The Tuesday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville. The morning was mostly sunny and the Strait of George was
as smooth as glass. A Rufous Hummingbird caught our attention at the start of
the walk--the first of many Rufous Hummingbirds that we saw on the walk. A
Pacific Wren was singing as we started walking the trail. Ruby-crowned Kinglets
were singing their melodious song and feeding along the trail for most of the
morning. Two Tree Swallows were flying low overhead. Many flocks of Brant were
flying up the Strait. Hundreds of Pacific Loons were on the water far off
shore. A Brandt’s Cormorant and a Pelagic Cormorant were swimming together off
shore to give us a good comparison.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Eleven birders saw and heard the following fifty-seven species:
Canada Geese
Brant
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Common Murre
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Black Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Great Blue Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Bald Eagle
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Steller’s Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Red-wing Blackbird
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Pine Siskin
The Tuesday bird walk on March 31, 2015 will be going to Columbia
Beach.
Brandt's Cormorant: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville.
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