The Tuesday bird walk
went to the Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning was cloudy and
the winds were calm, but it was a little choppy further off shore on the Strait
of Georgia. A flock of well over one hundred singing Pine Siskins flew overhead
at the start of the walk—they are back! An estimated five
hundred to six hundred Dunlin, thirty Surfbirds, twenty Black-bellied Plovers and
four Black Turnstones were feeding at the tide line
and in the tide pools nearby. A large mixed flock
of gulls---Mew Gulls, Thayer’s Gulls, California Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls--were also feeding and resting along the
shoreline. A very large number of Pacific Loons,
many Common Murre, several
Red-breasted Mergansers, a
Pigeon Guillemot, a Marbled Murrelet and two Eared
Grebe were seen further
offshore.
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| Surfbirds: Ralph Hocken Photo. |
Twenty birders saw and heard the following forty-one
species:
Brant
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s
Goldeneye
Common
Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Long-tailed Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Surfbird
Mew Gull
Thayer’s Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Common Murre
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Anna’s Hummingbird
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Pine
Siskin
The Tuesday bird walk on
February 10, 2015 will be going to Columbia Beach.
Eared Grebe: Ralph Hocken
Photo.
Good
birding
Neil
Robins
Parksville
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