The Tuesday bird walk went to Springwood Park in Parksville. The morning
was cloudy with light rain and calm winds. We watched as a pair of Bushtits
entered their moving nest and settled inside. A Cooper’s Hawks flew over head
screaming and then disappeared. Orange-crowned Warblers and Yellow-rumped
Warblers were feeding high up in the big leaf maple trees throughout the
morning. We heard many Black-throated Gray Warblers singing during the bird
walk.
Black-throated Gray Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Nineteen birders including a visiting bird from Red Deer saw and heard the
following twenty-nine species:
Canada Geese
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Anna's Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Band-tailed Pigeon
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Red-wing Blackbird
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Bushtit: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk on April 19, 2016 will be going to Rathtrevor Beach
Provincial Park in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park near the
Lions Club Kids Playground Parking Lot at 9:00 a.m.. Or at the main parking lot
at Rathtrevor Park, at about 9:10 a.m.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
thebirdstore.blogspot.com
thebackyard@shaw.ca
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