Parasitic Jaeger: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Hi birders,
The Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning was sunny and warm but a little chilly in the forest. The winds were calm and the water on the Strait of Georgia was smooth like glass. The highlight of the morning was spotting a Parasitic Jaeger who was harassing a Glaucous-winged Gull. The Jaeger stopped to rest on the water giving us all good long looks at him through the scopes. After about ten minutes and fairly close to shore, the Jaeger chased another Gull putting on a spectacular display for us.
Twenty-four birders saw and heard the following forty-three species:
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Merlin
Greater Yellowlegs
Parasitic Jaeger
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
American Pipit
MacGillivray's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
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