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.
Sunday, April 06, 2014:
The Sunday bird walk went the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo. The
morning was partly with sunny periods and calm winds. Tree Swallows and a few
Violet-green Swallows were chasing insects all morning as well as perching a few
times. We saw Savannah Sparrows for most of the morning. Three Short-eared Owls
put in an appearance then flew out of sight.
Twenty birders including a visiting birder from North Carolina saw and
heard the following thirty-five species:
Canada Goose, Mallard, Gadwall, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded
Merganser, Common Mergansers, Green-winged Teal, Greater Yellowlegs, Great Blue
Heron, Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture, Short-eared Owl, Northern Harrier. Red-tailed
Hawk, Glaucous-winged Gull, Eurasian-collared Dove, Northern Flicker, Common
Raven, Northwestern Crow, Violet-green Swallows, Tree Swallows, Belted
Kingfisher, American Robin, European Starling, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, House
Finch, Spotted Towhee, White-crowned Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Golden-crowned
Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Fox Sparrow and House Sparrow.
A male American Kestrel was seen along Macmillan Road in Cedar.
Tuesday, April 01:
The Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. The
morning was sunny and warm with a breeze off the Strait of Georgia. We estimated
that we saw at least three thousand Brant flocking and then landing near shore
after the Bald Eagle flew over. Further off shore we saw Western Grebes, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemots
and Brandt’s Cormorant. Horned Grebes and Red-necked Grebes showed off their
colorful breeding plumage not far from shore. Yellow-rumped Warblers were
singing and we spotted our first of the season Orange-crowned Warbler also
singing from a perch not far from us.
Twenty-four birders saw and heard the following forty-nine species:
Brant, American Wigeon, Mallard, Harlequin Duck, Surf Scoter, White-winged
Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Pacific Loon,
Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Western Grebe, Common Murre, Pigeon
Guillemot, Brandt’s Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Bald
Eagle, Turkey Vulture, Mew Gull, California Gull, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous-winged
Gull, Dunlin, Black-bellied Plover, Black Oystercatcher, Northern Flicker,
Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted
Nuthatch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Anna’s Hummingbird,
Rufous Hummingbird, Brown Creeper, Pacific Wren, Bewick’s Wren, Bushtit,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, Varied Thrush, European Starling, Spotted
Towhee, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco.
A Ring Necked Pheasant walked through a front garden along Benson Street in
Parksville.
One hundred Greater White-fronted Geese were seen flying past Parksville
Beach in Parksville.
Monday, March 31:
A Townsend’s Solitaire was seen on the Shelly Road side of the Englishman
River Estuary in Parksville.
Sunday, March 30:
A Barn Swallow was seen at Somonos Marsh in Duncan.
A Ruddy Duck was seen at Quennel Lake in Cedar.
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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 April 08, 2014 will be going to the ponds in Port
Alberni. Meet at the Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions
Club playground at 8:00 am or at Tim Horton's on highway four going into Port
Alberni at at about 8:45 am.
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The Sunday Bird Walk on April 13, 2014 will be going to the Englishman
River Estuary Plummer road side in Parksville. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 am
or at the corn 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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WildResearch link---http://www.wildresearch.ca/
Spring Pelagic Seabird Trip Announced – May 11, 2014
WildResearch is pleased to announce that WildResearch's 2014 Spring Pelagic
Seabird Trip will run on Sunday May 11, 2014! Proceeds generated from the
pelagic trip fundraiser will go towards running WildResearch’s research
programs.
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West coast environment link--
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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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