Hi birders,
I had the good fortune to go birding with John Purves today. We saw a
Greater White-fronted Goose in with a flock of Canada Geese and twenty Brandt
Geese at the Parksville Community Park in Parksville. Two Cackling Geese in
with a flock of Canada Geese and one lone Eurasian Widgeon in with a flock of
America Widgeon at French Creek. The big sighting of the day was what we
estimated at close to ten thousand Western Grebes, along with eight Clark’s
Grebes fairly close to shore. The raft of Western Grebes stretched offshore from
Surfside Drive in north Qualicum Beach to Memorial Drive near the visitor centre
in Qualicum Beach. It was a truly amazing sight as the Grebes went on and on!
Hundreds of Pacific Loons and Red-necked Grebes. twelve Black Scoters, several
White-winged Scoters. In with the Grebes were Common Murre, Ancient Murrelets and Long-tailed
Ducks.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville.
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