The Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial
Park in Parksville.
The morning was sunny with calm winds, although it was cool
in the forest out of the sunshine. We had a great morning of birding.
We
watched a flock of thirty Black-bellied Plovers
and about two hundred Dunlin dance in the sky for
several minutes and then land on the rocks at the point. When we looked
closely at the flock we discovered that there were nineteen Surfbirds in
among the flock. Two Brant were just off shore. The group had great
views through the scope at a Yellow-billed Loon diving
and returning to the surface further off shore.
A
Pigeon Guillemot, two Marbled Murrelet and several flocks of Common Murre were also seen further offshore.
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Surfbirds: Ralph Hocken
Photo.
Twelve birders including a visiting birder from New
Brunswick saw and heard the following thirty-eight
species:
Brant
American
Widgeon
Mallard
Harlequin
Duck
Greater
Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common
Goldeneye
Common
Merganser
Red-breasted
Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Long-tailed
Duck
Red-necked
Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested
Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied
Plover
Black
Turnstone
Black Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Surfbird
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon
Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Common Murre
Northwestern
Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Pacific Wren
Spotted
Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Brant:
Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk on
January 06, 2015 will be going to the Little Qualicum River Estuary.
Happy New
Year
Neil
Robins
Parksville.
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