Nanaimo bird report, June 26, 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.

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Sunday, June 26, 2016:

The Sunday bird walk went to Neck Point Park Nanaimo. The morning was cloudy with a strong wind off the Strait of Georgia. Two Marbled Murrelets, diving for food, were seen close to shore. An Orange-crowned Warbler was spotted feeding high up in an Arbutus Tree next to the trail. We heard a Swainson’s Thrush singing from the underbrush. American Robins serenaded us throughout the morning.

 

                    Orange-crowned Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo.

Eighteen birders, including a visiting birder from Malawi Africa, saw and heard the following twenty-six species:

Canada Geese

Harlequin Duck

Common Loon

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Marbled Murrelet

Pigeon Guillemot

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

Turkey Vulture

Herring Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Northern Flicker

  Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Brown Creeper

Bewick’s Wren

Swainson’s Thrush

American Robin

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Hammonds Flycatcher

Orange-crowned Warbler

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

House Finch   

  Friday, June 24:

Eight Gray Jays were seen on the Mount Benson trail about half way up the Mountain. 

Tuesday, June 21:

The Tuesday bird walk went to the Top Bridge Trail in Parksville. The morning was sunny and warm. A  Western Tanager greeted us at the start of the walk. Violet-green Swallows, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Black Swifts, Turkey Vultures, Bald Eagles, a Cooper’s Hawk and a Sharp-shinned Hawk were seen flying over head during the walk. We heard a Cassin's Vireo, singing not far from the trail. We spotted two Cassin's Vireos just off the trail as they went to a nest and began to feed three chicks in the nest. We had discovered a very active nest that royalty entertained us for about thirty minutes as we watched the adult Vireos feeding their young. 

Fourteen birders including visiting birders from California and Washington saw and heard the following thirty-nine species:

Turkey Vulture

Bald Eagle    

Coopers Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Barred Owl

Rufous Hummingbird

Anna’s Hummingbird

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Willow Flycatcher

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Warbling Vireo

Cassin's Vireo

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

European Starling

Pacific Wren

Bewick’s Wren

Violet-green Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Black Swift

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Orange-crowned Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Western Tanager

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Black-headed Grosbeak

Brown-headed Cowbird

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch  

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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.

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The Tuesday bird walk on June 28 will be going to Lot Ten in Qualicum Beach. Meet at the Parksville Community Park near the Lions Club Kids playground parking lot at 9:00 a.m. or at the forest side of Highway 19a and Kinkade Road in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:20 a.m. This is the final Tuesday bird walk of the season. The Tuesday bird walks will resume on September 06, 2016.  

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The Sunday bird walk on July 03, 2016 will be going to Hemer Park in south Nanaimo. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at parking lot at Hemer Park on Hemer Road off Cedar Road in Cedar at about 9:30 a.m. 

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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

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