Happy birding!
Friday, 31 July 2015
Backyard Birding Update
Sunday, 26 July 2015
Nanaimo Bird Report - July 26 2015
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.
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 Bird Walks will resume on August 23, 2015.
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Tuesday Bird Walks will resume on September 8, 2015.
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Monday, July 20
2015
Crested
Caracara (Photo: G. Ford)
A Crested
Caracara was spotted in North Nanaimo around Piper’s Lagoon.
A Pacific
Slope Flycatcher and a Bewick’s Wren were spotted around Cottle Lake.
Sunday July
26, 2015
Numerous
reports of Pileated Woodpeckers visiting backyard bird feeders in the dry
weather
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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.
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 walks will resume on September 08, 2015
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The Sunday bird walks will resume on August 23, 2015
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British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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Good birding
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
British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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Good birding
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
Monday, 20 July 2015
Crested Caracara--RBA
Crested Caracara was seen near Pipers Lagoon in Nanaimo about noon today.
Cheers
Neil Robins
Cheers
Neil Robins
Sunday, 19 July 2015
Nanaimo bird report, July 19, 2015
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.
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, June
19, 2015:
The Sunday bird walk went to Buttertubs Marsh in
Nanaimo. The morning was sunny and hot. We
watched a pair of Pied-billed Grebe with a young fledging on the marsh. Two
flocks of Bushtits flew in and fed on the short bushes near the trail. A Common Yellowthroat was perched on a cattail
close to the shore giving us great looks. This was our last bird walk until
August 23, 2015.
Common Yellowthroat: Ralph
Hocken Photo.
Five
birders saw and heard the following twenty-one species:
Canada
Geese
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Northern
Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common
Raven
Purple
Martin
Violet-green
Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Eurasian Collared Dove
American Robin
Yellow
Warbler
Common
Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Brewer’s Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Saturday,
July 18:
A Chukar
was spotted along Doumont Road in Nanaimo.
Wednesday,
July 15:
The following species were seen at the Little
Qualicum River Hatchery
Canada Geese
Great Blue Heron
Common Loon
Pelagic Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Belted Kingfisher
Bonaparte's Gull
California Gull
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
American Dipper
Eurasian-collared Dove
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Black Swift
Vaux Swift
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
House Finch
Red Crossbill
American Goldfinch
Tuesday, July 14, 2015:
The following species were seen at the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville
Canada Geese
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Pelagic Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Barred Owl
Marbled Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Long-billed Dowitcher
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semi-palmated Sandpiper
Killdeer
Belted Kingfisher
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Eurasian-collared Dove
California Quail
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker (with two youngsters)
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Brown Creeper
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
American Goldfinch
Two Caspian terns were seen off shore at Piper’s
Lagoon in Nanaimo.
Red Crossbill was seen at a birdfeeder at the
end of Douglas road and Chase River Road.
Wednesday, July 08:
A male Evening Grosbeak was seen near Douglas
and Chase River Road in Nanaimo.
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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.
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 walks will resume on September 08, 2015
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The Sunday bird walks will resume on August 23, 2015
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British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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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
British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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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
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Birds seen at the Little Qualicum River Hatchery, July 15, 2015 :
The following species were seen at the Little Qualicum River Hatchery
Canada Goose
Great Blue Heron
Common Loon
Pelagic Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Belted Kingfisher
Bonaparte's Gull
California Gull
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
American Dipper
Eurasian-collared Dove
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Black Swift
Vaux Swift
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Swainson’s Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
House Finch
Red Crossbill
American Goldfinch
Birds at the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville on July 14, 2015.
The following species were seen at the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville
Canada Goose
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Pelagic Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Barred Owl
Marbled Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Long-billed Dowitcher
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semi-palmated Sandpiper
Killdeer
Belted Kingfisher
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Eurasian-collared Dove
California Quail
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker (with two
youngsters)
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Brown Creeper
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
American Goldfinch
Sunday, 12 July 2015
Nanaimo bird report, July 12, 2015
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.
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, June 12,
2015:
The
Sunday bird walk went to the Ladysmith Harbour in Ladysmith. The morning was
cloudy and the winds were calm. We watched the Purple Martins out in full
force. We watched them from the marina dock
as they flew to their nestboxes to feed their fledglings. The majority of the
nest boxes had six young to feed. Several American
Goldfinch were feeding near the trail. A Black Oystercatcher flew along the
shoreline, calling as it went by.
