The Tuesday bird walk went to Deep Bay. This morning was a mix of
weather--cloudy with light rain showers, occasional sunny periods and very
strong winds off the Strait of Georgia. A flock of Snow Geese flew over head
going down the Strait. Four Barrow’s Goldeneye were seen swimming near shore.
A mixed flock of Black-bellied Plovers and Dunlin along with one lone Black
Turnstone landed on a gravel bar near shore giving us great views. Large
numbers of Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Black Scoters, Long-tailed Ducks,
Horned Grebes and Red-necked Grebes were seen on the water between the Deep Bay
and Denman Island.
Seventeen birders saw and heard the following fifty-five
species:
Brant
Snow Geese
Canada Geese
American Wigeon
Mallard,
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Western Grebe
Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle,
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Killdeer
Black-bellied Plover
Dunlin
Black Turnstone
Bonaparte's Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Rock Pigeon,
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Brewer’s Blackbird
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
House Sparrow
Dunlin and Black-bellied Plovers: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The Tuesday birdwalk on November 15, will be going to the Shelly Road side
of the English River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at the parking lot next to the
Lions Club Kids Playground at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Shelly Road on the
ocean side of highway 19a at about 9:10 am.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
thebackyard@shaw.ca
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