The Tuesday bird walk went to the Shelly road side of the Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with light showers but we did see
a few sunny periods. There was a strong wing off the Strait of Georgia. We
started the walk with the sighting of a Red-breasted Sapsucker tapping on a tall
tree. An Anna’s Hummingbird perched on a tall bush near the trail. Two
Band-tailed Pigeons landed in a tall conifer tree. Four Eurasian Widgeons and
four Gadwalls were feeding with a flock of American Widgeons. A large flock of
Mew Gulls, California Gulls,Thayer's Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls were seen
along a gravel bar and a large flock of Pelagic Cormorants and Doubled-crested
Cormorants flew past heading down the strait.
Pelagic Cormorant: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Fourteen birders including two visiting birders from Ontario saw and heard
the following fifty-one species;
Canada Goose
Brant
American Widgeon
Eurasian Widgeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Surf Scoter
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Barrows Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Pelagic Cormorant
Doubled-crested Cormorant
Pigeon Guillemot
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon
Violet-green Swallow
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Anna’s Hummingbird: Marie Sprandel
Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk on April 01 will be going to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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