Purple Martin pair: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Five birders
saw and heard the following twenty-one species:
Great
Blue Heron
Belted
Kingfisher
Black
Oystercatcher
Bald
Eagle
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Eurasian-collared
Dove
Northern
Flicker
Downy
Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common
Raven
Purple
Martin
Barn
Swallow
Violet-green
Swallow
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
American
Robin
Spotted
Towhee
Song
Sparrow
Savannah
Sparrow
House
Finch
American
Goldfinch
House
Sparrow
Saturday,
July 11:
A Chukar was
spotted along Lake Heights Place in Nanaimo.
Thursday
July 09:
Well over forty Common Nighthawks and more
than twenty Black Swifts flew over Kite Way in Nanaimo.
Two Eastern Kingbirds were seen near a pond in Coombs.
Wednesday
July, 01:
Glaucous-winged Gulls, Thayer’s Gulls,
Mew Gulls, five Ring-billed Gulls twelve
Bonaparte Gulls and several Common Mergansers, were seen on the water at Union
Bay.
Ring-billed Gull: Ralph
Hocken Photo.
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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.
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 walks will resume on September
08, 2015
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The Sunday bird walk on July 19, 2015 will be going to Buttertubs
Marsh in Nanaimo. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking
lot at Buttertubs off Bowen Road at about 9:15 a.m.
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British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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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
British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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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
Sunday, 5 July 2015
Nanaimo bird report, July 05, 2015
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.
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, July
05, 2015:
The
Sunday bird walk went to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo. The morning was cloudy
with smoke clouds and the sun was covered with a smoke screen. Marbled
Murrelets, Double-crested Cormorants and Pelagic Cormorant were on the Strait
of Georgia. A family of Yellow-rumped Warblers was being fed high up in the
conifer trees. A family of five great Blue Herons flew over head.
Pelagic Cormorant: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Twelve
birders including visiting birders from the United Kingdom saw and heard
the following twenty-six species:
Canada
Geese
Double-crested
Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Marbled
Murrelet
Great
Blue Heron
Belted
Kingfisher
Black
Oystercatcher
Turkey
Vulture
Bald
Eagle
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon
Pacific-sloped
Flycatcher
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Downy
Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common
Raven
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown
Creeper
Pacific
Wren
Bewick’s
Wren
American
Robin
Spotted
Towhee
Song
Sparrow
House Finch
Tuesday,
June 30:
The Tuesday
bird walk went to Lot Ten in Qualicum Beach. The morning was sunny and hot but
lovely and cool in the forest. A Pacific-slope
Flycatcher flew in low near the trail and then disappeared in the
bushes. A Black-headed Grosbeak was
singing from high up in a tall conifer. A pair of Red-breasted
Sapsuckers flew in and landed close to the trail. A large
flock of Bushtits were seen flying across the river. We had great views as
we watched a very colorful Western Tanager feeding on a tall cedar tree just
across the river for about ten minutes. A flock of Red Crossbills flew
overhead. Swainson's Thrush's filled
the morning with their songs and we did seen one on the trail. Several
Turkey Vultures and Violet-green Swallows flew overhead.
Swainson's Thrush: Ralph Hocken Photo
Seven birders
saw and heard the following thirty-one species:
Turkey
Vulture
Spotted
Sandpiper
Belted
Kingfisher
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Rufous
Hummingbird
Belted
Kingfisher
Downy
Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red-eyed
Vireo
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Bushtit
Pacific Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American
Robin
Western
Tanager
Wilson’s
Warbler
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
American Goldfinch
Brown-headed Cowbird
European
Starling
Red
Crossbill
Purple
Finch
Pine
Siskin
Bushtit: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Sunday, June 28:
An
Oliver-sided Flycatcher was heard and seen on the hillside behind Colbourne
Drive in Nanaimo.
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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.
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 walks will resume on September
08, 2015
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The Sunday bird walk on July 12, 2015 will be going to the
Ladysmith Harbour in Ladysmith. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at
the parking area on the left side of Transfer Beach in Ladysmith at about 9:45
a.m.
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British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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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
British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
*******************************************************************************
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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