The Tuesday birdwalk 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 Coopers Hawk and a
Sharp-shinned Hawk were seen 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 which we were royalty entertained for about thirty minutes as the adult
vireos fed their young.
fourteen birders 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
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.
Good
birding
Neil
Robins
Parksville
thebirdstore.blogspot.com
thebackyard@shaw.ca
No comments:
Post a Comment