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, June 08, 2014:
The Sunday bird walk went to Moorecroft Regional Park in Nanoose Bay. The
morning was sunny and warm and a little cool in the forest. Several Red-breasted
Nuthatch’s were at the start of the walk feeding on the suet. We had great views
of a MacGillivray’s Warbler singing on a snag near the trail. A Pacific-slope
Flycatcher flew in and perched near the beaver pond. A Townsend’s Warbler flew
in and sang near the trail giving us awesome close up views.
Seventeen birders saw and heard the following thirty-three species:
Canada Geese, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Glaucous-winged Gull, Pelagic
Cormorant, Rufous Hummingbird, Northern Flicker, Olive-sided Flycatcher,
Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler,
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, MacGillivray’s Warbler,
Wilson’s Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Purple
Martin, Violet-green Swallow, Brown Creeper, Chestnut-backed Chickadee,
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pacific Wren, Swainson’s Thrush, American Robin, European
Starling, Western Tanager, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Purple
Finch and American Goldfinch.
Tuesday, June 03:
The Tuesday bird walk went to Moorecroft Regional Park in Nanoose Bay. The
morning was sunny and warm making for a good morning of birding along the Strait
of Georgia and in the cooler forest trails. Fourteen seals were guarding the
entrance to the bay. Two Warbling Vireos were spotted high up in a tall conifer
feeding along the branches giving us great views. We saw Brown Creepers feeding
their young just off the trail. We watched as a pair of Chestnut-backed
Chickadees took food to their fledglings in a nest hole in a tall snag. A
MacGillivray’s Warbler was seen perched in a conifer singing continually near
the beaver ponds, just off the trail, giving us awesome views. A Pacific-slope
Flycatcher flew into the same area again giving us great
views.
Twenty-six birders saw and heard the following thirty-two species:
Pacific Loon, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Copper’s Hawk, Glaucous-winged
Gull, Pigeon Guillemot, Anna's Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Hairy
Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Hammond’s Flycatcher,
Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler,
MacGillivray’s Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Northwestern Crow,
Common Raven, Violet-green Swallow, Brown Creeper, Chestnut-backed Chickadee,
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pacific Wren, Swainson’s Thrush, American Robin, European
Starling, Western Tanager, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow and Dark-eyed
Junco.
Monday, June 02:
Twenty-two Caspian Terns were seen at the mouth of the Englishman River in
Parksville.
Sunday, June 01:
A Bullock’s Oriole was spotted visiting a backyard feeder along Rutherford
Ridge in Nanaimo.
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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 June 10, 2014 will be going to the Top bridge
Trail in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park in Parksville at the
parking lot near the Lions Club playground at 9:00 am. or at the parking lot off
Enterprise Way near Tuan Road in Parksville at about 9:10 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on June 15, 2014 will be going to Beck Creek in south
Nanaimo. Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking area in front of
the Living Forest Campground on Maki Road off highway one at about 9:30
a.m.
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British Columbia rare bird alert link---
http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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WildResearch link---
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West coast environment link--
http://coastaltarsands.ca/w1/videos/
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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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