow Warbler in the willow
bushes near the river.
Twelve birders saw and hear the following thirty-four species of birds:
Canada Goose
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Spotted Sandpiper
Band-tailed Pigeon
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
No comments:
Post a Comment