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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Sunday, October 25, 2015
The
Sunday bird walk went to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo. The morning was cloudy
with a strong wind off the Strait of Georgia. Three Common Murre flew low over
the water heading up the strait. We saw a large number of Varied Thrush in the
forest. The Spotted Sandpiper was
spotted in its usual spot on sunset beach. Many Common Mergansers and Red-breasted
Mergansers flew over the water heading down the strait.
Bufflehead: Ralph Hocken
Photo.
Twenty-one birders
saw and heard the following Forty-three species:
Mallard
Bufflehead
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Mergansers
Red-breasted
Merganser
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Common
Murre
Double-crested
Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Spotted Sandpiper
Black Oystercatcher
Bald
Eagle
California Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Common Raven
European Starling
Steller’s
Jay
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted
Kingfisher
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
Brown Creeper
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Spotted
Towhee
Fox
Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
American
Goldfinch
Pine
Siskin.
Friday,
October 23:
A
Red-tailed Hawk, a Northern Shrike, five Western Meadowlarks and two Mourning
Doves were seen and photographed in the shrubs past the Oak tree at the Nanaimo
river estuary in south Nanaimo.
Three
Rock Sandpipers were seen along the ocean side of the breakwater at Ogden Point in Victoria.
Thursday,
October 22:
A Swamp Sparrow was seen at Buttertubs west Marsh
in
Nanaimo.
A Snow
Goose was seen on the sidewalk near the Qualicum Beach Visitors Center.
Three
Greater White-fronted Geese were seen flying over the Eagle Quest Golf Course
in Cassidy.
Tuesday,
October 20:
The Tuesday bird walk, October 20, 2015 went to Deep Bay. The
morning was sunny and warm with calm winds, making for a lovely morning of
birding. Hundreds of Surf Scoters White-winged Scoters and Black Scoters were
on Deep Bay with the calm seas. Seven Long-tailed Ducks were seen resting on
the water behind the scoters. Two Pigeon Guillemots were spotted close to
Denman Island. Spotted Towhees, Song Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows,
Golden-crowned Sparrows, Savannah Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos and House Finch
were seen in the bushes as we walked along the shoreline.
Long-tailed
Ducks: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Sixteen birders including two visiting birders from the
United Kingdom saw and heard the following fifty-one species:
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Geese
American Widgeon
Mallard
Bufflehead
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Greater Scaup
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Pigeon Guillemot
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Black
Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Eurasian-collared Dove
Rock Pigeon
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Northern Flicker
Steller’s Jay
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brewer’s Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow
Surf
Scoters: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Monday,
October 19:
“RARE
BIRD ALERT”
·A King Eider and a
Red-throated Loon were seen on the Strait of Georgia looking from Madronia
Point and looking towards Rathtrevor Park, in Parksville.
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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 October 27 will be going to the
Shelly Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville
Community Park at the parking lot at 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 9:05
a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on November 01, 2015 will be going to the Nanaimo River
Estuary in south Nanaimo. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at end of
Raines Road at about 9:30 a.m.
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British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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Rare Birds
of Vancouver Island:
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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.co
