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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Saturday, February 27, 2016:
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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Saturday, February 27, 2016:
Evening Grosbeak (Photo:
Malcom)
An American Dipper was
spotted at the Top Bridge Trail in Parksville.
8 – 10 swallows were seen
at Buttertubs Marsh
Some Cackling Geese were
spotted at Piper’s Lagoon, blending in with 6 Canadian Geese
30 Evening Grosbeaks were
spotted near Lowry’s Rd. in Parksville
Sunday,
February 28, 2016:
The Sunday bird walk went
to Buttertubs Marsh, where it was a wet, windy day. There were five hardy
birders in total on the blustery day, one visiting from Alberta and one
visiting from Seattle.
Belted
Kingfisher (Photo: Ralph Hocken)
Five
birders saw and heard the following twenty-nine species.
Canada
Goose
Great
Blue Heron
Mallard
Bufflehead
Ring-necked
Duck
Bald
Eagle
Pied-billed
Grebe
California
Quail
Glacous-winged
Gull
Northern
Flicker
Steller’s
Jay
Common
Raven
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Bushtit
Bewick’s
Wren
Marsh
Wren
Anna’s
Hummingbird
American
Robin
Red-winged
Blackbird
Spotted
Towhee
Song
Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
House
Finch
Dark-eyed
Junco
American
Goldfinch
House
Sparrow
Belted
Kingfisher
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Tuesday,
February 23:
The
Tuesday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River in
Parksville. The morning was sunny and the Strait of Georgia was calm. Two pair
of Gadwall were on the river as the walk started. Many Green-winged Teal and
Northern Pintail were resting on the mud flats. A large flock of migrating
Canada Geese with one Cackling Goose flew over head eventually landing on the
far side of the estuary. California Gulls, Mew Gulls, Thayer’s Gulls, one Western Gull and
a large number of Glaucous-winged Gulls were resting on gravel bars along the estuary. Barrow’s Goldeneye, American
Wigeon and an Eurasian Wigeon were feeding along the side of a gravel bar not
far from shore. Twenty Long-tailed Ducks and Surf Scoters were seen swimming
further from shore. We saw hundreds of Brant
Geese on the strait swimming and flying during the morning. We spotted three
large flocks of Bushtits feeding on big Scotch broom bushes along the road.
Bushtit: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Twenty-three
birders, including visiting birders from Edmonton, Winnipeg and Seattle saw and
heard the following fifty-eight species:
Brant
Cackling
Geese
Canada Geese
Mallard
Gadwall
Bufflehead
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Long-tailed Duck
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brant’s Cormorant
Common Murre
Great Blue Heron
Belted Kingfisher
California Gull
Mew Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Black Oystercatcher
Bald Eagle
Steller’s Jay
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Northern Flicker
Anna’s Hummingbird
Bushtit
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hutton's Vireo
European Starling
Red-wing Blackbird
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
House Finch
Purple Finch
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red Crossbill
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Siskin
California Gull: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk on March 01, 2016 will be going to the
Little Qualicum River Estuary in Qualicum Beach. Meet at Parksville Community
Park at the Lions Club Kids Playground Parking lot at 9:00 a.m. or at the Brant
viewing platform in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:15 a.m.
Good birding
Neil Robins
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. *******************************************************************************
The Tuesday bird walk on March 01, 2016 will be
going to the Little Qualicum River Estuary in Qualicum Beach. Meet at
Parksville Community Park at the Lions Club Kids Playground Parking lot at 9:00
a.m. or at the Brant viewing platform in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:15
a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on March 6, 2016 will be going to Neck Point.
Please meet at the Birdstore at 9:00am, or at Neck Point Park at about 9:15am. *************************************************************************************
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
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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