The Tuesday bird walk went to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville. The morning was sunny but cool with calm winds.
Golden-crowned Kinglets and Ruby-crowned Kinglets were feeding on a conifer tree
close to the trail. A Peregrine Falcon flew in low overhead and landed on a
tall conifer. He perched for a few minutes and then unsuccessfully tried to
catch a Mallard Duck. We had good views of the chase. A Northern Shrike was
perched in a tall shrub near Parksville Bay. A Northern Harrier flew in low
over the meadow in search of prey. Five Trumpeter Swans flew overhead heading
south. A Eurasian Widgeon was spotted in with a flock of American Widgeons
close to shore. A late migrating Turkey Vulture just above the tall Conifer
Trees.
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Twelve birders saw and heard the following fifty-seven species:
Canada Geese
Trumpeter Swan
American Widgeon
Eurasian Widgeon
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-wing Teal
Surf Scoter
Surf Scoter
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Northern Shrike
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin
Belted Kingfisher
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Anna's Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Steller’s Jay
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Varied Thrush
American Robin
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Bushtit
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
The Tuesday bird walk on November 18 will be going to the Little Qualicum
River Estuary in Qualicum Beach.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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