The Backyard's Weekly Bird Walk locations are found in the Backyard Bird Report at the very end of the most recent report. Any cancellations will be posted by 8am the day of the walk.

Tuesday 15 July 2014

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, July 15, 2014

Please note:

This was the last Tuesday bird walk for the summer season. The Tuesday bird walks will resume on Tuesday September 02, 2014.

 

The Tuesday bird walk went to the Little Qualicum River Estuary Fish Hatchery in Qualicum Beach. The morning was sunny and hot.

It was a morning of birding by ear for the most part—there were not many birds out in the heat. We heard Northern Flickers, Pacific-slope Flycatchers, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Violet-green Swallows, Pacific Wrens, Swainson’s Thrush, Spotted Towhee, House Finch, Red Crossbills, Purple Finch and American Goldfinch. We spotted a fledgling Brown-headed cowbird perched on branch and watched as a Warbling Vireo came along and fed the cowbird.  It was a rather sad sight watching the little Vireo struggling to feed the huge cowbird.

                                                       Chipping Sparrow: Ralph Hocken Photo. 

Six birders including a visiting birders from Ontario & Chemainus saw and heard the following thirty-two species:
Surf Scoter
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Pacific Wren
Brown Creeper
American Robin
Swainson’s Thrush
Anna’s Hummingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch

                                                       Turkey Vulture: Ralph Hocken Photo. 

This was the last Tuesday bird walk of the summer season. The Tuesday bird walks will resume on Tuesday September 02, 2014. 

Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville

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