Parksville/Qualicum beach Tuesday bird walk, January 27, 2015

The Tuesday bird walk went to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with sunny periods and the winds were calm. Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets were seen feeding high up in the trees.  Many large flocks of

Common Mergansers, Red-breasted Mergansers, Pacific Loons, Common Loons and Common Murre's were seen off shore. Several flocks of Surf Scoters were heading up and down the Strait of Georgia. A large flock of Pine Siskins flew over and landed in a tall tree, giving us great views. A flock of Bushtits joined the Siskins in feeding on the tree.

                                      

                        Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Ralph Hocken Photo.                                                   

 

Twenty-two birders including visiting birders from Chicago, Red Deer and Edmonton saw and hear the following fifty-three species:

Brant

Canada Geese

Mallard

American Wigeon

Northern Pintail

Green-wing Teal

Gadwall

Greater Scaup

Surf Scoter

White-wing Scoter

Bufflehead

Long-tailed Duck

Barrow’s Goldeneye

Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Horned Grebe

Ancient Murrelet

Common Murre

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Bald Eagle

Belted Kingfisher

Great Blue Heron

Mew Gull

Thayer’s Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Eurasian Collared-Dove

 Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Bushtit

 Red-breasted Nuthatch

 Anna's Hummingbird

  Downy Woodpecker

 Northern Flicker

Steller’s Jay

 Northwestern Crow

 Common Raven

 Bewick's Wren

 Pacific Wren

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

 Golden-crowned Kinglet

 American Robin

 Varied Thrush

 Spotted Towhee

 Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

House Finch

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch

Pine Siskin

 Golden-crowned Kinglet: Ralph Hocken Photo.

 

The Tuesday bird walk on February 03, 2015 will be going to Rathtrevor Park in Parksville.

 

Good birding

Neil Robins

Parksville.