Nanaimo Bird Report - September 6 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.

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The Tuesday bird walks will resume on September 08, 2015

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NANAIMO BIRD REPORT

September 06 2015

Brown Booby (Photo: Gary Shugart)

This week there was no Sunday bird walk due to the long weekend, but reports of rare sightings have been coming in along the coast after that large wind storm we had earlier in the week. For example a brown booby was found in Washington after a storm. They are naturally found in tropical waters off the Gulf of California, and are found rarely on both coasts of the United States (allaboutbirds.org).

 September 13 2015 the walk will be heading to Neck Point Park (meet at the store at 9:00am or in the Neck Point parking lot at approximately 9:10am)

The Tuesday bird walk on September 08, 2015 will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at Parksville Bay at the parking lot near the Lions Club Playground at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Shelly Road (on the ocean side of highway 19a) at about 9:10 a.m.

Happy birding!

August 31 2015

Stellar Jay visiting suet feeder

September 3 2015

Elegant Tern (Photo: D. Donnecke)

The following birds were spotted at the Englishman River Estuary (Plummer rd. side)

Parasitic Jaeger
five Common Terns
two Elegant Terns 
Arctic Tern

September 5 2015

 A western grebe was spotted at the Englishman River Estuary (Plummer rd.)

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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 September 08, 2015 will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at Parksville Bay at the parking lot near the Lions Club Playground at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Shelly Road (on the ocean side of highway 19a) at about 9:10 a.m.

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The Sunday bird walk on September 13 2015 will be going to Neck Point Park. Meet at the store at 9:00am, or at the Neck Point Park parking lot at approximately 9:10am.

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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