NANAIMO BIRD REPORT -----” GO BIRDING--EXPLORE NATURE”
"Happy New Year"
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at thebackyard@shaw.ca
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone number along with the date, the species and location of your sighting.
Monday, December 31, 2012:
A Cooper’s Hawk came through a yard in the
2500 block of Glenayre eyeing up a bird feeding station.
A Sharp-shinned Hawk was
seen at a bird feeding station in Coombs.
Sunday, December 30,
2012:
A female Ring-necked Pheasant was spotted in
the residential area of Columbia Beach in Parksville.
A flock of Red
Crossbills was seen clipping Fir cones off the trees at Jack Point.
Evening Grosbeak: Photo from Malcolm in Comox
Friday, December 28:
A Northern Harrier was spotted flying over the Quality Foods in Qualicum Beach.
A Northern Harrier was spotted flying over the Quality Foods in Qualicum Beach.
Two Evening Grosbeaks
have joined Varied Thrush, Steller’s Jays, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Red-breasted
Nuthatches at a feeder in Deep Bay.
A Northern Shrike was
seen in the 2500 block of Glenayre and Cosgrove Drives in the Departure Bay
area of Nanaimo.
Monday, December 24:
Twenty-seven Bald Eagles
were spotted south of Chemainus on the Chemainus River.
A single Western
Meadowlark was seen at Pipers Lagoon Park in Nanaimo.
Sunday, December 23:
Six Common Loons were
spotted in Northwest Bay in Nanoose.
A Northern Shrike was
spotted in a backyard in Stephenson Point in Departure Bay Nanaimo.
Common Loon: Ralph
Hocken.
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Everyone is welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the Sunday and Tuesday mornings. We leave from the Store at 9 a.m. Sunday Mornings and go to a different location in and around Nanaimo and from the Parksville Beach Community Park at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and go to different areas in and around the Oceanside area.
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There will be no Tuesday bird walks on December 25 and January 01, 2013, The Tuesday bird walks will resume on January 08,
We will meet at
Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions Playground at 9:00
A.M.
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The Sunday bird walk on January 6 will be at Buttertubs Marsh off Buttertubs Drive in Nanaimo. We will meet at the bird store at 9:00 a.m or at the marsh at 9:20a.m.
The Sunday bird walk on January 6 will be at Buttertubs Marsh off Buttertubs Drive in Nanaimo. We will meet at the bird store at 9:00 a.m or at the marsh at 9:20a.m.
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The Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count took place yesterday, December 30. We had great participation with nearly 100 field counters and at least 10 backyard feeder count participants. 19 teams covering 20 areas managed a total of 117 species.
The Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count took place yesterday, December 30. We had great participation with nearly 100 field counters and at least 10 backyard feeder count participants. 19 teams covering 20 areas managed a total of 117 species.
Highlights of Count Day
included Northern-pygmy Owl at Westwood Lake, Mourning Dove and Bonaparte’s
Gull on Gabriola Island, Red-throated Loons in north Nanaimo, Townsend’s
Solitaire in north Nanaimo and a Townsend’s Warbler on Nanaimo Lakes Road.
Thank you to everyone
who joined us on count day and hope to see you back next year.
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Good birding
Ryan Cathers
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Good birding
Ryan Cathers
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD
& NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C. V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C. V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
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