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 03,
2014:
The Sunday bird walk
went to Legacy Marsh in Lantzville. The morning was sunny and warm. Three Cedar
Waxwings with their bright yellow tail tip, put on a show for us flying from
the top of the trees. We saw a large flock of American Goldfinch with several fledglings
on the top of several conifer trees. We
spotted, two Orange-crowned Warblers on a bush just off the road. A Sharp-shinned
Hawk flew over head with a Barn Swallow in hot pursuit.
Eighteen birders
including birders from Kuwait, Scotland and Australia saw and heard the
following thirty species:
Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned
Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Pied-billed Grebe, Band-tailed Pigeon, Anna’s Hummingbird,
Belted Kingfisher, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy
Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Common
Raven, Violet-green Swallow, Barn Swallow, Purple Martin, Chestnut-backed
Chickadee, Bewick’s Wren, Bushtit, American
Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Orange-crowned
Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Pacific-sloped Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Spotted
Towhee, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, House Finch,
Purple Finch and American Goldfinch.
Thursday, July 31:
Two Caspian Terns and
a pair of Bonaparte Gulls in breeding plumage, were seen at Parksville Beach in
Parksville.
Wednesday, July 30:
Pictorial Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plovers
Long-billed Dowitchers, Least and Western Sandpipers were seen at the mud flats
on the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville.
American Goldfinch: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Tuesday, July 29:
Twenty Common
Nighthawks were seen over Glenayr Drive in Nanaimo.
Monday, July 28:
An Albino Raven has
been seen in Errington.
Wednesday July 23:
Five Black Swifts were seen high above Lee Road and Highway 19a in
French Creek.
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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
walks will resume on Tuesday September 02, 2014.
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The Sunday bird walk
on August 10, 2014 will be going to Bowen Park in Nanaimo. Meet at the Bird
Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the main parking lot near the Lawn bowling Green at
about 9:20 a.m.
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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
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