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,
November 06, 2016:
This
Sunday’s Bird Walk went to Buttertubs Marsh Nanaimo. The morning was sunny with
cloudy periods and the winds were calm. We had great views of several Ruby-crowned
Kinglets showing their bright red crown. Two Lesser Scaup and an American Coot
were seen on the marsh along with many Canada Geese and Ring-necked Ducks. A Green Heron was spotted very quickly from the viewing platform. Two Cooper’s Hawks
and a Red-tailed
Hawk was seen overhead.
Seventeen
birders saw and heard the following forty-four species:
Trumpeter
Swan
Canada
Geese
Mallard
American
Wigeon
Bufflehead
Pied-billed
Grebe
Wood Duck
Hooded
Merganser
Ringed-necked
Duck
Lesser
Scaup
American
Coot
Great
Blue Heron
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Virginia
Rail
Bald
Eagle
Cooper’s
Hawk
Red-tailed
Hawk
Northern
Flicker
Downy
Woodpecker
Eurasian
Collared-Dove
California
Quail
American
Robin
Steller's
Jay
Common
Raven
Northwestern
Crow
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Pacific
Wren
Marsh
Wren
Bewick's
Wren
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Bushtit
Spotted
Towhee
Song
Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
Fox
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
Brewer’s
Blackbird
Red-winged
Blackbirds
American
Goldfinch
Purple
Finch
House
Sparrow
Fifteen Snow Geese were seen along Holden
creek in south Nanaimo.
Saturday,
November 05:
A Short-eared
Owl and three Western Meadowlarks were seen at the end of the spit at Pipers
Lagoon in Nanaimo.
A Snow Bunting was seen for the last two days
at the French Creek Jetty near the gravel spit.
Snow Bunting: John Purves
Photo:
Thursday,
November 03:
A Red
Phalarope and a flock of Surfbirds were seen at the end of the spit at Pipers
Lagoon in Nanaimo.
Red Phalarope: Nick Smith Photo:
Parksville/Qualicum
Beach Tuesday bird walk
November
01, 2016:
The Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Beach
Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning started out partly cloudy with
calm winds but the wind picked up from the Strait of Georgia as the morning
went on. Eight Snow Geese were seen at the Parksville Community
Park. Two thousand Surf Scoters and White-winged Scoters were seen
offshore. Two large flocks of Greater Scaup were seen flying down the
Strait. Long-tailed Ducks, Pacific Loons, Common Loons, Horned Grebes,
Red-necked Grebes, Brandt's Cormorants and Doubled-crested Cormorants were seen
on the water all morning. A large number of Chestnut-backed
Chickadees, Golden-crowned Kinglets and Ruby-crowned Kinglets were seen feeding
along the edge of the forest. A Hermit Thrush was spotted lowdown in the
forest. We spotted a Palm Warbler pumping its tail constantly and moving
quickly at the top of an apple tree near the Nature house.
Long-tailed duck with Surf Scoters: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Seventeen
birders, including birders from Newfoundland and Gabriola Island, saw and heard
the following fifty species:
Snow
Geese
Canada
Geese
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
White-winged
Scoter
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Doubled-crested
Cormorant
Pelagic
Cormorant
Black-bellied
Plover
Dunlin
Black
Turnstone
Bald Eagle
Thayer’s Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon
Guillemot
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Palm
Warbler
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Bewick's
Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
House Finch
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Everyone is
welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on Sunday & Tuesday. We leave
from the Store at 9 a.m. on Sunday Mornings and go to a different location in
and around Nanaimo. We leave from the Parksville Community Park at 9:00
a.m. on Tuesday mornings and go to a different location in the Oceanside area.
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The
Tuesday bird walk on November 08 will be going to Deep 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 the Deep Bay Marina at about 9:30 a.m.
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The
Sunday bird walk on November 13, 2016 will be going to the Plummer Road side of
the Englishman River in Parksville. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at
the corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive 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
Blog: http://thebirdstore.blogspot.ca/
