Spotted Sandpiper: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The bird walk went to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. The morning was sunny and warm. We saw many Savannah Sparrows and Willow Flycatchers in the meadows. A female Northern Harrier flew over the meadows and then perched in a conifer tree for a long time. We spotted a pair of American Kestrels in the top of a tall conifer tree and the female Kestrel flew over just above us giving us great views. We spotted a Red-breasted Merganser, three Black-bellied Plovers, two Black Oystercatchers, three Caspian Terns, Mew Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls near the tide line.
Six birders saw and heard the following fifty-three species of birds:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
California Quail
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
American Kestrel
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Barred Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
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