This week’s Tuesday Bird
Walk went to the Little Qualicum River Estuary in north Qualicum Beach. The
morning was cloudy with a very strong wind off the Strait Of Georgia.
Black-bellied Plovers, Black
Turnstones, Black Oystercatchers and
Killdeer were seen walking not far from us along the tide line.
Large flocks of Greater Scaup,
Surf
Scoters, White-winged
Scoters and Black Scoters were seen bouncing in the
waves not far from shore. Thirty-two seals were lounging on the gravel bar near
the estuary. We spotted twenty Trumpeter Swans along the river and the estuary during
the morning. A large number of great Blue Heron were resting in the tall grass
on the estuary.
Black Scoter: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Twelve birders including a visiting birder
from California saw and heard the following thirty-four
species.
Canada Goose
Brant
Trumpeter Swan
Mallard
American Widgeon
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-necked Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Black-bellied Plover
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Black Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Anna’s Hummingbird
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco
The Tuesday bird walk on January 17,
2017 will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River in
Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park 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
Oceanside of Highway 19a at about 9:10 a.m.
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
http://thebirdstore.blogspot.ca/
thebackyard@shaw.ca
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