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 tideline. 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.
Black Turnstones: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Fourteen birders saw and heard the following thirty-six species:
Brant
American Wigeon
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
The Tuesday bird walk on December 09, 2014 will be going to Deep Bay.
P.S. A Northern Shrike just landed in our backyard..Neil
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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