The Tuesday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville. The morning was sunny and warm. A Yellow Warbler was
perched above the trail giving us great views. A Willow Flycatcher was heard
singing and then seen perched on the top of a short snag. We watched as ten
Killdeer with three fledglings, six Least Sandpipers, two Western Sandpipers and
two Semipalmated Plovers were feeding on the mudflats. Violet-green Swallows
were seen hawking insects over the mudflats. Turkey Vultures and Bald Eagles
were higher in the sky, riding thermos. We spotted two Marbled Murrelets riding
the waves on the trait.
Nineteen birders including visiting birders from Seattle and Victoria saw
and heard the following forty-three species:
Marbled Murrelet
Canada Goose
Great Blue Heron
Common Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Killdeer
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semi-palmated Plover
Glaucous-winged Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian-collared Dove
California Quail
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Wilson’s Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
The Tuesday bird walk on June 30, 2015 will be going to Lot Ten (on the
mountain side of Kinkade road off highway 19a) in north Qualicum Beach.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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