The Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park
in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with rain and wild winds off the Strait
of Georgia as we felt the remnants of Hurricane Ana’s heavy rains and wind.
Pacific and Bewick’s Wrens caught our attention as we saw them low in the
bushes. We spotted a Varied Thrush high up in a conifer tree.
We watched as a
Red-tailed Hawk hovered in the wind for several minutes high above trees . A
Pileated Woodpecker was busy pecking for bugs on a dead
snag just off the road. A Harlequin Duck, three Bufflehead and
several Surf Scoters flew past fast over
the Strait.
Pacific Wren: Ralph Hocken
Photo.
Bufflehead: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Six wet and wind driven birders saw and heard the
following thirty species:
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
American Wigeon
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Pelagic Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Pelagic Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pileated Woodpecker
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
The Tuesday bird walk on November
04, 2014 will once again be going to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in
Parksville.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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