Nanaimo bird report, December 06, 2015

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, December 06, 2015
The Sunday bird walk went to Nanoose Bay. The morning started out with lots of rain, and a strong wind off the Strait of Georgia. A large flock of gulls were resting on the flooded area, including one Ring-billed Gull and one Hooded Merganser with a flock of Canada Geese. A Red-tailed Hawk was preening on a tall tree close to the trail.

Hooded Merganser: Ralph Hocken Photo.

Two birders saw and heard the following twenty-three species:

Canada Geese

  American Wigeon

Bufflehead

  Mallard

Hooded Merganser

Great Blue Heron

Belted Kingfisher

 Bald Eagle

 Red-tailed Hawk

 Ring-billed Gull

 Mew Gull

 California Gull

Thayer's Gull

 Glaucous-winged Gull

  American Robin

Northwestern Crow

  Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Spotted Towhee

 Fox Sparrow

 Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

 Golden-crowned Sparrow

 Dark-eyed Junco

Tuesday, December 01: 

The Tuesday bird walk went to Columbia Beach. The morning was cloudy with very strong cool winds from the south side of the Strait of Georgia. We saw Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Black Scoters Long-tailed Ducks, Red-breasted Mergansers, Bufflehead and Common Goldeneye riding the wild surf on the water. Large numbers of Canada Geese, Mallard, American Widgeon and a Eurasian Widgeon were seen on the flooded French Creek. We watched as a big flock of House Finch rested and fed from a short berry bush close to the trail.

Eurasian Widgeon: Ralph Hocken Photo. 

Thirteen birders saw and heard the following forty-eight species:

Canada Geese

Mallard

Harlequin Duck

American Widgeon

Eurasian Widgeon

Greater Scaup

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

                                                     Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Marbled Murrelet

Common Murre

Double-crested Cormorant

Brandt’s Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Bald Eagle

Black Oystercatcher

Killdeer

Black Turnstone

Belted Kingfisher

Mew Gull

Thayer's Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Northern Flicker

Steller’s Jay

Rock Dove

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

American Robin

                                           Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Anna’s Hummingbird

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

House Finch

Pine Siskin

                                                   House Sparrow 

House Finch: 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.
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The Tuesday bird walk on December 08, will be going to the Shelly Road side of Englishman River in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions Kids 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 December 13, 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 9:15 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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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

 

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