Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk

 

Golden-crowned Kinglet: Ralph Hocken Photo.

 

The Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning was sunny with a strong biting wind off the Strait of Georgia. The surf was up and fiercely pounding the shore. The highlights included seeing several Pacific Loons in the waves with Double-crested Cormorants and Pelagic Cormorants flying up the Strait. We spotted Golden-crowned Kinglets in with the Chestnut-backed Chickadees feeding in the high trees.

Ten birders saw and heard the following thirty-six species:

Canada Goose

Mallard

Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Common Mergansers

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Bonaparte's Gull

Mew Gull

California Gull

Thayer’s Gull

Herring Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Anna’s Hummingbird

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Bewick's Wren

Pacific Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

European Starling

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

House Finch

 

The Tuesday bird walk on October 09 will be going to Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary.

Good birding

Neil Robins

Parksville

British Columbia