The Tuesday bird walk went to Lot Ten in Qualicum Beach, the morning was
sunny and warm with calm winds. We spotted a Black-throated Gray Warbler singing
from a perch high atop a snag. We watched Red-breasted Sapsuckers fly in and
climb up the trunks of trees several times during the morning. Two Western
Tanagers were seen building a nest high up in a tree near the trail. Wilson's
Warblers were singing throughout the morning and one came close to us near the
river. We saw two Northern Rough-winged Swallows perched along the river bank
and then fly over the river hawking insects and return to the bank to rest.
Black-headed Grosbeaks entertained us with their melodious songs for most of the
morning.
Black-headed Grosbeak: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Twenty-two birders including a visiting birder from Whitecourt saw and
heard the following thirty-six species:
Canada Geese
Mallard
Bald Eagle
Spotted Sandpiper
Band-tailed Pigeon
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Western Tanager: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday bird walk on May 24, 2016 will be going to Moorecroft Regional
Park in Nanoose Bay. Meet at the Parksville Community Park at the parking lot
near the Lions Club Kids Playground at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at
Moorecroft Park off Stewart Road ( follow the signs) from Northwest Bay Road, in
Nanoose Bay.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
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