NANAIMO BIRD REPORT
” GO BIRDING--EXPLORE NATURE”
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.
Sunday, September 15th , 2013:
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.
Sunday, September 15th , 2013:
The Sunday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. The morning was foggy and cool with poor visibility over the water.
Fox
Sparrow, Ralph Hocken photo
Highlights included first of season Fox Sparrow and three Common Loons still in partial breeding
plumage. Sixteen birders saw and heard the following twenty-eight species: Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Great-blue Heron,
Glaucous-winged Gull, Merlin, Killdeer, Anna’s Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher,
Northern Flicker, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee,
Red-necked Grebe, Gadwall, Harlequin Duck, Common Loon, Northern Pintail,
Western Grebe, Bewick’s Wren, American Robin, Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Song
Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, House Finch, Purple Finch, Lincoln’s Sparrow,
Brewer’s Blackbird.
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013:
An AMERICAN
PIPIT was seen on Hodges Road in French Creek.
Tuesday, September 10th ,
2013:
RARE BIRD ALERT: NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
A NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH was seen in the mud pond by the parking lot at Neck Point Park
in Nanaimo.
An adult WESTERN GULL was seen at the Englishman River Estuary.
A RED-THROATED
LOON was seen at the end of Entwhistle Drive in Lantzville
An early LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen offshore in Lantzville.
The Tuesday Bird Walk
went to Little Qualicum River Estuary. The morning was sunny, calm, and
warm. We were rewarded with the sighting of a Western Grebe at the Viewing Station. At the Estuary we
watched as a Northern Harrier
searched the grasses for food. A few other highlights of the morning were
the sighting of both Common and Caspian Terns, as well as a Wandering Tattler.
22 birders saw and heard the following 44 species:
Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Common Merganser, Common Loon, Pacific Loon, Common Murre, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Western Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Black Turnstone, Killdeer, Bonaparte's Gull, Mew Gull, California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Belted Kingfisher, Common Tern, Caspian Tern, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Flicker, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, European Starling, Song Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, House Finch, Barn Swallow, Eurasian-collared Dove and Rock Pigeon.
22 birders saw and heard the following 44 species:
Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Common Merganser, Common Loon, Pacific Loon, Common Murre, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Western Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Black Turnstone, Killdeer, Bonaparte's Gull, Mew Gull, California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Belted Kingfisher, Common Tern, Caspian Tern, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Flicker, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, European Starling, Song Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, House Finch, Barn Swallow, Eurasian-collared Dove and Rock Pigeon.
Monday, September 9th, 2013:
RARE BIRD ALERT: SABINE’S GULLS
Two SABINE’S GULLS were seen at Deep Bay with 1 PARASITIC JAEGER.
Three more SABINE’S GULLS and 2 PARASITIC
JAEGERs were seen offshore at Nile Creek north of Qualicum.
A first of season FOX SPARROW was seen at Holden Creek.
RARE BIRD ALERT: BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
A BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER was seen at French Creek.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, John Purves photo
RARE BIRD ALERT: STILT SANDPIPER
Two STILT SANDPIPERs were seen in the mudflats at the Englishman River
Estuary, Plummer Road side in Parksville.
RARE BIRD ALERT: LAZULI BUNTING
A first year LAZULI BUNTING was spotted at Robins Park on Fifth and Park Ave in
Nanaimo. The bird was seen along the
edge of the Cat Stream.
Lazuli Bunting, Russell Cannings photo
Sunday, September 8th ,
2013:
Four SANDHILL CRANEs were
seen flying over the south end of Gabriola Island.
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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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The
Tuesday bird walk on September 17th will be going to Columbia Beach. Meet at Parksville Community Park at the Lions Playground parking
lot at 9:00 am or at the parking area off Admiral Tryon Blvd. at about 9:15 am.
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The
Sunday Bird Walk on September 22nd will be going to the Little
Qualicum River Estuary. Meet at the
store at 9:00 am or at the Brant viewing platform on Highway 19a near Garret
Road at 9:30 am. We will then proceed to
the old A-frame house at the Estuary.
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Good birding,
Ryan Cathers
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
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
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