Nanaimo bird report, June 12, 2016

 

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.

********************************************************************

Sunday, June 12, 2016:

The Sunday bird walk went to Legacy Marsh in upper Lantzville. The morning was sunny and warm with calm winds. A House Wren greeted us with his song from the top of a very tall conifer tree at the start of the walk. Two Willow Flycatchers was seen near the marsh. Tree Swallows, Violet-green Swallows, Barn Swallows, Purple Martins, Bald Eagles and Turkey Vultures were flying overhead throughout the morning.  We head a Cassin’s Vireo singing.  A young Western Tanager was perched on a short bush close to the trail giving us time to study her.

Twenty-one birders including visiting birders from Seattle, Kingston and Ladysmith saw and heard the following forty-eight species:

Wood Duck

Mallard

Hooded Merganser

Bald Eagle

Turkey Vulture

Rufous Hummingbird

Anna’s Hummingbird

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Warbling Vireo

Cassin’s Vireo

Common Raven

Northwestern Crow

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Barn Swallow

Purple Martin

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Bushtit

House Wren

Marsh Wren

Bewick’s Wren

Pacific Wren

European Starling

Swanson’s Thrush

American Robin

Yellow-rumped Warbler

MacGillivray’s Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Western Tanager

Black-headed Grosbeak

Red-winged Blackbird

Spotted Towhee

White-crowned Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

American Goldfinch

Purple Finch

House Finch  

Tuesday, June 07:

The Tuesday bird walk went to Springwood Park in Parksville. The morning was sunny and very warm, but cooler in the forest. A pair of colorful Western Tanagers was spotted playing in the tall trees just above the trail. We watched a Hairy Woodpecker feeding in the tall snags. Three Willow Flycatchers were singing near the road as we walked by. We had great views of a MacGillivray’s Warbler feeding on the short bushes along the road. The best sighting of the morning was a young fledgling Common Yellowthroat feeding not far from the road.

                             Common  throat: Ralph Hocken Photo.

Twenty birders, including three visiting birders from Tuscany, Italy and one from Kingston, Ontario saw and hear the following thirty-six species:

Canada Geese

Turkey Vulture

Bald Eagle

Eurasian-collared Dove

Anna's Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Northern Flicker

Hairy Woodpecker

Willow Flycatcher

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Northwestern Crow

  Common Raven

Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Bewick's Wren

Pacific Wren

Bushtit

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Orange-crowned Warbler

McGillivray's Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Warbling Vireo

Cassin’s Vireo

Western Tanager

Spotted Towhee

Brown-headed Cowbird

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Black-headed Grosbeak

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch

House Finch

 

                              McGillivray's Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo.  

A Common Nighthawk was spotted flying over Departure Bay in Nanaimo.

********************************************************************

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 June 14, 2016 will be going to the Beaver Ponds in Nanoose Bay. Meet at the Parksville Community Park near the Lions Club Kids playground parking lot at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking area off Fairwinds Drive (follow Power Point Road off Northwest Bay Road to the four way stop and go about 100 yards to the parking area on the left) in Nanoose Bay at about 9:20 a.m.

**********************************************************************************

The Sunday bird walk on June 17, 2016 will be going to Beck Creek in south Nanaimo. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at parking area at the entrance to Living Forest R.V. Campground on Maki Road on the ocean side of highway one in south Nanaimo at about 9:30 a.m.

********************************************************************************** 

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