NANAIMO
BIRD REPORT “EXPLORE NATURE---GO BIRDING”
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.
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Sunday, December 28, 2014:
The Sunday bird walk went to the Nanoose Bay. The morning was partly cloudy with
a cold wind off the Strait of Georgia. Five Black Scoters were seen swimming
near the oyster beds. We spotted a Northern
Shrike perched on a short bush near Nanoose Creek. A Red-tailed Hawk was perched in a conifer not far from us. Common Mergansers, Red-breasted
Mergansers and two Hooded Mergansers were not far from shore. A Pigeon Guillemot
was seen further from shore.
Hooded Merganser: Ralph
Hocken Photo
Seven
birders saw and heard the following thirty-nine species:
Mallard
American
Widgeon
Green-wing
Teal
Northern
Pintail
Greater
Scaup
Surf
Scoter
Black
Scoter
Bufflehead
Common
Goldeneye
Common
Merganser
Red-breasted
Merganser
Hooded
Merganser
Horned
Grebe
Red-necked
Grebe
Common
Loon
Pacific
Loon
Double-crested
Cormorant
Pelagic
Cormorant
Pigeon Guillemot
Great
Blue Heron
Belted
Kingfisher
Bald
Eagle
Red-tailed
Hawk
Northern
Shrike
Thayer’s
Gull
Mew Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Northern
Flicker
Northwestern
Crow
Common
Raven
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
European
Starling
American
Robin
Spotted
Towhee
Red-winged
Blackbird
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
Fox
Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk: Ralph
Hocken Photo.
Saturday,
December 27.
Six
Ruby-crowned Kinglets were seen feeding near the ground close by two birders at
Rebecca Spit on Quadra Island.
Tuesday,
December 23:
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Shelly road side of the
Englishman River in Parksville. The morning started out with light showers and
strong winds off the Strait of Georgia, but when the showers stopped we had a
good morning of birding. We spotted a Ruby-crowned Kinglet feeding low in the
bushes next to the parking lot. A flock of Pine Siskins were feeding and
singing at the top of a tall tree above the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. A flock
of Common Mergansers were resting on the banks of the river. A flock of
Canada Geese, a Cackling Goose and a Snow Goose all flew in and landed on the
river. Two flocks of Common Murre were flying up the Strait. The
resident Peregrine Falcon was perched in its usual spot high on a snag looking
down on us as we looked up at him through our scopes. An Anna's
Hummingbird was perched on a snag next to the trail
Peregrine:
Falcon: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Eight birders saw and heard the following forty-three
species:
Canada Geese
Cackling Goose
Snow Goose
Brant
American Widgeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Murre
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Anna's Hummingbird
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Steller’s Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Siskin
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18th Annual Tofino Shorebird Festival
May 1-3, 2015
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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. on 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 December 30, 2014 will be going to Rathtrevor Provincial
Park in Parksville. Meet
at the parking lot near the Lions Club Playground in Parksville Community Park
at 9:00 a.m. or at the main parking lot at Rathtrevor Park at about 9:10 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on January 04, 2015 will be going to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in
Parksville. Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the corner of Plummer
Road and Shorewood Drive in Parksville at about 9:25 a.m.
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British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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A must read for those of
us who live along the Strait of Georgia.
THE SEA
AMONG US
THE AMAZING STRAIT OF GEORGIA
RICHARD BEAMISH AND GORDON McFARLANE
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Good birding
Neil Robins
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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