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, November 29, 2015
The Sunday bird walk went to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. The morning was cloudy and cool. The tide was high we saw many Mew Gulls, Ring-bill Gulls, Thayer's Gulls, California Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls on the estuary and gravel bars. White-crowned Sparrows, Golden-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, House Finch and Pine Siskins were plentiful along the side of the estuary giving us great views.
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, November 29, 2015
The Sunday bird walk went to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. The morning was cloudy and cool. The tide was high we saw many Mew Gulls, Ring-bill Gulls, Thayer's Gulls, California Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls on the estuary and gravel bars. White-crowned Sparrows, Golden-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, House Finch and Pine Siskins were plentiful along the side of the estuary giving us great views.
Dark-eyed Junco: Ralph Hocken photo.
Eleven birders including a visiting birder from Red Deer saw and heard the following forty-one species:
Mallard
American Widgeon
Surf Scoter
White-wing Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Northern Pintail
Green-wing Teal
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Mew Gull
Ring-bill Gull
Thayer's Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Eurasian-collared Dove
Steller’s Jay
Northern Flicker
Downy woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
California Quail
American Robin
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Anna’s Hummingbird
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Pine Siskin
An American Kestrel was seen along highway 19
near the equestrian facility in Nanoose Bay.
Saturday, November 28:
A Townsend’s Warbler was seen near the Casabas
shopping centre in Nanaimo.
Tuesday, November 24:
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Little
Qualicum River Estuary in Qualicum Beach. The morning was sunny with a strong
winds blasting off the Strait of Georgia.
Black-bellied Plovers, Black Oystercatcher, Killdeer and Black
Turnstones were seen on the gravel bars from the viewing platform. A Marbled
Murrelet and several Common Murre were seen flying down the Strait. A Red
Crossbill flew in to the top of a conifer next to the road giving us great
views. Six Trumpeter Swan flew just overhead and landed in the estuary. Many
Bald Eagles were seen overhead throughout the morning.
Trumpeter Swans: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Twenty-one
birders including visiting birders from Winnipeg and Prince Albert was and
heard the following forty-four species:
Trumpeter
Swan
Mallard
Harlequin
Duck
American
Widgeon
Northern
Pintail
Green-wing
Teal
Surf
Scoter
White-winged
Scoter
Black
Scoter
Long-tailed
Duck
Bufflehead
Common
Goldeneye
Barrows
Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted
Merganser
Pacific
Loon
Common
Loon
Red-necked
Grebe
Western
Grebe
Marbled
Murrelet
Common
Murre
Great
Blue Heron
Bald
Eagle
Cooper’s
Hawk
Black-bellied
Plover
Black
Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Black
Turnstone
Mew Gull
Ring-bill
Gull
Thayer's
Gull
California
Gull
Herring
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Northwestern
Crow
Common
Raven
Steller’s
Jay
Red-winged
Blackbird
Spotted
Towhee
Song
Sparrow
Red
Crossbill
Dark-eyed
Junco
Pine
Siskin
House
Sparrow
Red Crossbill: Ralph
Hocken Photo.
Twenty Brant and over two thousand Dunlin were
seen near the tide line at Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park in
Parksville.
A
Yellow-billed Loon and fifty Brant were seen offshore on the Plummer Road side
of the Englishman River in Parksville.
A Northern Saw-whet Owl was seen in a garden 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.
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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 December 01 will be
going to Columbia Beach. Meet at the Parksville Community Park at the parking lot next to the Lions Club kids
playground at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking area off Admiral Tryon Bld. off
Columbia Drive at about 9:15 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on December 06, 2015 will be going to Nanoose Bay. Meet at the birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at the beach side of the church camp (off Arlington Road on the ocean side of highway 19a ) in
Nanoose Bay at about 9:25 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on December 06, 2015 will be going to Nanoose Bay. Meet at the birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at the beach side of the church camp (off Arlington Road on the ocean side of highway 19a ) in
Nanoose Bay at about 9:25 a.m.
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Nanoose Bay Christmas Bird Count --Friday, 18th
December 2015.
Please contact Rhys Harrison at 248-5305 or rhysharrison@shaw.ca
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Please contact Rhys Harrison at 248-5305 or rhysharrison@shaw.ca
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Parksville Qualicum Beach Christmas Bird Count, Sunday, December 20, 2015.
Please contact Sandra Gray, 250 248-5565 or saninerr@shaw.ca
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Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count, Sunday, December 27th, 2015.
Please contact Rhys Harrison at 248-5305 or rhysharrison@shaw.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.co
