NANAIMO
BIRD REPORT “EXPLORE NATURE---GO BIRDING”
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at
thebackyard@shaw.ca
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, February 22, 2015:
The
Sunday bird walk went the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville.
The morning was partly cloudy with sunny periods. The highlights included seeing
three Gadwall near the mudflats. Several Steller’s Jays were singing
throughout the morning. We saw several Pacific Loons were showing their
breeding plumage on the ocean. Many flocks of Brant were moving up and down the
Strait of Georgia.
Steller’s Jay:: Ralph
Hocken Photo.
Twenty-nine
birders saw and heard the following foty-eight species:
Brant
Canada
Geese
Mallard
Gadwall
Bufflehead
Green-winged
Teal
Northern
Pintail
American
Widgeon
Surf Scoter
White-winged
Scoter
Common
Goldeneye
Red-necked
Grebe
Horned
Grebe
Hooded
Merganser
Common
Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Long-tailed
Duck
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Black
Turnstone
Killdeer
Bald
Eagle
Merlin
Mew Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Steller’s
Jay
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Northern
Flicker
Downy
Woodpecker
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Pacific
Wren
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American
Robin
Spotted Towhee
Purple
Finch
White-crowned
Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
Fox
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
Pine
Siskin
Saturday,
February 21:
Two
Rufous Hummingbirds we revisiting feeders in the Collage Heights area of
Nanaimo.
A Violet-green
Swallow was seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
Tuesday,
February 17:
The Tuesday bird walk went to Little Qualicum River Estuary.
The morning was calm, but unfortunately the fog remained over the water
throughout the morning limiting our view. We saw a flock of Brant fly by at the
viewing station and several Oystercatchers landed among the rocks. There
was also a Western Gull spotted just off shore. A Yellow-rumped Warbler
was spotted along the houses leading to the Estuary. Surf Scoters were
heard off in the fog at the end of our walk.
Yellow-rumped Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo.
17 birders saw or heard the following 35 species.
Brant
Canada Geese
Mallard
American Widgeon
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Northern Pintail
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Black-bellied Plover
Black Turnstone
Black Oystercatcher
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eurasian-collared Dove
California Quail
Anna’s Hummingbird
Good birding,
Rhonda Fleming
Parksville
Sunday,
February 15:
A Yellow-billed Loon was seen off Piper’s Lagoon in Nanaimo.
Friday,
February 13:
A Cooper’s Hawk landed on top of a bird feeder in the San Pareil
area of Parksville.
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Monday,
February, 23rd:
The
Arrowsmith Naturalists meet at 7 pm at Knox United Church, Parksville.
Guest
Speaker--- Christopher Stephens will speak about Swainson’s Thrush.
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Tofino-Shorebird –Festival
18th Annual May 1-3, 2015
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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 February
24, 2015 will be going to the Little Qualicum River Fish Hatchery. Meet
at the Parksville Community Park playground parking lot at 9 a.m. or the
Hatchery parking lot off Claymore Rd (off Laburnum Rd) in Qualicum Beach at
9:15 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on March 01, 2015 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 Rains
Road in south Nanaimo.at about 9:25 a.m.
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British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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A must
read for those of us who live along the Strait of Georgia.
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
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
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