Bald Eagle: Ralph Hocken Photo.
NANAIMO BIRD REPORT
“GO BIRDING--EXPLORE NATURE”
Please remember, when reporting a sighting to leave your name and phone number along with the date, the species and location of your sighting.
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at thebackyard@shaw.ca
Sunday August 07, 2011:
The Sunday bird walk went to Bowen Park in Nanaimo. The morning was sunny and warm. We spotted a Black Swift soaring high overhead. A flock of Red Crossbills sang as they landed for a brief time on the top of a conifer tree.
Sixteen birders, including visiting birders from the United Kingdom, Ontario and Texas saw and heard the following twenty-five species of birds:
Mallard, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Cooper’ Hawk, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Pigeon, Belted Kingfisher, Anna’s Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Black Swift, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Pacific Wren, Bewick's Wren, Dark-eyed Junco, European Starling, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Spotted Towhee and Red Crossbills.
Monday August 01:
A Barred Owl adult and chick, a Great Horned Owl chick with adult Great Horned Owl and one Common Nighthawk were seen at Colliery Dam in Nanaimo.
Saturday July 30:
Forty-two Common Nighthawks and two Band-tailed Pigeons were seen flying over Colliery Dam Park heading towards Mount Benson in Nanaimo.
Friday July 29:
Two Barred Owl chicks were seen at Colliery Dam Park in Nanaimo.
Thursday July 28:
One American Goldfinch was spotted in 600 block of Howard Avenue in Nanaimo.
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Everyone is invited to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the Sunday and Tuesday mornings. We leave from the Store at 9 A.M. Sunday Mornings and go to a different location in and around Nanaimo and from the Parksville Beach Community Park at 9 A.M. on Tuesdays and go to different areas in and around the Oceanside area.
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The Tuesday Bird Walk season has come to a close. The bird walks will resume on September 6, 2011. Have a great summer! ******************************************************
The Sunday Bird Walk on August 14 will be going to Linley Valley in Nanaimo. We will meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 A.M. or at the end of Burma Road at about 9:15 A.M.
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Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD Wildbird & Nature Store
6314 Metral Drive, Nanaimo, BC V9T 2L8
250-390-3669
thebackyard@shaw.ca
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG---> www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
“Pelagic birding trip in September”
WildResearch, a Vancouver base non-profit, is pleased to be offering a pelagic birding trip departing from Ucluelet on the Sunday the 18th September 2011. The ship we will be using is the M.V. Frances Barkley, a 39m (128ft), 300 ton coastal freighter. The cost per person is $200 for WildResearch members.
For details visit: www.wildresearch.ca
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