The Tuesday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville. The morning was sunny a bit cool with calm winds making
for a pleasant morning of birding. We saw several pairs of Golden-crowned and
Ruby-crowned Kinglets in the bushes along the trail. Four Gadwall were feeding
just off the mud flats. Over one thousand Surf Scoters along with Greater Scaup,
White-winged Scoters, Black Scoters and Bufflehead. Six Long-tailed Ducks were
seen not far off shore diving and swimming along with Harlequin Ducks. We were
surprised with the sighting of a large flock of Bushtits feeding in the bushes
at the end of walk.
Thirteen birders saw and heard the following fifty-two species:
Canada Geese
Brant
American Widgeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Gadwall
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Black Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Anna’s Hummingbird
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
House Finch
The Tuesday bird walk on March 18 will be going to Columbia Beach.
Long-tailed Ducks: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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