The Backyard's Weekly Bird Walk locations are found in the Backyard Bird Report at the very end of the most recent report. Any cancellations will be posted by 8am the day of the walk.
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, June 12, 2012
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Wilson’s Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo.
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The Tuesday bird walk went to the Beaver Ponds at Nanoose Bay. The morning was cloudy with light rain and calm winds. We had great looks at a Townsend’s Warbler feeding and singing in a tall tree. We watched another Townsend’s Warbler feeding along the trail just ahead of us. A Hooded Merganser gave us an unusual sighting as it peered out of its tree cavity nest, high up in a snag just off the trail. We saw several Willow Flycatchers perched and singing and then fly catching. We heard and then saw an Orange-crowned Warbler and a McGillivray's Warbler in some Arbutus Trees. Overhead a flock of Black Swifts were hawking insects.***********************************************************************************************************
Eight birders heard and saw the following thirty-four species:
Hooded Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Black Swift
Anna’s Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bushtit
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
McGillivray's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brown-headed Cowbird
Black-headed Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
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Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
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