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, September 07, 2014:
The Sunday
bird walk went to the Neck Point Park in Nanaimo. The morning was sunny and
warm. We spotted two Marbled Murrelets on the bay near Shack Island giving us
great views. We saw and heard many Chestnut-backed Chickadees throughout the
morning. Six American Pipits flew from
the park across the Strait of Georgia. A
Black-throated Grey Warbler and Warbling Vireo were seen at the parking lot as
we finished the walk.
Seventeen
birders saw and heard the following twenty-nine species:
Double-crested
Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Marbled Murrelet, Great Blue Heron, Thayer’s
Gull, California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull,Belted
Kingfisher, Anna’s Hummingbird, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Steller’s
Jay, Common Raven, Northwestern Crow, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted
Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Bewick’s Wren, Warbling Vireo, Black-throated Grey
Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, American Robin, Savannah’s
Sparrow, American Pipit’s, Song Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, American Goldfinch and
Pine Siskins.
Chestnut-backed Chickadee:
Ralph Hocken Photo.
Saturday,
September 06:
Ten
American Pipits were seen near the mudflats on the Plummer Road side of the Englishman
River Estuary in Parksville.
Thursday,
September 04:
Fifty Greater White-fronted Geese were seen
flying over Departure Bay in Nanaimo.
A Western Tanager was
seen along Rutherford Road in Nanaimo.
Wednesday September 03:
Four Black-throated Grey
Warblers and American Goldfinch were seen near Peterson Road and Millard Drive
in Lantzville.
Tuesday, September 02:
It was the first Tuesday that we have seen rain all summer and the
Tuesday bird walk resumed for the year! We went to the Shelly Road side of
the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. The morning saw light rain then
heavy rain then no rain and finished off with heavy rain. The big highlight of
the morning was the rare sighting of an American Redstart with a flock of
Chestnut-backed Chickadees in the bushes next to the viewing platform. American
Robins, Western Tanagers, Orange-crowned Warblers, a Yellow Warbler, a Warbling
Vireo and a Willow Flycatcher were spotted feeding in a berry bush further from
the viewing platform. An Pelagic Cormorant, a Pacific Loon, Common Loons,
Bonaparte's Gulls and California Gulls were seen on the Strait of Georgia.
Twelve
birders including a visiting birder from England saw and heard the following
thirty-two species.
Canada
Geese, Mallard, American Widgeon, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser,
Hooded Merganser, Pacific Loon,
Common Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Killdeer, Bonaparte's Gull, California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull,
Anna’s Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, American Redstart, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, American Robin, European Starling, Western Tanager, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow and American Goldfinch.
Common Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Killdeer, Bonaparte's Gull, California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull,
Anna’s Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, American Redstart, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, American Robin, European Starling, Western Tanager, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow and American Goldfinch.
Warbling Vireo: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Monday,
September 01:
A Cassin’s Vireo was spotted in Lantzville.
Saturday, August 30:
Red Crossbills were seen along Rutherford Road
in Nanaimo
Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated
Sandpiper, Black-bellied Plover and Long-billed Dowitcher were seen at the
Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. A Greater Yellowlegs was seen at 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 walk on September 09, 2014 will be going to the Little
Qualicum River Estuary in Qualicum Beach. Meet at Parksville Bay at the parking
lot near the Lions Club Playground at 9:00 a.m. or at the Brant viewing
platform in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:20 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on September 14, 2014 will be going to the
Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at the
Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Shelly Road on the Oceanside of
highway 19a in Parksville at about 9:30 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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What's more important than the right to breathe fresh air, drink
clean water and eat healthy food?"-- David Suzuk
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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
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