Parksville/Qualicum beach Tuesday bird walk, June 07, 2016

 

 

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 Tanager’s were 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  McGillivray'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 Yellowthroat: 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.

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. 

Good Birding

Neil Robins

Parksville

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