The Tuesday bird walk went to the Shelly road side of the Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville. The morning was cloudy and cool. Three Trumpeter Swans
flew over head and headed down the island. We saw a Northern Shrike perched
near Surfside and another one perched near the river. A flock of over two
hundred noisy Pine Siskins landed in the top of the trees near the trail. A
large flock of Black Turnstones landed near the gravel bar that was loaded with
a large number of gulls just off shore. We spotted a Eurasian Wigeon in with
the American Wigeon near the tide line. A Cooper’s Hawk was perched just off
the trail at the end of the walk.
Northern Shrike: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Seventeen birders saw and heard the following fifty-eight species:
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Harlequin Duck
Greater Scaup
Green-wing Teal
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Brandt’s Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Shrike
Black Turnstone
Mew Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
California Quail
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Lincoln's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
The Tuesday bird walk on November 03 will be going to Columbia Beach. Meet
at the Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions club
Playground at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking area off Admiral Tyron Bld. ( take
Columbia Drive off highway 19a turn right on Admiral Tyron Bld. Go about 100
yards to the parking area on the left.)
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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