Merlin: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville. The morning was sunny with a cool breeze. Western
Sandpipers and Least Sandpipers flew low over the mud flats moving in unison for
about five minutes putting on a great show. A Merlin perched on a stump near
the mudflats keeping the Sandpipers moving. A Pectoral Sandpiper was spotted
near the viewing platform. Three Common Loons and one Bonaparte’s Gull were
seen on the Strait of Georgia.
Nineteen birders, including birders from Belgium, Florida, Toronto,
Winnipeg and central Vancouver Island saw and heard the following thirty-seven
species:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Blue Heron
Black Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
California Quail
Eurasian-collared Dove
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Bonaparte’s Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
The September 11 Tuesday bird walk will be going to the Little Qualicum
River Estuary. Meet at the viewing platform in north Qualicum Beach at about
9:20 am.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
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