The Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Beach
Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning was sunny and warm with a breeze off
the forest side of the strait. A Black-bellied Plover in full breeding plumage
was feeding along the shoreline. Dunlin,
Bonaparte's Gulls,
Pacific Loons, Horned Grebes, Red-necked Grebes and Pelagic Cormorants were all showing their breeding plumage, giving
us a very colorful showing on the Strait of Georgia. A mixed flock
of Surf Scoters and
Black Scoters floated by on the water. We heard and then saw a Townsend’s Warbler singing just
overhead.
Horned Grebe: Ralph Hocken
Photo.
Seventeen birders including two visiting birders from
Red Deer saw and heard the following fifty-eight
species:
Brant
American Wigeon
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Black-bellied Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Red-breasted Nuthatch
European Starling
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Spotted Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-wing Blackbird
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Savannah Sparrow: Ralph Hocken
Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk on April 26, 2016 will be going to the Top Bridge Trail in
Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park near the Lions Club Kids
playground parking lot at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at Tuan Road on
Industrial Way in Parksville at about 9:10 a.m.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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