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, October 12, 2014:
The
Sunday bird walk went to the Nanaimo River Estuary in Nanaimo. The morning was
cloudy with calm winds. A Northern Harrier was spotted flying low over the
field. We saw and heard a Steller’s Jay and a Belted Kingfisher noisily fly
around us for a good part of the morning. We saw two Yellow-rumped Warblers and a
Ruby-crowned Kinglet feeding in a bush next to the trail. A large flock of Greater White-fronted Geese
and a flock of Double-crested Cormorants flew overhead and circled around the
area.
Northern
Harrier: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Ten
birders saw and heard the following thirty-one species:
Canada Geese,
Greater White-fronted Geese, Mallard, American
Widgeon, Greater Scaup, Great Blue Heron, Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Common
Merganser, Double-crested Cormorant, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Belted
Kingfisher, California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, European Starling, Northern Flicker, Steller’s
Jay, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Bewick’s Wren, Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Savannah
Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Dark-eyed
Junco and House Finch.
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Yellow-rumped Warbler:
Ralph Hocken Photo.
Wednesday, October 8:
Western
Grebe’s, Surf and White-winged Scoters, Pacific Loons and Common Loons were
seen offshore from Pebble Beach at Columbia Beach.
A Dunlin and Killdeer were seen at the Mud
Flats on the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
Tuesday,
October 07.
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Shelly Road side of the
Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. The morning was cloudy and the winds
were calm, making for a great morning of birding. We heard a Pacific Wren
singing at the start of the walk. An Eurasian Widgeon was spotted
near the shore swimming with the American Widgeons. Several flocks of Surf
Scoters and White-winged Scoters were heading down the Strait of
Georgia. A Western Grebe was seen near the shore. There were a large
number of Pacific Loons on the Strait.
White-winged Scoter: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Twenty-two birders saw and heard the following fifty-two species:
Canada Geese, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern
Pintail, Harlequin Duck, Green-wing Teal, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Common
Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Red-necked
Grebe, Western Grebe, Marbled Murrelet, Pelagic Cormorant, Double-crested
Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Killdeer,
Mew Gull, Bonaparte’s Gull, California Gull, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous-winged
Gull, Anna's Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Steller's Jay, Northwestern
Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pacific
Wren, Bewick's Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, Eurasian-collared
Dove, European Starling, Spotted Towhee, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Golden-crowned
Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, House Finch
and American Goldfinch.
Scurf Scoter: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Monday, October 06:
Thirteen Heermann’s Gulls and a Herring Gull were spotted at Nile
Creek.
Sunday, October 05:
A Snow Goose and three Heermann’s Gulls were seen at Nile Creek.
A Ross’s
Goose and seventy Cackling Geese were seen at McCoy Lake near Port Alberni.
Monday September 22:
. Red
Crossbills and a Western Tanager were spotted near the Heritage Forest in
Qualicum Beach.
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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 October 14, 2014 will be going to Deep Bay. Meet at the parking lot near the Lions Club Playground in Parksville Community Park at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at the Marina at the dock in Deep Bay at about 9:35 a.m.
The Tuesday bird walk on October 14, 2014 will be going to Deep Bay. Meet at the parking lot near the Lions Club Playground in Parksville Community Park at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at the Marina at the dock in Deep Bay at about 9:35 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on October 19, 2014 will be going to the
Nanoose Bay. Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the Beach near the
Church Camp off Arlington Road at about 9:20 a.m.
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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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