“Explore
Nature--Go Birding”
To report
your sightings call the birdstore at 250-390-3669 or e-mail thebirdstore@shaw.ca
Please remember when reporting a sighting please leave your name and phone number with the date and location of the sightings.
Please remember when reporting a sighting please leave your name and phone number with the date and location of the sightings.
Sunday bird walk, March 05, 2017
The Sunday
bird walk went to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. We had snow flurries and light rain throughout
the morning. An American Coot was seen at the start of the walk. Three Trumpeter Swans, a large number of Mallard Ducks, two Wood
Ducks and twelve Ring-necked Ducks were seen on the marsh. A Cooper’s hawk was perched in a tall tree. A Marsh Wren was spotted in the reeds near the
trail.
Cooper’s
Hawk: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Fifteen
birders saw and heard the following thirty-four species:
Trumpeter Swans
Canada Geese
Mallard
Wood Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
Belted Kingfisher
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Eurasian-collared Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Bushtit
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick’s Wren
Marsh Wren
Great Blue Heron
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
House Sparrow
Wednesday, March 01:
Bohemian Waxwings were seen at Buttertubs Marsh near the
Bowen Road Entrance
A Western Meadowlark was seen in the pasture in lower
Lantzville near Lantzville and Superior
Road.
Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, February 28, 2017
The Tuesday bird walk on February 28, 2017 went to the Brant viewing platform in Qualicum Beach and the Little Qualicum River Fish Hatchery. The morning was mostly sunny with cloudy periods and calm winds. The surprise sightings of the morning were a Sanderling and a Eurasian Widgeon, feeding along the shoreline at the viewing platform, with Black Turnstones, Killdeer, a Black-bellied Plover and four Black Oystercatchers. Many Surf Scoters, four Long-tailed Ducks, two Pacific Loons and six Common Loons were seen further off shore. Four Trumpeter Swans flew high overhead the hatchery, heading down the Island. We spotted two singing American Dippers on the river at the Fish Hatchery. A large number of Golden-crowned Kinglets and Ruby-crowned Kinglets were seen feeding on a tree just off the snow covered trails. A Cooper’s Hawk was seen flying high overhead. A large number of American Robins scurrying about throughout the morning. A Varied Thrush was spotted in a tree near the trail. Three Snow Geese, feeling quite at home in the snowy conditions, flew overhead just above the trees.
American
Dipper: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Seventeen birders saw and heard the following forty-six
species:
Trumpeter Swan
Snow Geese
Canada Geese
Harlequin Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Widgeon
Eurasian Widgeon
Mallard
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Double-crested Cormorant
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Mew Gull
Thayer’s Gull
California Gull
Bonaparte Gull
Sanderling
Black Turnstone
Killdeer
Black-bellied Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
American
Dipper
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Anna’s Hummingbird
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Hooded Merganser: Ralph Hocken Photo.
This week’s Bird Walks
The Tuesday bird walk on March 07, 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 ocean side of highway 19a at about 9:10 a.m.
The
Sunday bird walk on March 12, 2017 will be going to the Plummer Road side of the
Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00
a.m. or at corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive, off highway 19a in Parksville at about 9:30
a.m.
Good
birding
Neil
Robins
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