Red-tailed Hawk: John Purves Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman
River Estuary in Parksville. The morning was sunny and warm with calm winds off
the Strait of Georgia. Large numbers of Pine Siskins were with us throughout the
morning. We saw huge flocks of Red Crossbills in the forest and huge rafts of
seabirds on the Strait. A Red-tailed Hawk perched close to
the trail giving us great views to finish off a perfect morning of
birding. A special thanks to John Purves for leading
this mornings bird walk!
Nineteen birders
saw and heard the following fifty-four species.
Canada Geese
Brant
American Widgeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Harlequin Duck
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pelagic Cormorant
Common Murre
Great Blue Heron
Belted
Kingfisher
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed
Hawk
Black Oystercatcher
Eurasian-collared
Dove
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Violet-green Swallow
Anna’s Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Steller’s Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Red-winged
Blackbird
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Pine Siskins
House Finch
The Tuesday bird
walk on April 02 will be going to the Shelly Road side of
the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
Western Grebe: John Purves.
Good
birding
Neil
Robins
Parksville
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