NANAIMO BIRD REPORT “EXPLORE NATURE---GO BIRDING"
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, August 31, 2014:
The
Sunday bird walk went to the Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. The morning was sunny
with cloudy periods. The highlight of the morning was hearing a Cassin’s Vireo
singing continually from the top of a tree and catching glimpses as it moved.
We also head a fledgling calling from the same area. We spotted a Hooded
Merganser catch a frog and struggle as he swallowed it.
Eight birders
including a visiting birder from the England saw and heard the following
thirty-two species:
Canada
Geese, Mallard, Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue
Heron, Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture, Belted Kingfisher, American Coot, Merlin, Red-tailed
Hawk, Band-tailed Pigeon, Northern Flicker, Anna’s Hummingbird, Steller’s Jay, Northwestern
Crow, Common Raven, Cassin’s Vireo, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted
Nuthatch, Marsh Wren, Brown-headed Cowbird, Western Tanager, Spotted Towhee,
Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Purple Finch, Red-winged Blackbird, American
Goldfinch, House Finch and House
Sparrow.
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Hooded Merganser: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Saturday, August 30:
A
Steller’s Jay was seen feeding in a backyard along Meridian Way in Parksville
Steller’s Jay: Ralph
Hocken Photo.
Friday, August 29:
A Barn
Owl was seen along the
Ugly Dwarf Meadows close to the Gas Station at the top of Nanoose Hill along Highway
19.
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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 Tuesday September 02 will be going to the
Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at the
Parksville Bay Community Park at the parking lot near the Lion’s Club playground
at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Shelly Road on the Oceanside of Highway 19a in
Parksville at about 9:10 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on September 07, 2014 will be going to Neck
Point Park in Nanaimo. Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking
lot at Neck Point off Hammond Bay Road at about 9:20 a.m.
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Nanoose Naturalists Meeting, September 11,
2014-- 7:00 P.M.
Nanoose Library Hall in Nanoose Bay.
Guest Speaker- Paula Wild- topic Cougars
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WildResearch link---
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West coast environment link—http://coastaltarsands.ca/w1/videos/
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What's more important than the right to breathe fresh air, drink
clean water and eat healthy food?"-- David Suzuki
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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
