The Tuesday bird walk went to Deep Bay the morning was very foggy making
for a challenging morning of bird watching. Hundreds of Surf Scoters,
White-winged Scoters and singing Black Scoters formed a large raft that lifted
when Bald Eagles flew over. Two Long-tailed Ducks were close to shore diving
occasionally and popping up again, giving us great views. Six Trumpeter Swans
flew silently overhead.
Twenty-two birders including visiting birders from Michigan, Illinois and
Nova Scotia saw and heard the following forty-four species:
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
American Widgeon
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Black Turnstone
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian-collared Dove
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Northern Flicker
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
House Finch
The Tuesday bird walk on January 21 will be going to the Shelly Road side
of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
Ring-billed Gull: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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