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, December 07, 2014:
The Sunday
bird walk went to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. The morning was cloudy with
calm winds. Twenty-four Trumpeter Swans flew overhead in four different flocks.
Large numbers of Canada Geese and two Cackling Geese were resting on the
marsh. Two Gadwall, several Wood Ducks and Hooded Mergansers moved through the
marsh. We heard a Virginia Rail just off the trail. American Robins were
busy mobbing a Barred Owl who was perched on a tree close to us. A
Northern Waterthrush was spotted near the viewing platform straight across from
the parking lot.
Barred
Owl: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Fifteen birders saw and heard the following forty-one species:
Trumpeter Swan
Canada
Geese
Cackling
Geese
Mallard
Gadwall
Wood Duck
Hooded
Merganser
Common
Merganser
Ringed-necked
Duck
Great
Blue Heron
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Virginia
Rail
Bald
Eagle
Barred
Owl
Northern
Waterthrush
Northern
Flicker
Downy
Woodpecker
Eurasian
Collared-Dove
American
Robin
Varied
Thrush
European
Starling
Steller's
Jay
Common
Raven
Northwestern
Crow
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Brown
Creeper
Marsh
Wren
Bewick's
Wren
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Spotted
Towhee
Song
Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
Fox
Sparrow
Pine
Siskin
Purple
Finch
Dark-eyed
Junco
Red-winged
Blackbirds
Brewer's
Blackbird
House
Finch
House
Sparrow
Friday, December 05:
A
possible female Yellow Warbler was seen checking out a hummingbird feeder in a
backyard along Cedar Place in the San Perial area of
Parksville.
Wednesday, December 03:
A
Townsend’s Warbler was visiting a backyard along Granite Park Road in Nanaimo.
Tuesday, December 02:
The
Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning
was cloudy and cool with calm winds. The highlights included seeing an
estimated two thousand Dunlin with large numbers of Black-bellied Plovers and
Black Turnstones feeding in tide pools and at the tide line. A flock of
fourteen Brant flew in near the shore. A Pigeon Guillemot, Bufflehead,
Common Goldeneye and Barrow’s Goldeneye were seen further offshore. A Brown
Creeper with a flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets and Ruby-crowned Kinglets
caught our attention at the edge of the forest as they moved about quickly
feeding in the bushes just off the trail.
Dunlin:
Ralph Hocken Photo.
Fourteen
birders saw and heard the following thirty-six species:
Brant
American
Widgeon
Mallard
Harlequin
Duck
Greater
Scaup
Northern
Pintail
Surf
Scoter
Bufflehead
Common
Goldeneye
Barrow’s
Goldeneye
Common
Merganser
Red-breasted
Merganser
Pacific
Loon
Common
Loon
Long-tailed
Duck
Red-necked
Grebe
Horned
Grebe
Double-crested
Cormorant
Bald
Eagle
Black-bellied
Plover
Black
Turnstone
Dunlin
Thayer’s
Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Pigeon
Guillemot
Northern
Flicker
Northwestern
Crow
Common
Raven
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Brown
Creeper
Golden-crowned
Kinglet
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Pacific
Wren
Spotted
Towhee
Song
Sparrow
Brant:
Ralph Hocken Photo.
A Mute
Swan was seen at Departure Bay Beach in Nanaimo
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Sunday, December 14 --The Parksville/Qualicum Beach Christmas Bird
Count (CBC)
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Friday, December 19-- The 13th annual Nanoose Bay Christmas Bird
Count (CBC)
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Sunday, December 28-- The Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count (CBC)
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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 December 09, 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 Deep Bay Marina at about
9:35 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on December 14, 2014 will be going to the
Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo. Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or
at the end of Raines Road at about 9:30 a.m.
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WildResearch link---http://www.wildresearch.ca/
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West coast environment link—http://coastaltarsands.ca/w1/videos/
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“READ AN INTERESTING NEW BOOK “
THE SEA AMONG US
THE AMAZING STRAIT OF GEORGIA
RICHARD BEAMISH AND GORDON McFARLANE
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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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