Dunlin and Black-bellied Plovers in Flight: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning was clear and sunny but cool, with a strong wind. At the start of the walk, a Merlin flew over us, calling as it disappeared over the tall trees. Other highlights included seeing large numbers of Dunlin feeding near the tide line and moving in well choreographed clouds as they moved along the shoreline. Over two hundred Brant were just offshore. Several large rafts of Gulls were in a feeding frenzy further offshore.
Nineteen birders saw and heard the following thirty-three species:
Brant
American Wigeon
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Mew Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
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